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10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship.
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Three episodes of the Emmy Award-winning animated science-adventure series based on the best-selling books. In "The haunted house", the class has an upcoming concert at an old, spooky mansion filled with mysterious sounds. In "Going batty", as they learn about bats, the gang is convinced The Friz is a vampire. And in "Spins a web", Ms. Frizzle transports the class into a 1950s horror movie where a praying mantis is wreaking havoc on the town.
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Pet detective (1994, 86 min.) : Ace Ventura, pet detective is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino, and whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man or beast!
When nature calls (1996, 94 min.) : Africa's the place where Ace is on the case, setting out to rescue an animal he loathes, a bat! Pet detective Ace Ventura attempts to reconcile two warring tribes as he searches the...
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Ace Ventura has emerged from a self-imposed exile in a remote Himalayan hideaway. He travels to Africa with explorer Fulton Greenwall to find a sacred albino bat which will avert a war between with Wachootoo and Wachati tribes. It is up to Ace to find the sacred bat before the two tribes start fighting a savage war.
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The Terror: A cavalry officer is bewitched by a beautiful woman who leads him into a trap.
Carnival of souls: Friends are forced off a bridge and all are presumed dead but one survived. Now she has to battle her personal demons.
Revenge of the zombies: A private eye looks into a mysterious death on a mansion in the Louisiana swamps.
10) The devil bat
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A mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it.
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A day at the ballpark is transformed into a topsy-turvy nocturnal adventure that includes flying vendors selling mothdogs and Cricket Jack, a stirring bat version of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, and a home team winning play in the last inning. A great American pastime is celebrated from a completely different and breathtaking perspective. Features a conversation with the author, plus discussion guides for schools and libraries.