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- DirectorWilford LeachJoshua WhiteStarsKevin KlineG. Eugene MooseRex SmithA young man named Frederick leaves the zany band of pirates he was raised by to find true love and respectability, but when the Pirate King turns up to call on an old debt, Frederick must choose between the girl he loves and his sense of duty.
- DirectorRobert MarkowitzStarsCraig T. NelsonBonnie BedeliaGennie JamesAlexandra Deford, a precious and precocious girl, was just eight years old when she died in 1980 following a battle against the debilitating effects of cystic fibrosis, the number-one genetic killer of children. Her poignant and uplifting story touched the hearts of millions when it was first published and then made into a memorable television movie. A new introduction contains information on the latest cystic fibrosis research, and a touching postcript reveals how the Deford family came to terms with the loss of Alex. Whenever he speaks, sportswriter Frank Deford knows people will bring articles for him to sign. But what makes him happiest is when someone attends a sports-oriented lecture and brings a copy of Alex: The Life of a Child for him to sign. "Invariably, and happily, there's usually someone at each appearance who either brings that book or wants to talk about their connection to cystic fibrosis." Deford says. "It's tremendously gratifying to me. Rarely does a week go by that I don't get a letter about that book. People leave things at her grave. They really do. I have people tell me that she changed their lives. It's terribly dramatic, but they literally say that. I heard from a woman who became a pediatric nurse after reading the book. Hearing from people like that means more to me than anything."
- DirectorRoger BeattyHarvey KormanStarsCarol BurnettHarvey KormanVicki LawrenceBased on characters from "The Carol Burnett Show," this was the film which led to the series "Mama's Family."
- DirectorRon HowardStarsBette DavisHoward HessemanMarion RossAn aging Bette Davis is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Davis teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Howard Hessman is a aircraft repair service trying desperately to get an old airplane back in the air. The three, together, put the young girl and the old plane up in the air.
- DirectorPeter H. HuntStarsMickey RooneyScott GrimesBarrie YoungfellowMickey Rooney plays Mike Halligan, a retired cop from Manhattan living in California with his family who decides to show his grandson, who has never seen snow before, what a real white Christmas in New York is like. But he dies from a sudden heart attack in which Halligan makes a deal with the Archangel of Heaven to return to Earth for a week until Christmas and show his grandson the seasonal glories of New York City.
- DirectorJohn BerryStarsDiahann CarrollRosalind CashIrene CaraMaya Angelou's story of the family stresses that occur when an older sister (Diahann Carroll) attempts to maintain a home, left by her revered father, in an ultra-moralistic way (regardless of the fact that she is secretly having an affair with the married preacher). Nevertheless, her uptight need to maintain a sense of propriety of course goes against the wishes of her much younger sister (Irene Cara) who, as an accomplished ice skater, is striving for her own independence. And if this isn't enough, into it is suddenly thrust a third sister (Rosalind Cash), who is a single mother with a pre-teen son, who "comes home" with her boy after living for years in the ghettos of Detroit. And because she is the complete antithesis of her older sister in morals and deportment, she immediately sides with her younger sister against the strictures set down in the home.
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsVanessa RedgraveJack AlbertsonJoseph CampanellaA woman must choose between having an abortion or giving birth to a deformed child.
- DirectorTony WharmbyStarsEdward WoodwardMelissa Sue AndersonRobert LansingYvette Marcel (Melissa Anderson) asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsMare WinninghamCloris LeachmanSid CaesarMargaret Ryder has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice and Abel. Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike out on her own or not. When Margaret decides to make a change and ends up getting married, her parents interpret the move as a betrayal -- and Margaret is forced to figure out a way to bridge her old life with her new one.
