Unstrung Heroes (DVD)
Steven Lidz lives a happy and secure life in the home of his loving mother and inventor father in 1962 Los Angeles. However, things take a tragic turn when his mom, Selma, becomes terminally ill with cancer. Because Steven`s father can`t bring himself to deal honestly with Selma`s impending death, Steven chooses to live with his two eccentric uncles, Danny and Arthur. While Danny suffers from paranoia and sees anti-Semitic conspiracies everywhere, Arthur is a childlike pack rat who has filled their apartment with stacks of newspapers and hundreds of small items he`s found in the streets. Despite their strange lifestyles, the uncles manage to usher Steven through this difficult period of his life, and find a creative way of dealing with his grief. Adapted from the touching childhood memoirs of Franz Lidz. Academy Award Nomination: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score.PG"
Director: Diane Keaton
ACTORS: Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards, Maury Chaykin
La Paloma de Marsella (DVD)
This romantic comedy from Mexico tells of Amelia del Valle, who is known as La Paloma de Marsella, or the Pigeon of Marsella. In the twilight of her years she finds herself at peace with her past as a prostitute, and unafraid of the future. When an opportunity presents itself for Amelia to appear on television, she takes it just to see what happens and finds that life can still be full of pleasant surprises when you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.NR"
Director: Carlos Garcia Agraz
ACTORS: German Robles, Bertha Moss
Thumbelina (DVD)
Based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson, Thumbelina must race to save the Little People.NR"
The Return of the King (DVD)
Continuing the story they began in 1978`s THE HOBBIT, directors Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin present THE RETURN OF THE KING, the close to J.R.R. Tolkien`s Lord of the Rings series. As hobbits Frodo and Samwise head to Mount Doom to destroy the evil ring that brings plague to the land, they must overcome a number of obstacles--orcs, ring wraiths, the deadly Gollum, and the madness of the ring itself--while Gandalf and Aragon head an epic battle against the evil forces that threaten to destroy all of Middle-earth.
THE RETURN OF THE KING ends the cycle started in THE HOBBIT and continued in Ralph Bakshi`s THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Viewers get to see an aged Bilbo Baggins contentedly smoking his pipe and listening to his nephew Frodo`s tales. Orson Bean and John Huston reprise their roles as Bilbo and Gandalf. (Bean also lends his voice to Frodo.) And as with THE HOBBIT, there`s plenty of thrilling action, masterfully painted backgrounds, and catchy Glenn Yarbrough songs.NR"
Director: Jules Bass|Arthur Rankin
Around The World In 80 Days (Animated) (DVD)
An animated version of the Jules Verne literary classic that follows Phineas Fogg, an English nobleman, on his adventures around the world. Begun with a wager that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he finds a world voyage that is filled with wonder and excitement.NR"
