Back when top-loading VCRs were all the rage in my neighborhood, I was gifted with two Betamax tapes that were worth their weight in gold (and gold is a good value system for movies back then since owning one meant paying "Priced for Rental" prices. We're talking $80-$100 for a flick before it was released to the general public to own, years after it was available for rent) and those two movies were Star Wars and Poltergeist.
And, being the owner of a real life movie (not a blank tape filled with an off-the-tv movie cut up by commercials) meant that everyday after school those wonderful cinematic talking pictures were on constant rotation on the TV until they were seared into my brain like a welt left from a branding iron.
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