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Flying Monsters 3DGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 06/19/2012 Rating G Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 40 mins Released By: National Geographic Home Video The "monsters" in question actually aren't monsters at all, but an unusual paleolithic species known as pterosaurs that began to dominate the skies some 220 million years ago, at about the same time that dinosaurs ruled the Earth. It is said, in fact, that these beasts had 40-foot wingspans, or roughly the same breadth as a modern day jet plane. In this program, celebrated naturalist and documentary maker Sir David Attenborough (PLANET EARTH) embarks on a journey to uncover the truth about these enigmatic creatures - with a particularly strong emphasis on answering the question of how such beings managed to get and stay aloft. Ultimately, answers do emerge, that shed an evolutionary light on contemporary zoology. To bring its tale to life, the program utilizes a combination of cutting edge 3D and CGI imagery. … more less -
BenjiGenre: Childrens Release Date: 03/06/2012 Rating G Production Year: 1974 Cast: Peter Breck, Deborah Walley, Edgar Buchanan, Benji, Terry Carter The first screen adventure for Benji, that oh-so-loveable mutt with an iron will and a heart of gold. Benji sets out to save two kidnapped kids and finds love with a fetching female canine called Tiffany along the way. A children's classic since its production in 1974, Benji is a true phenomenon and high quality, wholesome entertainment. No child can resist the accident charms of this frisky and loyal "best friend." … more less -
Ben-HurGenre: Dramas Release Date: 02/07/2012 Rating G Production Year: 1959 Run Time: 222 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith Anno Domini: the seventh year of Augustus Caesar's reign. In the Roman province of Judea, Jews return to the city of their birth for the census. A bright star in the night over Bethlehem marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Years later, Roman commander Messala (Stephen Boyd), who was brought up in Judea, takes command of the Roman garrison in Jerusalem. His Jewish boyhood friend Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) greets him. Messala is delighted. But when Judah refuses to name Jewish patriots, Messala sentences him to the slave galleys and imprisons his mother, Miriam (Martha Scott), and sister, Tirzah (Cathy O'Donnell). Judah vows revenge. In BEN-HUR, William Wyler's much-lauded epic, the story of Judah's search for his mother and sister and his quest for revenge intersects with crucial biblical events such as the Sermon on the Mount and the crucifixion. Wyler gets fine performances from Heston, Boyd, Jack Hawkins (as a Roman admiral who befriends Judah), and Hugh Griffith (as an Arab sheik who dreams of racing his beautiful white horses against Messala). Among BEN-HUR's vivid dramatic sequences are a violent sea battle and the famous chariot race that pits Judah against Messala in one of cinema's great action sequences. … more less -
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldGenre: Comedies Release Date: 02/07/2012 Rating G Production Year: 1963 Run Time: 161 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman, Buddy Hackett, Sid Caesar This wacky comedy classic directed by Stanley Kramer features one of the largest collections of American comedians ever brought together on celluloid, resulting in the kind of far-out comic gem that only the 1960s could dish out. Filled with sharp one-liners, plenty of pratfalls and double takes, and unstoppable slapstick humor, this film never stops entertaining. The laughs come mostly from vehicle accidents of all kinds: car crashes, bike accidents, airplane failures, and almost everything else imaginable. But a good amount of humor is also lent to major wrestling matches, terrible mix-ups and misunderstandings, and increasingly absurd personalities such as Mrs. Marcus (Ethel Merman), the screeching and impossible mother-in-law. The film even laughs at itself, showing its flimsy cardboard sets as characters punch out walls or accidentally explode whole boxes of dynamite. The cast includes such favorites as Jonathan Winters, Phil Silvers, Milton Berle, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Sid Caesar, Spencer Tracey, Terry-Thomas, and Dick Shawn, among countless others. Brilliantly simple, the plot concerns a caravan of motorists who witness a terrible accident on a dangerously windy California highway. The auto-crash victim (Jimmy Durante) reveals in his dying words that he has hidden a fortune of stolen cash, sending the drivers on a rambunctious race to see who can claim the loot first! … more less -
Adventures of Milo and OtisGenre: Action/Adventure Release Date: 01/24/2012 Rating G Production Year: 1989 Run Time: 76 mins Released By: Sony Pictures Home Cast: Dudley Moore Milo, the curious kitten and Otis, the pug-nosed pup journey to a dazzling world of natural splendor when Milo accidentally sets sail down the backyard creek in a box and Otis follows behind along the shore. Narrated by Dudley Moore. … more less -
