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Gifts (4-8): Videos Kids Like

cover Alice in Wonderland
Amazon.com
This is an impressive-looking version of Lewis Carroll's story originally produced for NBC-TV. Dreading a singing recital at her parents' lavish home, Alice falls into a strange world in pursuit of a large White Rabbit. The talented child actor Tina...Read more


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Rated: NR
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cover The Adventures of Ichabod & Mr. Toad
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This 1949 Disney feature has never been available on video in its original form until now. The 68-minute film contains two shorts: The Wind in the Willows and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The former is a lively version of Kenneth Grahame's book of...Read more


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  VHS
Rated: G
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cover A Bug's Life
Amazon.com
There was such a magic on the screen in 1995 when the people at Pixar came up with the first fully computer-animated film, Toy Story. Their second feature film, A Bug's Life, may miss the bull's-eye but Pixar's target is so lofty, it's hard to find...Read more


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Rated: G
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cover Mulan
Amazon.com
Solid entertainment from a new group of Disney animators. The story source is a Chinese fable about a young girl who disguises herself as a man to help her family and her country. When the Huns attack China, a call to arms goes out to every village,...Read more


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Rated: G
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cover Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
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Inventive, tuneful retelling of The Wind in the Willows by filmmaker Terry Jones (Erik the Viking), and costarring many of his Monty Python pals. The film relies on creative dramatics and subtle costumes to show the human actors playing the various...Read more


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Rated: PG
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cover VeggieTales: Larry-Boy and the Fib From Outer Space
Amazon.com
If you want some morality tossed lightly with education in the videos your children watch, then this is a series for you. These Christian vegetables with a hip sensibility (sample dialogue: "You are so early-'90s.") play out a Batman-meets-Back to...Read more


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Rated: NR
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cover The Rugrats Movie
Amazon.com
The first theatrical film from the popular Nickelodeon TV series became the surprise hit of the 1998 holiday box-office crunch, trouncing the highly competitive kids market. The key ingredient to the Rugrats' success is the writing. Venturing into...Read more


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Rated: G
NTSC format (for use in US and Canada only)

cover Kids Are Punny
Amazon.com
This 30-minute HBO program is inspired by Rosie O'Donnell's best-selling book examining kids and how laughter plays a vital part of childhood. The show is a mix of animated tales and snippets of children talking about what's funny to them. These...Read more


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Rated: NR
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cover The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
Amazon.com
Another made-for-video sequel to a Disney masterpiece. As with the Beauty and the Beast and Pocahontas sequels, most of the recognizable vocal talents return, creating a worthwhile successor to the highest-grossing animated film ever. We pick up the...Read more


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Rated: NR
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Paulie
From Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Satisfying, enjoyable family film. A caged parrot in the basement of a scientific institution relates his colorful life story--passing from one owner to the next--to a friendly (and lonely) janitor. A sweet-natured film that dares not to be stupid;...Read more


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Rated: PG
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Microcosmos
Amazon.com
Using revolutionary cameras, the directors of this French film (with minimal English-language narration) have made an amazing chronicle of the insect world. There are at least a dozen fascinating, memorable images, and the carnage is held to a...Read more


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Rated: G
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Hercules
Amazon.com
Not the egregious foul it seemed to be in theaters, Hercules stands up as an entertaining spritzer of an animated feature. The continual peppering of in-jokes and cultural references becomes less irksome on video. That there's no majesty or awe...Read more


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Rated: G
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Kiki's Delivery Service
Amazon.com
In Hayao Miyazaki's magical Kiki's Delivery Service, a 13-year-old girl meets the world head on as she spends her first year soloing as an apprentice witch. Kiki (Kirsten Dunst) is still a little green and plenty headstrong, but also resourceful,...Read more


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Rated: G
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Lady and the Tramp
Amazon.com
Disney's first animated feature in CinemaScope is now available in widescreen presentations on video, and it is definitely good to get the whole picture. One of the studio's most original and charming movies, the 1955 film tells the story of a...Read more


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Rated: G
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Jason and the Argonauts
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Arguably the most intelligently written film to feature the masterful stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen, Jason and the Argonauts is a colorful adventure that takes full advantage of Harryhausen's "Dynarama" process. Inspired by the Greek myth,...Read more


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Rated: G
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Amazon.com
This remastered, pan-and-scan 30th-anniversary edition of that kiddie-car caper is flawed but solid family fare. It retains a quaint charm while some of the songs--including the title tune--are quite hummable. A huge plus is Dick Van Dyke, who is...Read more


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Rated: G
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The Little Mermaid
Amazon.com
From the moment that Prince Eric's ship emerged from the fog in the opening credits it was apparent that Disney had somehow, suddenly recaptured that "magic" that had been dormant for thirty years. In the tale of a headstrong young mermaid who yearns...Read more


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Rated: G
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Shirley Temple - Sing & Dance Along
 


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Rated: NR
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The Borrowers
Amazon.com
The popular children's books by Mary Norton have been filmed before, but never with as much imagination and ingenuity as you'll find on display in this delightful fantasy film released to critical praise in 1998. The "Borrowers" of the title are a...Read more


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Rated: PG
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Mulan
Amazon.com
Solid entertainment from a new group of Disney animators. The story source is a Chinese fable about a young girl who disguises herself as a man to help her family and her country. When the Huns attack China, a call to arms goes out to every village,...Read more


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Rated: G
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Antz
Amazon.com
Woody Allen as a worker ant with an inferiority complex? Sylvester Stallone as an affable soldier ant who discovers that digging tunnels is cool? The animation playground we all knew so well is turning into a theme park full of in-jokes for grownups....Read more


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  VHS
Rated: PG
NTSC format (for use in US and Canada only)

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