Roddy McDowall
2) A bug's life
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Cute and clever, "A Bug's Life" is a relatively straight retelling of Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai," except of course that the characters are bugs! Idealistic young ant Flik is a sweet-natured dreamer and inventor. But his innovative thinking makes him an outcast when one of his inventions goes awry and destroys the food sacrifice that the colony makes annually to a gang of grasshopper hooligans led by the sinister Hopper. Disgraced, Flik is sent...
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"Experience mankind's greatest adventure. This thrilling sci-fi original is a breathtaking ride. Charlton Heston stars as Taylor, an astronaut who crash-lands on a mysterious world where intelligent apes rule, and hunt primitive, speechless humans for sport. Soon, Taylor's life depends on the kindness of the chimpanzee scientists Cornelius and Zira and his escape to the Forbidden Zone, where he uncovers an earth-shattering secret that may hold the...
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After crash-landing on an uncharted planet, astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Soon, Taylor's life depends on the kindness of the chimpanzee scientists Cornelius (Roddy McDowall) and Zira (Kim Hunter) and his escape to the Forbidden Zone, where he uncovers an earth-shattering secret that may hold the key to his own destiny.
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"On June 6, 1944, the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships, comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. Presented in its original black and white version, [it] is a vivid, hour-by-hour recreation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast, and told from the perspectives of both sides, it is a fascinating...
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The epic saga of legendary Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and her attempt to stabilize her power and gain control of the Roman Empire. When Caesar visits Egypt, Cleopatra gains control by ousting her brother with his help. She marries Caesar, and bears him the son fate had previously denied him. Joining him in Rome--to ensure that the boy takes his rightful place after his father--her plans are thwarted when Caesar is assassinated and she must flee....
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My friend Flicka: Ken McLaughlin, a young Wyoming ranch boy, chooses a headstrong filly to raise as his own, and earns his father's respect while learning important life lessons; Thunderhead : son of Flicka: Ken tries to train Flicka's son Thunderhead to be a race horse; Green grass of Wyoming: now a wild stallion, Thunderhead steals a mare away from a ranch where she is being trained to race.
15) The Longest day
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Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view - the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites of France.
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Lassie stars as Bill, a pup who becomes separated from his family and is accidentally shot by two boys. Elizabeth Taylor is Kathie Merrick, the sweet young girl who rescues Bill and nurses him back to health. Bill disappears and is drafted into the military, but makes a desperate attempt to return home to Kathie, where he ends up in a courtroom, on trial for his life.
Lassie come home: A collie braves storms, hunger, and peril to return to her young...
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Cricket on the hearth: A toymaker and his daughter are befriended by a cricket named Croket on Christmas morning. Restored version.
Little drummer boy: An orphaned drummer boy witnesses the birth of baby Jesus. Having no gift for him he gives the only thing he has - a song. Restored version.
18) That darn cat!
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When a Siamese cat saunters into the hideout of two bank robbers, their hostage scratches a plea for help on her wristwatch and places it around the cat's neck. When the cat returns home wearing the clue, the F.B.I., two sisters, their boyfriends and a neighbor get involved in the case.