Hellstrom Chronicle, TheGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 01/10/2012 Rating G Production Year: 1971 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Olive Films Cast: Conlan Carter, Lawrence Pressman This remarkable quasi-documentary on insects features amazing microphotography which lends support to the film's theory that insects will one day rule the earth. Uneven but a big award winner at the time which enjoyed a cult following, especially amongst the stoned. … more less -
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas SpecialGenre: Childrens Release Date: 11/26/2011 Rating G Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 25 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah In this animated holiday adventure featuring the characters from ICE AGE, Sid the Sloth travels to the North Pole in order to get himself removed from Santa's naughty list before Christmas Eve. … more less -
HubbleGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 11/15/2011 Rating G Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 44 mins Released By: Imax The filmmakers who brought you aboard the SPACE STATION 3D invite you to follow the Hubble Space Telescope on its mission to explore the farthest reaches of the cosmos. Follow astronauts up into space as they strive to get the powerful telescope prepared for a fantastic journey of discovery. Witness the birth of a star, and experience the awesome power of a supernova in stunning IMAX 3-D. … more less -
My Fair LadyGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 11/15/2011 Rating G Production Year: 1964 Run Time: 172 mins Released By: Paramount Home Entertainment Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Stanley Holloway, Jeremy Brett An insufferably arrogant linguist, Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), bets a colleague that he can transform a flower-selling Cockney guttersnipe into a regal lady. His quarry, the irrepressible Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), accepts his offer for diction lessons in good faith, hoping to improve her station with a career as a shopgirl. This quintessential musical, scored by Lerner and Loewe, was based on the 1913 play PYGMALION by George Bernard Shaw, and virtually swept the Academy Awards, winning, among others, Best Picture, Director, and Actor (Harrison). … more less -
Toy Story 3D TrilogyGenre: Childrens Release Date: 11/01/2011 Rating G Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 276 mins Released By: Walt Disney Home Video … more less -
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate FactoryGenre: Childrens Release Date: 10/18/2011 Rating G Production Year: 1971 Cast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Michael Bollner, Ursula Reit A wry and amusing musical about a world famous candymaker who hides five golden tickets in candy bars for five lucky children. Young, good-natured Charlie (Peter Ostrum) wins one of the tickets hidden amongst thousands of Wonka chocolate bars. What have Charlie and the other four kids won? A tour through Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, led by the loveable, eccentric, but often mean-spirited Wonka (Gene Wilder) himself. The factory itself is like a fantasy world: crazy color schemes, wild inventions, secret rooms, busy oompa-loompas, and lots and lots of delectable sweets. But Wonka has a hidden agenda, and during the tour he tests each child's character and honesty. Based on Roald Dahl's children's book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." … more less -
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Lord of the DanceGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 06/28/2011 Rating G Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 95 mins Released By: E1 Entertainment Distribution Cast: Bernadette Flynn Michael Flatley stars in, directs, and produces this documentary, presented initially in 3D, of a performance from his Irish dance troupe Lord of the Dance. This particular production utilizes ancient Irish folktales in order to spin a traditional tale about good vs. evil. … more less -
Rio LoboGenre: Westerns Release Date: 05/31/2011 Rating G Production Year: 1970 Run Time: 114 mins Released By: Paramount Home Entertainment Cast: John Wayne, Jennifer O'Neill, Jorge Rivero, Jack Elam, Victor French Howard Hawks's final film once again teams him with John Wayne, with a script by Leigh Brackett (who also wrote his EL DORADO and RIO BRAVO). The time is just after the end of the Civil War. Wayne is Union Colonel Cord McNally, who is teamed with two Confederate soldiers he captured during the war in order to take down a thieving bootlegger. Their travels take them to a small town being held in terror by an evil Sheriff. McNally and his crew decide to help the townspeople with their own brand of justice. With a considerable amount of humor and Hawks's reliable formula in which a motley band of men unite for a common cause, RIO LOBO is a fitting conclusion to both his western trilogy and a distinguished career. … more less -