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsBarry BostwickPatty DukeJeffrey JonesThe life of George Washington as the first President of the United States of America and his 8 years running his country. The trials he faces dealing with mobs and riots while keeping the country together.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsBette DavisJ. Ashley HymanDavid HuddlestonElizabeth Winfield is a retired teacher and matriarch of a problematic family who desperately tries to keep her family together, after many years they separated from each other. While she's traveling through the country and meeting her relatives, back in her hometown, a group of shopping mall developers are planning to take over her family land in order to begin their ambitious project. Now she needs to find ways to stop this construction in time before the town's annual festivities.
- DirectorDavid WrightStarsCameron MackintoshNicholas HytnerClaude-Michel SchönbergA behind-the-scenes look at the production of a musical, this feature chronicles the development of "Miss Saigon, " from its early beginnings, through casting, preparations, choreography to its opening night on The West End.
- DirectorJon StoneStarsCaroll SpinneyMartin P. RobinsonFrank OzAs the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the night, educational hilarity ensues as Big Bird and Snuffy team up to help a ghost of a small Egyptian boy solve a mysterious riddle. The rest of Sesame Street's residents search for Big Bird.
- DirectorColin ChilversStarsBrandon Quintin AdamsMichael JacksonSean LennonMichael tried to protect three children as he is chased by Mr Big and his army across a city. Excerpt from Moonwalker 1988.
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsOlivia Newton-JohnMatt LattanziJohn AchornOlivia Physical is a 1982 video collection featuring the singer Olivia Newton-John and various of her songs, most from the album Physical.
- DirectorPeter HarrisStarsJim HensonFrank OzJerry NelsonKermit the Frog and all his friends celebrate 30 years of master puppeteer and producer Jim Henson's extraordinary media franchise.
- DirectorAlan ZasloveStarsCorey BurtonPeter CullenJim CummingsChip and Dale, Disney's favorite chipmunk team, form their own protection agency for their fellow animals, where they seek to help the helpless and protect those in peril from those who would exploit them.
- DirectorJane HowellStarsPeter BensonAntony BrownDavid BurkeRichard of Gloucester uses murder and manipulation to claim England's throne.
- DirectorJon AlpertStarsFreddyMichael JandreauRobertDocumentary maker Jon Alpert follows three petty criminals in Newark. Filmed by a hidden camera, the three are stealing, using drugs, getting caught and convicted.
- DirectorJim HensonDavid G. HillierStarsSteve WhitmireRichard HuntCamille BonoraBean Bunny is too small to be useful (says his brother) to help prepare for the Bunny Picnic, so he wanders off and sees a legendary persecutor of all rabbits: the farmer's dog. But nobody believes him when he tries to tell them he's seen the dog, until the dog breaks up the picnic. And it's up to Bean to come up with a plan to defeat the farmer's dog and discover the one thing the dog fears.
- DirectorKirk BrowningStarsJames LevineÉva MartonPlácido Domingo
- DirectorPhil RomanBob NeslerJohn SpareyStarsLorenzo MusicThom HugeGregg BergerGarfield the cat daydreams that he's an old-time private detective.
- DirectorPhil RomanStarsLorenzo MusicThom HugeGregg BergerGarfield, Jon, and Odie head out into the great outdoors.
- DirectorDon MischerStarsNell CarterAndré De ShieldsArmelia McQueenTelevised version of the Broadway sensation celebrating the music, life and times of 'Fats' Waller, featuring 29 songs he wrote or performed.
- DirectorCarl GottliebSteve MartinGary WeisStarsSteve MartinTeri GarrBuck HenryThis video contains three segments: First, the Oscar-nominated short The absent-minded waiter (1977), then a fake interview with Steve Martin about his art (comedians-segment) and finally a full live performance done by Steve sometime in the seventies at the Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles.
- DirectorRichard PattersonStarsGene KellyChico MarxGroucho MarxThis salute to the famous comedy team of the Marx Brothers shows clips from many of their best-known films, including Duck Soup, Horse Feathers and Animal Crackers. Also shown are rare outtakes from their films and interviews with them, in addition to reminiscences and tributes by Dick Cavett, Robert Klein, David Steinberg and others.