The studio's first produced film in 1984 was "The Natural" starring Robert Redford. Their first release, however, was the film, "Where the Boys Are '84"; a 1984 remake of the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, "Where the Boys Are" that was co-distributed on behalf of ITC Entertainment after Universal rejected it; the film was a commercial flop. During this venture, many of Tri-Star's releases were released on VHS by either RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, CBS/Fox Video, and HBO/Cannon Video. In addition, HBO would own exclusive cable distribution rights to these films, and broadcast television licenses would go to CBS.