When the world is ruled by apes, one particular group discovers a mysterious rectangular monolith near their home, which imparts upon them the knowledge of tool use, and enables them to evolve into men. A similar monolith is discovered on the moon, and is determined to have come from an area near Jupiter. Astronaut David Bowman, along with four companions, sets off for Jupiter on a spaceship controlled by HAL 9000, a revolutionary computer system that is every bit mankind's equal, and perhaps his superior. When HAL endangers the crew's lives for the sake of the mission, Bowman will have to first overcome the computer, then travel to the birthplace of the monolith.
Glorious classic film musical. 1927: Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are the darlings of the silent silver screen. Offscreen, Don, aided by his happy-go-lucky friend and piano accompanist, Cosmo Brown, has to dodge Lina's romantic overtures, especially when he falls for chorus girl Kathy Selden. With the advent of sound in motion pictures, it is decided to turn Don and Lina's new film into a "talkie" and a musical at that. The only problem is Lina's voice, which mere words cannot describe. Thus, Kathy is brought on to dub her speaking and singing voice in secret, and Don's on top of the world. But then Lina finds out...
This is a tale of clownfish Marlin (Albert Brooks) and his son Nemo (Alexander Gould) who are separated from each other in the Great Barrier Reef. Marlin doesn’t even suspect that the curious Nemo has been captured by a diver and placed in a fish tank in a dentist surgery overlooking Sydney Harbor. Can’t father and son ever see each other? Nothing of the kind! In the ocean there is 3.7 billion fish, and Marlin is determined to alarm everyone to search the sea for his missing son. Along with Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), a forgetful yet friendly blue tang; Bruce (Barry Humphries), a considerate great white shark on a no-fish diet; Crush (director/screenwriter Stanton), a funny surfer-dude sea turtle; Peach (Allison Janney), a stuck-to-the-aquarium starfish; and Nigel (Geoffrey Rush), a good-natured and bold pelican, our hero sets out on a desperate search to rescue his prodigal son. There are no age limits to enjoying this motion picture!
Paris, home to finest restaurants, best chefs and cooking, is a gourmand's paradise. Remy (Patton Oswalt) adores legendary French chef Auguste Gusteau (Brad Garrett) and dreams of captivating the world's culinary capital. Remy has an amazingly appropriate aptitude for being a cook. He has a wonderful sense of smell and taste, knowledge of delicious recipes and a genius for improvisation. There's just one little problem: Remy is a rat. As the fates decree, he finds himself in the kitchen of Gusteau's restaurant and forms an unexpected alliance with a new clumsy garbage boy, Linguini (Lou Romano). He is a nice fellow but has no talent for cooking and can't tell flambé from frappé. However, Linguini soon becomes a culinary superstar thanks to Remy, who conceals himself under his toque and controls his every move by pulling on his hair like a puppeteer's strings. One day a malicious food critic, Anton Ego (Peter O'Toole), whose critique seems to have brought Gusteau to his grave, shows up on the scene...
A flying saucer orbits the 1950s Earth. It lands in Washington, DC, on the Mall. The lone occupant steps out and is shot by a jumpy soldier. Gort, a large and very powerful robot appears to save him and is able to melt tanks with the slightest bit of his power. The wounded alien orders Gort to stop his rampage and is taken to a hospital from which he escapes in order to learn more about this planet, even moving in as a boarder with an Earth family. When they begin to suspect him, he reveals himself, along with the news that Gort is a member of a race of super-robot enforcers invented to keep the peace of the galaxy that will destroy the Earth if provoked.
The animated family movie tells the delightful story of what happens when toys are left alone in a room. Andy Davis (John Morris) is a wide-eyed little boy who likes playing with his toys, especially with Woody (Tom Hanks), an old-fashioned pull-string cowboy doll. Woody finds his status as Andy's favorite in jeopardy when the boy gets a space ranger named Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) for his birthday. Woody becomes so jealous that he schemes to get rid of his rival. Things, however, backfire. When the spaceman accidentally falls out of the window, the other toys blame Woody for the accident. Racked with remorse, Woody ventures into the outside world to find Buzz. Then the two toys find themselves in the clutches of Sid Phillips (Erik von Detten), a nasty neighborhood kid who takes a sadistic delight in dismembering and reconstructing his toys into gruesome mutants. Woody and Buzz must join forces to escape from the ruthless Sid and his savage dog, Scud, and find their way home before Andy moves to a new house.
