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Director: Ted Berman    More Info
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson, Sandy Duncan, Jeanette Nolan, Pat Buttram, John McIntire, John Fiedler, Corey Feldman

 Tod (voice of Mickey Rooney) is a young fox that is brought into a home after his father is killed. Among the household members is Copper (voice of Kurt Russell), a young hunting dog. As can be imagined, humorous problems develop in their relationship as they mature and adapt to their positions in life.

Director: Gerald Potterton    More Info
Starring: John Candy, Jackie Burroughs, Joe Flaherty, Harold Ramis, Richard Romanus, John Vernon, Eugene Levy, Don Francks, Caroline Semple, Al Waxman

 This animated film is based on the magazine, "Heavy Metal." The plot involves a series of adventures in which everyday people enter the realm of the Lochmnar–a fluorescent green ball that embodies evil.

Director: Fritz Freleng    More Info
Starring: Mel Blanc

 Bugs, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam, and Daffy Duck cartoons are compiled in this feature-length film providing good cartoon fun.

Director: Jim Henson    More Info
Starring: Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Frank Oz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, Brian Muehl, Bob Payne, Dave Goelz, John Baddeley, Mike Quinn

 Jim Henson creates a world where evil Skeksis rule. Gelflings can reclaim their lost world from the Skeksis by replacing a shard, which has been taken from the Dark Crystal. Henson shows his dark side in this clever film about good and evil.

Director: Jules Bass    More Info
Starring: Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Klein

 This animated story is set in the Robin Hood era. It tells the story of a unicorn (voice of Mia Farrow) looking for the rest of the unicorns and her adventures along the way.

Director: Don Bluth    More Info
Starring: Elizabeth Hartman, Dom DeLuise, Peter Strauss, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, John Carradine, Arthur Malet, Paul Shenar, Aldo Ray, Wil Wheaton

 This feature-length animated film tells a delightful story about a mouse, Mrs. Brisby (voice of Elizabeth Hartman), who goes out to look for a way to save her home and children from a farmer who is preparing to plow his field. With help from a crow, Jeremy (voice of Dom DeLuise), Mrs. Brisby discovers the secret society of NIMH. They are lab rats who have escaped from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) laboratory, and they just might have the solution to Mrs. Brisby's dilemma.

Director: Ralph Bakshi    More Info
Starring: Randy Norton, William Ostrander, Steve Sandor, Maggie Roswell, Greg Wayne Elam, Susan Tyrrell, Leo Gordon, Elizabeth Lloyd Shaw, Cynthia Leake, Eileen O'Reill

 Although this is an animated film, its message may be too strong for children. It is a pretty good tale of the war between Ice Peak and Fire Keep, which involves a kidnapping and rescue attempt.

Director: Richard Rich    More Info
Starring: John Hurt, Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, John Byner, John Huston, Nigel Hawthorne, Arthur Malet

 In this Disney animated feature, a boy searches for the magic black cauldron to prevent the evil Horned King from taking possession of the pot for dastardly purposes.

Director: Arna Selznick    More Info
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Georgia Engel, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Eva Almos, Jayne Eastwood, Brian George, Janet-Laine Green, Luba Goy, Melleny Brown

 This animated cartoon feature will appeal to the very young when those lovable bears rescue young Nicholas (voice of Hadley Kay) from the spell of an evil magician who wants to stop the world from caring about others.

Director: Bernard Deyries    More Info
Starring: Pat Fraley, Bettina Bush, Peter Cullen, Robbie Lee, Andre Stojka, David Mendenhall, Rhonda Aldrich, Les Tremayne, Mona Marshall, Jonathan Harris

 In this animated feature film, a Hallmark character for a line of cards, Rainbow Brite (voice of Bettina Bush), spreads happiness to the world after her annual trip to the diamond planet, Spectra, where she gathered colors for spring.

