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1) The sandlot
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The sandlot: In the early 1960s newcomer Scotty Smalls becomes part of a sandlot baseball team whose members share adventures, first kisses, and encounters with the dreaded beast and its owner who live behind the left field fence.
The sandlot 2: Ten years after the original story a new team tries to retrieve an irreplaceable model rocket that lands in Mr. Mertle's backyard behind left field.
The sandlot: heading home: An arrogant pro baseball player...
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A tale of adventure and fantasy, which sends a young boy into the pages of the world's greatest stories. Seeking refuge from a storm, timid Richard Tyler enters an empty library only to be swept away into the magical animated world of The Pagemaster, where legendary characters from literary classics come alive. Guided by a trio of talking books -- Adventure, Fantasy and Horror -- Richard must conquer his greatest fears before he can find his way home....
4) Lucas
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A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends, Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love, fall for each other.
6) Bushwhacked
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A bumbling deliveryman is accused of murder when a get-rich scheme backfires. He flees for the woods where he is mistaken for a world famous scout leader. He ends up supervising six Ranger Scouts on their first overnight expedition.
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A 5-star hotel turns into a 3-ring circus when an orangutan named Dunston checks in on the eve of the social event of the season. Dodging his jewel-thieving owner and the frantic hotel manager, Dunston is befriended by the manager's 10-year-old son, Kyle, who's determined to help his new friend escape--Container.
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When the cast is removed from his newly healed broken arm, clumsy 12-year-old Henry is shocked to find his arm has become a 100 mph fastball. His throw from the bleachers directly to home plate alerts the last place Chicago Cubs and before you know it, he is signed as their new ace pitcher. With a few pointers from an aging star pitcher, young Henry actually manages to pull off the impossible.
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A 5-star hotel turns into a 3-ring circus when an orangutan named Dunston checks in on the eve of the social event of the season. Dodging his jewel-thieving owner and the frantic hotel manager, Dunston is befriended by the manager's 10-year-old son, Kyle, who's determined to help his new friend escape--Container.
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The Hollywood family film is one of the most popular, commercially-successful and culturally significant forms of mass entertainment. This book is the first in-depth history of the Hollywood family film, tracing its development from its beginnings in the 1930s to its global box-office dominance today. Noel Brown shows how, far from being an innocuous amusement for children, the family film has always been intended for audiences of all ages and backgrounds....
15) Breaking away
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The Academy Award winning comedy about an idealistic young man and his friends and their pursuit to find jobs and a purpose to life in their hometown of Bloomington, Indiana.
16) My dog Skip
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"Who says best friends have to be human? Not Willie Morris, who receives a talented terrier named Skip for his birthday. With Skip's remarkable and unconventional help, Willie and Skip turn bullies into friends, tangle with hapless moonshiners and even win the affection of the prettiest girl in school"--Container.
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FernGully: the last rainforest: Tiny sprites, winged fairies and tree spirits live in joyful harmony deep in the heart of the rainforest. When their home is threatened by humans, one courageous sprite gives her all to save it.
A troll in Central Park: A kindhearted troll who can create flowers by touch, Stanley is banished to New York City by Gorga, the mean-spirited Queen of the Kingdom of Trolls. Stanley takes refuge in Central Park, where he befriends...
19) Thumbelina
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The story of a girl no bigger than a thumb who meets the king of the flower angels after escaping from an ugly toad who wanted to marry her.