In this hilarious fantasy movie, Andy (John Morris) goes off to summer camp, leaving his toy friends to their own devices. When Andy's mother (Laurie Metcalf) decides to take some old items for a yard sale, Woody the Cowboy (Tom Hanks) sets off to rescue the toy penguin Wheezy (Joe Ranft). Al McWiggin (Wayne Knight), a toy store owner and collector, notices the cowboy doll and offers $50 for him but Andy's mom refuses, knowing that Woody is a highly valued collectible. Determined to get Woody for his collection, the malicious man steals the toy. At Al's apartment Woody meets other collectible toys, Stinky Pete the Prospector (Kelsey Grammer), a horse named Bullseye and Jessie, the Yodeling Cowgirl (Joan Cusack), and discovers that the greedy toy collector is about to sell them to a Japanese toy museum. Meanwhile, Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Mr. Potato Head (voice of Don Rickles), Rex (voice of Wallace Shawn), Slinky Dog (voice of Jim Varney), and Hamm (voice of John Ratzenberger) spring into an action to find their fellow toy before Andy returns home from the camp.
It's 'vege-mania' in Wallace and Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a "humane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero-not to mention Lady Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her ...and our two heroes.
They are monsters but they are not scary at all, some of them are even sweet and funny. They live in the world behind our closet doors, in the city of Monstropolis. The city dwellers work for Monsters Inc., a gigantic corporation which specializes in scaring human kids and generating energy from their screams. The funniest thing is that even skilled scream-generators such as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (John Goodman), a huge monster with blue fur and horns, and his bustling dude Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), a green one-eyed monster, are terrified of kids! And when a fearless little girl, Boo (Mary Gibbs), follows Sully into the factory, she turns the monster world topsy-turvy!
This sparkling Eastern story tells about the adventures of Aladdin, who is a poor but kind boy who falls in love with Princess Jasmine. He will try to win over the heart of the beautiful Princess, simultaneously being obliged to find the Magic Lamp in the depths of the dangerous cave. He should also stop Jafar, who is a cruel vizier craving for the Lamp and for Jasmine's love.
Charlie Bucket, a poor boy who is barely able to support his family, is fortunate to be chosen as one of the 5 people to go inside the most popular and powerful chocalate factory in the world: The Willy Wonka Chocalate Factory. But a stranger, named Arthur Slugworth, tempts the kids to steal a piece of candy and give it to him. In exchange, he will make them rich. Willy Wonka, played by 'Gene Wilder'(qv), soon introduces them to the factory, and starts the grand tour around the factory. Once inside, the 5 winners start to run amuck. One by one, the 5 kids start to disappear, until it is only Charlie that remains. At this point, Wonka starts to ignore Charlie, and then tells him why: because Charlie and Grandpa Joe, played by 'Jack Albertson' (qv), drank some forbidden product without permission. Will Charlie turn against Wonka? Or will he discover that he was wrong and make up what he has done?
Shakespeare's classic tale of romance and tragedy. Two families of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been feuding with each other for years. Young Romeo Montague goes out with his friends to make trouble at a party the Capulets are hosting, but while there he spies the Capulet's daughter Juliet, and falls hopelessly in love with her. She returns his affections, but they both know that their families will never allow them to follow their hearts.
From the very moment a seemingly strict but wonderfully smart and magical nanny Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) appears from nowhere and bursts, as a fresh wind, into the dull, routine and conservative Banks household, this family's life is changed forever. This lady slides up banisters, flies with help of her bizarre parrot-like umbrella, makes medicine taste like delicious strawberry ice-cream, talks to animals and can easily turn an ordinary walk into a wonderful adventure! The film's seamless cohesion of live-action with animation was a miracle in its day. Academy Award Nominations include Best Picture, Best Director, Best (Adapted) Screenplay, Best Actress—Julie Andrews, Best Song ("Chim Chim Cher-ee"), Best Editing, Best Special Visual Effects.
