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Cinderella (The Wonderful World of Disney)
»rank: 7247
:Description:A prince, a pumpkin, a glass slipper ... history's most enduring fairy tale returns with a thoroughly modern twist! Beautifully produced and featuring an all-star cast, R0DGERS & HAMMERSTElN'S ClNDERELLA shimmers to life in the most spectacular production ever of the classic musical -- including three additional Rodgers & Hammerstein songs exclusive to this special Disney presentation! Pop sensation Brandy (TV's M0ESHA) stars as the beautiful Cinderella, who suffers the torment of her wicked stepmother (Bernadette Peters) and spoiled stepsisters. Cinderella dreams of ...
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The Christmas Tree (L'Arbre de Noel)
»rank: 359
:Description:A prince, a pumpkin, a glass slipper ... history's most enduring fairy tale returns with a thoroughly modern twist! Beautifully produced and featuring an all-star cast, R0DGERS & HAMMERSTElN'S ClNDERELLA shimmers to life in the most spectacular production ever of the classic musical -- including three additional Rodgers & Hammerstein songs exclusive to this special Disney presentation! Pop sensation Brandy (TV's M0ESHA) stars as the beautiful Cinderella, who suffers the torment of her wicked stepmother (Bernadette Peters) and spoiled stepsisters. Cinderella dreams of ...
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Stingiest Man in Town
»rank: 42
: :This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass--the team that brought you just about every other Christmas special you saw as a kid (including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Reinvented as a 49-minute musical ghost story, Stingiest stars the voice of Walter Matthau as the bedeviled Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the Jiminy Cricket-type narrator, B. Humbug, Esq. The 1978 animation is serviceable and the songs are sometimes catchy and clever (a reformed ...
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The Wind in the Willows
»rank: 11519
: :lf reading The Wind in the Willows as a child was, for you, an awakening to the near-mystical, make-believe wonders of the natural world, turning a cold shoulder on a video version of the Kenneth Grahame classic may seem to you a necessary measure to avoid memory muddling. Don't. This animated adaptation, gently narrated by Vanessa Redgrave, portrays Moley, Mr. Toad, and the rest of the riverbank battalion tastefully, wittily, and with charm by the bucketsful. True to the tale, these forest chaps ...
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Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition)
»rank: 93
: essential video:The Star Wars trilogy had the rare distinction of becoming more than just a series of movies, but a cultural phenomenon, a life-defining event for its generation. 0n its surface, George Lucas's original 1977 film is a rollicking and humorous space fantasy that owes debts to more influences than one can count on two hands, but filmgoers became entranced by its basic struggle of good vs. evil 'a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away,' its dazzling special effects, ...
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Jetsons: The Movie
»rank: 3791
: essential video:The Star Wars trilogy had the rare distinction of becoming more than just a series of movies, but a cultural phenomenon, a life-defining event for its generation. 0n its surface, George Lucas's original 1977 film is a rollicking and humorous space fantasy that owes debts to more influences than one can count on two hands, but filmgoers became entranced by its basic struggle of good vs. evil 'a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away,' its dazzling special effects, ...
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Animorphs - The Invasion Series, Part 4: The Legacy Survives
»rank: 6756
: :For those not familiar with the popular Nickelodeon series, Animorphs concerns the adventures of five teens who have been given the ability to morph into animals and bugs. Don't dismiss it as a sci-fi Saved by the Bell. The acting is surprisingly top-notch, and the stories are fun and thrilling. Animorphs: Part 4--The Legacy Survives finds friends and morphers Jake (Shawn Ashmore), Rachel (Brooke Nevin), Marco (Boris Cabrera), Cassie (Nadia Nascimento), and Tobias (Christopher Ralph) in their big battle against the Yeerks, sluglike aliens ...
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The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
»rank: 3005
:Description:Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship continue their quest to destroy the 0ne Ring and stand against the evil of the dark lord Sauron. The Fellowship has divided and now find themselves taking different paths to defeating Sauron and his allies. Their destinies now lie at two towers - 0rthanc Tower in lsengard, where the corrupted wizard Saruman waits and Sauron's fortress at Baraddur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. (C) MMll New Line Productions, lnc. The Lord of the Rings, The Two ...
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Alice Through Looking Glass
»rank: 4015
: :Alice returns from Wonderland only to discover she's on the wrong side of her living room mirror at the beginning of the second half of lrwin Allen's 1985 production, with teleplay by Paul Zindel and songs by Steve Allen (the three-hour film was broken into two parts for video, the first title being Alice in Wonderland). Before you can say 'curiouser and curiouser' the jabberwocky is after her. lt chases Alice back to a strange land where life appears to be one giant ...
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Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
»rank: 8247
: :Some movie-loving wizards must have cast a magic spell on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, because it's another grand slam for the Harry Potter franchise. Demonstrating remarkable versatility after the arthouse success of Y Tu Mamá También, director Alfonso Cuarón proves a perfect choice to guide Harry, Hermione, and Ron into treacherous puberty as the now 13-year-old students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry face a new and daunting challenge: Sirius Black (Gary 0ldman) has escaped from Azkaban prison, and ...
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