Spiderwick chronicles (Motion picture.) Charlotte's web (Motion picture : 2006.) Hotel for dogs (Motion picture.) Black Beauty (Motion picture : 1971.) Finding Neverland (Motion picture.)
Notes:
Wide screen.
Contents:
Black Beauty / based on the novel by Anna Sewell ; screenplay by Wolf Mankowitz (1971, rated G, 106 min.) -- Hotel for dogs / based on the novel by Lois Duncan ; screenplay by Jeff Lowell and Bob Schooley & Mark McCorkle (2009, rated PG, 99 min.) -- Charlotte's web / based on the book by E.B. White ; screenplay by Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick (2006, rated G, 96 min.) -- The Spiderwick chronicles / based on the book by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi ; screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick and David Berenbaum and John Sayles (2008, rated PG, 95 min.) -- Finding Neverland / based upon the play "The man who was Peter Pan" by Allan Knee. (2004, rated PG, 101 min.).
Summary:
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night. Black Beauty: The adventures of a horse as he is passed through the hands of many masters prior to returning to his original young master and a happy retirement. Hotel for dogs: Foster children Andi and Bruce have been placed with a flaky couple who care more for their aspiring rock careers than their charges. Their mischievous tendencies repeatedly get them into trouble. After a close call with the local pound, the kids end up searching for Friday, their secretly adopted dog, in an abandoned old hotel where they find several other stray dogs seeking shelter. They, along with three other local kids, begin caring for the strays. Bruce is a clever inventor whose innovative gadgets ensure top-notch care and constant entertainment for all the dogs. The police storm the hotel and take all the dogs to the pound. The kids attempt to rescue the dogs and it might just land them in separate group homes. Bernie, their social worker, will have to somehow convince the authorities, and perhaps a loving family, that the children were just doing what was right. Charlotte's web: In ordinary Somerset County, a young farm girl named Fern rescues the runt of a litter of pigs from her father's ax. Fern names the pig Wilbur, takes care of him, and continues to visit him every day after he is moved to her Uncle Homer Zuckerman's barn across the road. But it's Wilbur's friendship with Charlotte the spider that ultimately saves him from the "smoke house" when Charlotte's talent for weaving praiseworthy words about Wilbur into her web, along with a little help from Templeton the rat and the other barn inhabitants, turns the Zuckerman farm into a tourist attraction. The Spiderwick chronicles: The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared is a curious, adventurous boy who quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. His twin brother Simon is calm and reserved. He is the intellectual twin, but is rapidly drawn into the fantastical world of fairies and goblins. Older sister Mallory and their mom are harder to convince, but after the almighty and ruthless ogre leader Mulgarath begins to attack the home, the entire family must band together to combat the hordes of goblins and creatures that lurk just outside. Finding Neverland: London, 1903: four lads, three women, and J.M. Barrie in the year he writes "Peter Pan." After one of his plays flops, Barrie meets four boys and their widowed mother in the park. During the next months, the child-like Barrie plays with the boys daily, and their imaginative games give him ideas for a play. Simultaneously, a friendship deepens with Sylvia, the lads' mother, to the chagrin of his wife Mary, Sylvia's mother, and high society, which gossips about his attraction to the widow and to her sons. As Sylvia's health worsens, Barrie's ties to the boys strengthen and he must find a way to take his muse to Neverland.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1240365667
Locations:
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
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