Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
The Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
Call Number: VHS00250
by Lissa Baléra; Taïrou M’Baye; Djibril Diop Mambéty; Silvia Voser; Wasis Diop; Cephéide Productions.; Maag Daan.; Waka Films.;
Format: VHS
Language: Wolof with English subtitles
Publisher: San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel [distributor], 1999.
Notes: Originally released in 1999 (45 mins.);
Summary: Parable uses the struggles of a young crippled girl in Dakar trying to earn her living in the market place selling newspapers to mirror Africa’s role in the international marketplace.
OCLC #: 42662780
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Djibril Diop Mambéty, Foreign Film, Library of African Cinema
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
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A Little Princess
Call Number: VHS00246
by: Eleanor Bron; Liam Cunningham; Alfonso Cuarón; Frances Hodgson Burnett;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1995 (97 mins.); Nominated for 2 Academy Awards; based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett;
Summary: Sara Crewe, the pampered daughter of an Army officer, is left in a strict boarding school when her father goes off to war. When he is reported dead, her world is turned upside down and she is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken
Also: See the Walter Lang-directed The Little Princess ( DVD00087);
OCLC #: 33157515
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Alfonso Cuarón, Award, Books on Film
Posted in Drama, Family, Fantasy | Comments Closed
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Le Maître des éléphants
Call Number: VHS00247
by Jacques Dutronc; Erwan Baynaud; Patrick Grandperret; René Guillot; et al
Format: VHS
Language: French
Publisher: CFP Video, 199?
Notes: Originally released in 1995 (101 mins.); Based on the book by Rene Guillot;
OCLC #: 48609608
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Books on Film, Foreign Film, Patrick Grandperret
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Luc Besson presents L’Enfant Lion or The Lion Child
Call Number: VHS00245
by Luc Besson; Patrick Grandperret;
Format: VHS
Language: French
Publisher: [France] : Malofilm Video, [199-?]
Notes: Originally released in 1993 (86 mins.); Based on the novel by René Guillot;
OCLC #: 60662488
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Books on Film, Foreign Film, Patrick Grandperret
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Little Big League
Call Number: VHS00243
by: Luke Edwards; Timothy Busfield; Jason Robards; Andrew Scheinman; Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm); Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Burbank, Calif.] : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1994 (120 mins.);
Summary: An inspiring family comedy adventure about a boy’s determination to put the fun back into baseball after inheriting the Minnesota Twins
OCLC #: 35120500
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Andrew Scheinman
Posted in Comedy, Family | Comments Closed
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
National Velvet
Call Number: VHS00240
by Clarence Brown; Mickey Rooney; Elizabeth Taylor; Donald Crisp; Enid Bagnold; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1971.
Notes: Originally released in 1944 (124 mins.); Based on the novel by Enid Bagnold; Nominated for 5 Academy Awards
Summary: Elizabeth Taylor is Velvet Brown, an English schoolgirl who has very big dreams. She falls for a thoroughbred rogue horse and with the help of Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney), she trains him for steeplechase racing
OCLC #: 42511445
Added: October 30, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Award, Books on Film, Clarence Brown
Posted in Drama, Family | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
The Monkey People
Call Number: VHS00212
by Lee Ritenour; Raul Julia;
Language: English
Publisher: Westport, CT : Rabbit Ears Productions, 1991.
Notes: Originally aired in 1991? (30 mins.); Nominated for nine Grammy Awards;
Summary: Features Raul Julia telling a folktale about Tepe, a little boy from a prosperous but lazy Amazonian village, who discovers an old man who carves monkeys out of leaves. Eventually, the leaf-monkeys are able to do everything the villagers wish.
OCLC #: 25609836
Added: October 28, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Animated, Award, History
Posted in Family, Television Series | Comments Closed
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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The Parent Trap
Call Number: VHS00209
by Haley Mills and Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith, Charlie Ruggles, Una Merkel, Leo G. Carroll, Joanna Barnes, Cathleen Nesbitt, Erich Kastner, David Swift, Tommy Sands, Annette, Walt Disney Productions
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Video, [1995?]
Notes: Originially released in 1961 (129 mins.); Nominated for 2 Academy Awards; Based on the book “Das Doppelte Lottchen” by Erich Kastner
Summary: Hayley Mills stars as two young girls who, while at summer camp, discover that they are long-lost twin sisters, separated shortly after birth. Reunited at last, they launch a coast-to-coast campaign to rekindle romance between their estranged parents
OCLC #: 32814337
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Books on Film, David Swift, Disney
Posted in Comedy, Family | Comments Closed
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Yaaba
Call Number: VHS00176
by: Idrissa Ouédraogo; Fatimata Sanga; Noufou Ouédraogo; Roukietou Barry; New Yorker Films.; Arcadia Films.; Films de l’avenir.; Thelma Film AG.; New Yorker Video (Firm);
Language: Mooré, with English subtitles
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : New Yorker Video, [©1999]
Notes: Originally released in 1989 (90 mins.);
Summary: A young girl and her cousin Bila happen upon an old witch outcast by their village many years before. Although forbidden by his parents to have any contact with the old lady, Bila is drawn to her mystique and the fear she brings to the village.
OCLC #: 43602217
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Foreign Film, Idrissa Ouedraogo
Posted in Drama, Family | Comments Closed
Monday, October 20th, 2008
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The Mighty Ducks
Call Number: VHS00154
by Stephen Herek; Jordan Kerner; Jon Avnet; Steven Brill; Emilio Estevez; Joss Ackland; Lane Smith; Heidi Kling; M Josef Sommer; David Newman; Walt Disney Pictures.; Touchwood Pacific Partners I.; Walt Disney Home Video (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, 1992.
Notes: Originally released in 1992 (104 mins.);
Summary: Slapped with a community service assignment, a tough trial lawyer must coach a ragtag team of pee wee hockey players who can’t skate, can’t score and can’t win.
OCLC #: 27927520
Added: October 20, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Disney, Stephen Herek
Posted in Comedy, Family | Comments Closed