The animated movie revolves around a successful but arrogant race car, Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), who is used to fame, floodlights, crowds of groupies and a high-speed life. En route to California for the tie-break of the Piston Cup against two skilled opponents, Chick Hicks (Michael Keaton) and The King (Richard Petty), the indomitable McQueen unexpectedly runs astray in the small remote town of Radiator Springs on Route 66. After destroying the town’s main road, Lightning is sentenced to community service by the local judge Doc Hudson (Paul Newman). Stuck in the godforsaken town, he eventually makes friends with its nice inhabitants, an attractive Porsche attorney, Sally Carerra (Bonnie Hunt); a rusty wrecker tow truck, Mater (Larry the Cable Guy); a tire shop owner, Luigi (Tony Shalhoub), and many others. They open his eyes to a whole new world and help him understand the true meaning of life that there are more important and worthier things than fame and fortune.
The animated story of Bambi, a young deer hailed as the 'Prince of the Forest' at his birth. As Bambi grows, he makes friends with the other animals of the forest, learns the skills needed to survive, and even finds love. One day, however, the hunters come, and Bambi must learn to be as brave as his father if he is to lead the other deer to safety.
Adapted from the delightful book of the same name by Dr. Seuss, this computer-generated animated feature film from the makers of the Ice Age films is a pure treat for anyone of any age. The plot revolves around Horton (Jim Carrey), a kind, sweet-natured, lively elephant with charming blue eyes and big ears who has very keen hearing. One day he hears a tiny cry from help but can't see anyone. Then he discovers much to his surprise that the sound comes from a small speck of dust which is actually a tiny city inhabited by microscopic creatures known as Whos. The Mayor (Steve Carell) and the residents of Whoville ask Horton to protect them and their home from the dangers of the outside world. Despite being mocked and tormented by his jungle pals, who consider him to be crazy, the compassionate elephant feels it his duty to take measures for the defence of the tiny community.
When a new princess is born to King Stefan & his wife, the entire kingdom rejoices. At a ceremony, three good fairies - Flora, Fauna & Merryweather - bestow gifts of magic on the child. But an evil sorceress named Maleficent shows up, and because of a rude remark by Merryweather, she places a curse on the princess - that she will die on her 16th birthday after touching a poisoned spinning wheel. Merryweather tries to undo the damage by casting a spell that will allow the princess - named Aurora - to awake from an ageless sleep with a kiss from her true love. The fairies take Aurora to their cottage in the woods to keep her away from the eyes of Maleficent, and raise her as their own child, named Briar Rose. On her 16th birthday Aurora meets Prince Phillip, the son of a king whose own kingdom will soon merge with King Stefan's - and falls in love. Maleficent manages to kidnap the Prince and her horrible prophecy is fulfilled when she tricks Aurora into touching a spinning wheel created by Maleficent herself! Realizing that the Prince is in trouble, the 3 good fairies head to Maleficent's castle at the Forbidden Mountain, and spring the Prince loose. But the Prince soon finds himself up against Maleficent's army of brutes, and the power of Maleficent's evil spells - which include a thorn forest as thick as weeds around King Stefan's castle, and a fight against Maleficent when she turns herself into a dragon! Is the Prince strong enough to withstand the powers of the evil sorceress?
Retelling of the Robin Hood legend with animals for the characters. Robin Hood is an outlaw who starts to form a gang in Sherwood Forest to fight the injustices of the Sheriff of Nottingham, who levies unpayable taxes upon the people.
Somewhere in the desert. A car speeds like crazy along the roads. Suddenly, the driver loses control and sails off a cliff. Four other vehicles are near, they stop to help. The dying man narrates the drivers of a fortune in cash, $350,000, which he has hidden below a giant "W" in Santa Rosita, some 200 miles away. The four drivers and their respective passengers can't decide on how to share the future fortune, and suddenly a wild race to Santa Rosita develops. While one party manages to rent a plane (from 1916), the others face different problems like tire damage, untrustworthy lifts, deep water, drunken millionaires, a British adventurer, little girl's bicycles, and last but far not least a mother-in-law from hell and her imbecile son. While the folks slowly travel towards the goal, they are being watched. Who ever said that nobody else knew about the fortune?
After the death of her husband, Anna Owens moves from England to Siam with her son Louis to become a teacher for the children of the king of Siam. She finds Siamese customs to be quite different from English ones, which brings her often in conflict with the king. However, after some time they find themselves getting along much better.
