Doors/Wonder Famous Fred

Here's a cat tale that even dog lovers will enjoy. This 1997 Oscar-nominated short from England tells the tale of Fred, a beloved and recently deceased cat. The two children who owned Fred are surprised and delighted to find that he was famous around the world as a singer and groovy trendsetter. A pet hamster (voiced by Tom Courtenay) reflects on the exploits of Fred in a toe-tapping, per…

Dr. Seuss Yertle the Turtle

This is largely a glorified reading experience of the 1950s collection of stories by Dr. Seuss. The visuals are comprised of camera pans and zooms of the author's original artwork, using minimal animation (occasionally a rabbit ear droops or a pond ripples) and relying on the vivid, highly entertaining narration by John Lithgow to bring to life the book's three tales about the follies of pride.…

Earth Vs./Flying Saucers

A textbook example of '50s-era science fiction, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers boasts not only a solid script and competent performances, but some genuinely impressive stop-motion effects courtesy of one of the industry's uncontested masters, Ray Harryhausen. Scientist Hugh Marlowe (who faced a more benevolent invader from space five years earlier in The Day the Earth Stood Still) discovers that …

Family Dog: Doggone Girl [Import]

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Frank & Ollie [Import]

Frank and Ollie is a highly controlled glimpse at a unique friendship. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, two of Walt Disney's famous Nine Old Men original animators, are such naturals on camera, they'll put a smile on any audience member. The two met at the Stanford Art School in 1931. Sixty years later the next-door neighbors are so close they meet when taking out the garbage. They have seldom …

Hand Behind the Mouse: Ub Iwerks Story [Import]

In this 1999 documentary, Leslie Iwerks offers viewers a look at the work of her grandfather, one of the unsung giants of animation and film technology. Ub Iwerks (1901-1971) was a teenager in Kansas City when he and his friend Walt Disney taught themselves animation. In 1928, Iwerks designed Mickey Mouse's physical appearance and animated the first three Mickey shorts almost single-handed…

Hemo the Magnificent

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High Flying Hero

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6301008987

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HTML 4 for Dummies with CDROM

Hard-core programmers would say that HTML is for dummies. Nonetheless, those of us who'd like to build and maintain our own Web sites but cringe at the sight of anything resembling a programming language, HTML 4 for Dummies is the hand-holding guide we need to help us through. Given that so many HTML editors are available that do all of the site-building work for you, it's strange that the aut…

Jetsons the Movie

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