Great Dictator, TheGenre: Comedies Release Date: 05/24/2011 Rating G Production Year: 1940 Run Time: 125 mins Released By: Criterion Collection Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell Charlie Chaplin has a dual role in this film, his first with dialogue. He plays a sweet-natured Jewish barber and a murderous Hitler-type dictator with such satirical impact that it counterbalanced the oratory of Adolf Hitler. Particularly delectable comic scenes are Hynkel's balletic "pas de deux" with a globe, and a cream cake fight between Hynkel and Napoloni, the dictator of Bacteria. … more less -
Mans, LeGenre: Action/Adventure Release Date: 05/24/2011 Rating G Production Year: 1971 Run Time: 108 mins Released By: Paramount Home Entertainment Cast: Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Elga Andersen, Luc Merenda An American race car driver (Steve McQueen) returns to competition a year after an accident leaves him badly injured. As he prepares to face his chief rival in the famous Le Mans race, he also begins a new romance with the wife of a driver who died in the same accident that nearly killed him. Often considered the best racing film ever, LE MANS captures on film the personal intrigue and death-defying sportsmanship of the world's most famous and dangerous racing competition. Steve McQueen did most of his own driving on the 8.5 mile course, often exceeding 200 mph. … more less -
BabeGenre: Childrens Release Date: 04/05/2011 Rating G Production Year: 1995 Cast: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski A little pig with big dreams teaches himself to be a sheepdog in this marvelous fantasy based on Dick King-Smith's children's novel "The Sheep-Pig." When an old farmer wins a piglet at a carnival by guessing its weight, be brings the oinker, named Babe, home. At first, the little animal feels confused and lonely. But a maternal collie, who just delivered her own litter, welcomes Babe into her family, and teaches him about farm life. Soon the precious pig proves that he can be a pretty valuable asset to the farmer and his wife--in a most unexpected way. Special effects allow the entire menagerie of farm animals to speak throughout this magical live-action tale. … more less -
Greatest Story Ever Told, TheGenre: Religious Release Date: 03/29/2011 Rating G Production Year: 1965 Run Time: 199 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Cast: Max Von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Claude Rains, Bobby Blake George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's (Jose Ferrer) decree of the execution of all male children in Judea, and the Holy family's escape into Egypt. It continues as Christ encounters John the Baptist (Charlton Heston) searches for the Twelve Apostles, and raises Lazarus (Michael Tolan), while John the Baptist is executed. It concludes with Jesus' expulsion of the moneylenders from the temple, the instruction of the Apostles at the Last Supper, Christ's betrayal by Judas (David McCallum), the Passion, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection. The product of years of research and planning by Stevens, the film features a huge cast of stars, among whom Von Sydow, McCallum, Dorothy McGuire (Mary), Sidney Poitier (Simon of Cyrene), Claude Rains (Herod the Great), Donald Pleasence (The Devil), Martin Landau (Caiaphas), and Janet Margolin (Mary of Bethany), give fine performances. … more less -
Wiz, TheGenre: Musical & Performing Arts Release Date: 11/30/2010 Rating G Production Year: 1978 Run Time: 135 mins Released By: Universal Studios Home Video Cast: Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne, Richard Pryor, Nipsey Russell In this Sidney Lumet-directed Motown rendition of THE WIZARD OF OZ, Diana Ross plays a soulful Dorothy, accompanied by a cast peppered with R&B stars such as Roberta Flack and Luther Vandross. … more less -
Under the SeaGenre: Education/General Interest Release Date: 11/16/2010 Rating G Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 41 mins Released By: IMAX Actor Jim Carrey is the narrator/tourguide for a stunning journey into the world's most beautiful and remote coral reefs. With his amazing underwater Imax camera, director Howard Hall travels to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and some of the world's most isolated spots in order to bring audiences truly jaw-dropping visual experiences. Great white sharks swim right up, sting rays flap sand all over, and there's up-close and personal time with sea lions, sea turtles, clown fish, nautilus and dwarf whales, and the leafy-looking sea dragon (at such close proximity, these creatures make typical movie monsters seem pretty tame). The sealife can be hypnotic in the clear, flowing waves--as in the dance of the cuttlefish, or the fields of eels--but beware of sudden attacks from well-camouflaged predators like the spiny scorpion fish. Hall is a pro photographer of these Imax soirees, having also helmed DEEP SEA and INTO THE DEEP, and his great patience, skill, and obvious love for his subject matter pay off in fully immersive images that add urgency to the film's serious environmental concerns: acidification and global warming are endangering the reefs, and action must be taken if these creatures are to survive into the future. … more less
