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1) A bug's life
Language
English
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Description
Journey inside the miniature world of bugs where an ant named Flik hires warrior bugs to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers. Bonus title at end: Geri's game (Academy Award, Best Animated Short, 1997).
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English
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Description
The story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invasion of Normandy beach. Once the men move beyond the beach, Captain John Miller must take his men behind the German lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have already been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own...
3) Mulan
Language
English
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Description
"Witness true courage as Mulan breaks tradition by joining the Imperial Army accompanied by her hilarious guardian dragon, Mushu. Relive the wonder and excitement when Mulan's adventures lead to a climactic battle in which her family's honor and the fate of the entire country rest in her hands." --
5) Babe
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Language
English
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Description
A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a special secret to success.
Series
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Mulan: Mulan is a young Chinese woman who breaks tradition and joins the Imperial army, accompanied by a her guradian dragon, Mushu, to battle an invading army. Mulan 2: Mulan and Shang are engaged to be married and must journey to a distant city in a valiant quest to save their beloved empire.
7) Patch Adams
Series
Language
English
Description
Patch Adams is a doctor who doesn't look, act or think like other doctors. For Patch, humor is the best medicine, and he's willing to do just about anything to make his patients laugh--even if it means risking his own career.
8) Armageddon
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Language
English
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Description
Due to a shuttle's unfortunate demise in outer space, NASA becomes aware of a doomsday asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth. It seems that the only way to knock it off course is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear weapon. But as NASA's under-funded yet resourceful team train the world's best drillers for the job, the social order of the world begins to break down as the information reaches the public and hysteria results....
Language
English
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Description
A comedy about the greatest love story almost never told. When Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola starts the words flowing like never before. There are just two things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else, she's successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production.
10) The Truman Show
Series
Language
English
Description
Truman's life is a fake. He lives in a big studio with hidden cameras everywhere. His friends and people around him are actors who play their roles in the most popular television series in the world: The Truman Show. He thinks he is an ordinary man and has no idea about how he is being exploited. What will he do when he finds out?
12) Mulan
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Clever Mulan proves her worth outside of her tradition-bound society when, diguised as the male soldier, "Ping", she bravely takes her father's place in the Imperial Army. Helped by her funny guardian dragon Mushu and a lucky cricket named Cri-kee, Mulan strives to earn the respect of her fellow warriors and her courageous Captain Shang. Mulan's adventures lead to a climatic battle atop the Imperial Palace, where her family's honor and the fate of...
Language
Italiano
Formats
Description
In this extraordinary tale, Guido, a charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor, has won the heart of the woman he loves and created a beautiful life for his young family. But then, that life is threatened by World War II, and Guido must rely on those very same strengths to save his beloved wife and son from an unthinkable fate!
14) Elizabeth
Language
English
Description
Before the Golden Age, Elizabeth was a passionate and naïve girl who came to reign over a land divided by bloody turmoil. Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors, thwarting her devious rivals, and denying her own desires for the good of her country.
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Language
English
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Description
Babe: Pig in the City takes the three musketeers Babe, Ferdy and Mrs. Hoggett on a crusade into the midst of a large city where despite incredible obstacles, they are able to turn enemies into friends, raise enough money to save the farm and combine the two worlds into one. Once again, it is Babe's kind and steady heart that achieves miracles in this fun-filled fantasy tale the whole family will enjoy.--
17) One true thing
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
When crisis confronts Katherine and George Gulden they turn to their grown daughter, Ellen, for support.
Series
Publisher
PolyGram Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie, kills herself and goes to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
Series
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Grace MacLean and her friend Judith go horseback riding in upstate New York on a winter morning, but their horses lose their footing on ice and slide onto a road, where Judith and her horse are killed by a jackknifing truck. Grace has her right leg amputated, and the frightening incident leaves a lasting trauma not only on Grace but also on her horse, Pilgrim. Grace's mother seeking Grace's recovery, feels there's a link between...
20) Central Station
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Portuguese
Description
When a young boy witnesses his mother's accidental death, a lonely, retired school-teacher reluctantly takes the child under her wing.
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