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20143) Cool Hand Luke
Pub. Date
[1997]
Summary
Set in the southern United States, Luke is caught cutting off parking meters and is sentenced to the "chain gang".
20144) The Wizard of Oz
Summary
When a neighbor tries to have her dog Toto impounded, Dorothy takes Toto and runs away. A tornado appears and carries her to the magical land of Oz. Wishing to return home, she begins to travel to the city of Oz where a great wizard lives. On her way she meets a Scarecrow who needs a brain, a Tin Man who wants a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who desperately needs courage. They all hope the all-mighty Wizard of Oz will help them, but they have to get...
20146) A Charlie Brown Christmas
Pub. Date
2000
Summary
'Tis the season to be jolly, but Charlie Brown, feeling that the Christmas message is lost amid all the seasonal glitter, has the blues. Join the Peanuts gang as they discover for themselves the true meaning of Christmas.
Pub. Date
c2002
Summary
Frosty the Snowman: When Frosty comes to life, he must weather a storm of adventures and the plans of an evil magician before he can find safety and happiness at the North Pole. Frosty returns: When a power-hungry tycoon invents a product that will eliminate snow, Holly must convince the people of Beansboro to save the snow and her friend Frosty.
20148) Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Series
Summary
A veteran thief and leader of a remarkable gang of bank robbers makes a spectacular heist.
20149) The Lone Ranger
Pub. Date
c2002
Summary
A posse of Texas Rangers is led into an ambush by the Butch Cavendish gang. Tonto, a friendly Indian, nurses the only survivor, John Reid, back to health. Wearing a black mask and shooting silver bullets, Reid becomes the Lone Ranger and, with Tonto, roams the Old West fighting crime.
20150) Throw Momma from the train
Series
Summary
A student tries to convince his writing professor to exchange murders - he'll murder his teacher's wife, and the prof will murder his student's mom.
20151) Arachnophobia
Summary
Jeff Daniels and John Goodman star in this creepy comedy, crawling with the perfect mix of fun and fright. Everyone is afraid of something, but when Dr. Ross Jennings (Daniels) moves his family to a quiet place in the country, the one thing that bugs him most is terrifying everyone in town. For this unlikely hero, overcoming a childhood fear of spiders might just save the day.
20152) Son-in-law
Pub. Date
[1994]
Summary
L.A.'s funkiest college student, Crawl, is hilariously out of his element when he spends Thanksgiving at the family farm of a straitlaced college co-ed.
20153) The Secret of NIMH
Pub. Date
c1998
Summary
To save her family from a farmer’s plow, Mrs. Brisby, a mild-mannered mouse, has a plan to move her house! However, Mrs. Brisby will need an engineering miracle to hoist her home, and for that she must face a wicked rat, fend off a vicious cat and claim a magic amulet! But when Mrs. Brisby discovers the astounding secret of NIMH...it will change her life forever! Starring the voices of Dom DeLuise, John Carradine and Peter Strauss, “THE SECRET...
20154) Eddie
Pub. Date
1997
Summary
A die hard basketball fan with a slammin' sense of humor shocks everyone when she wins a half-time contest that leads to the head coaching job for the New York Knicks.
20155) Cocktail
Pub. Date
1988
Summary
Tom Cruise plays Brian Flanagan, a young confident and ambitious bartender who, with the help of a seasoned pro, becomes the toast of Manhattan's Upper East Side. But when he moves to Jamaica and meets an independent artist, their vivid romance brings a new perspective to the self-centered bartender's life.
20156) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Pub. Date
c1998
Summary
Eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts creates an extraordinary car called Chitty chitty bang bang. It not only drives--but also flies and floats--as it leads him, his two children and his beautiful lady friend, Truly Scrumptious into a magical world of pirates, castles and adventure. There, the group encounter a host of unforgettable characters, including Baron Bomburst of Vulgaria, his persnickety wife, a lovable village toymaker and an evil child...
20157) Mr. Smith goes to Washington
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Summary
Washington's youngest senator exposes corruption in high places, almost at the cost of his career.
20158) Home for the holidays
Pub. Date
[2001], c1995
Summary
Claudia Larson is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and now has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Baltimore. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements--and her brother Tommy makes it down from Boston with a little surprise: a handsome friend named Leo. Between dropping the turkey in their sister's lap and a few fist fights on the front lawn, Claudia and Tommy recapture their childhood and Claudia and Leo explore the...
20159) Hellfighters
Summary
Chance Buckman is a Texan who tames out-of-control oil well infernos in exotic locations around the world. Between blazes, Chance carries the burden for Madelyn, the wife who left him 20 years earlier because of his dangerous lifestyle.
20160) The ice storm
Series
Summary
"When a self-centered husband's relationships with his wife and mistress grow cold, it takes a wife-swapping "key party" and a freak ice storm to clear the air ... and change their lives forever"--Container.