Director: Steven Hahn    More Info
Starring: Joe Colligan, Carmen Argenziano, Noelle North, Anthony De Longis, Les Tremayne, Tyke Caravelli, Ken Sansom, John Moschitta Jr., Mona Marshall, Herb Vigran

 This 3-D, animated, sci-fi feature relates the heroic deeds of young Orin (voice of Joe Colligan) as he retrieves a magic sword to kill evil robots and save the human race.

Director: Toyoo Ashida    More Info
Starring: Michael McConnohie, Barbara Goodson, Jeff Winkless, Edie Mirman, Kerrigan Mahan, Steve Kramer, Steve Bulen, Joyce Kurtz, Lara Cody, Tom Synder

 It's a tough world out there in the distant future: vampires rule the few "normal" humans. When the Count of one village bites a girl who he wants, half-human/half-vampire D (voice of Michael McConnohie), a vampire hunter, comes to her rescue. Animated, violent, and clearly not for children. This is the English-language version.

Director: Don Bluth    More Info
Starring: Phillip Glasser, Dom DeLuise, Nehemiah Persoff, Madeline Kahn, Erica Yohn, Amy Green, Christopher Plummer, John Finnegan, Hal Smith, Pat Musick

 In Steven Spielberg's first animated film, a young Russian mouse gets separated from his immigrant family while voyaging to the United States in the late 19th century. The many hardships that Fievel goes through may bother young children, but all turns out OK by film's end.

Director: Dale Schott    More Info
Starring: Maxine Miller, Pam Hyatt, Hadley Kay, Cree Summer, Michael Fantini, Eva Almos, Alyson Court, Janet-Laine Green, Bob Dermer, Chris Wiggins

 This time around, the Care Bears teach summer campers to ignore the evil Dark Heart (voice of Hadley Kay) and to appreciate the values of love and sharing.

Director: Ron Clements    More Info
Starring: Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Diana Chesney, Eve Brenner, Alan Young, Laurie Main, Shani Wallis, Frank Welker

 This Disney animated film is about a mouse detective who tries to save England's royal rodents from the clutches of the evil Professor Ratigan (voice of Vincent Price).

Director: Nelson Shin    More Info
Starring: Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Lionel Stander, Clive Revill, John Moschitta Jr., Norman Alden, Peter Cullen

 The 1980s' TV cartoon series is brought to the screen. The year is 2005, and the Autobots are locked in battle with the evil Decepticons for the rights to the planet. This time around, a killer Planet Unicron (voice of Orson Welles) enters the fray and adds to the perils endured by the Autobots in their fight for survival.

Director: Robert Zemeckis    More Info
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Scott Coffey, Mary Stuart Masterson, Stan Freberg, Annie Potts, Mercedes McCambridge, Billy Beck, Tom Bresnahan, Scott Menville, Marshall Efron

 Two more stories from the Spielberg TV series are provided: "Go to the Head of the Class," concerns two students who get back at their sadistic teacher, and "Family Dog" is an animated film of a suburban family as seen through the eyes of their dog.

Director: Jerry Rees    More Info
Starring: Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Timothy E. Day, Thurl Ravenscroft, Deanna Oliver, Phil Hartman

 Master (Timothy E. Day) is a 13-year-old boy who disappears. After waiting "2,000 days" for his return (and maintaining the house in shipshape order) household appliances set off in search of the Young Master. Good mix of humor, song, and heart in this animated film.

Director: Raymond Jafelice    More Info
Starring: Bob Dermer, Eva Almos, Dan Hennessey, Jim Henshaw, Marla Lukofsky, Luba Goy, Keith Knight, Tracey Moore, Colin Fox, Alyson Court

 The syrupy Bears are at it one more time in another commercial for toys. This time they do in L. Frank Baum's "Alice" as they follow Alice (voice of Tracey Moore) through the looking glass and attempt to save Wonderland from the bad wizard (voice of Colin Fox). Young children will love it.

Director: Janice Karman    More Info
Starring: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Dody Goodman, Anthony De Longis, Susan Tyrrell, Frank Welker, Nancy Cartwright, Philip L. Clarke, Ken Sansom, George Poulos

 Those popular Chipmunks–Alvin, Simon, and Theodore–move from their weekly TV show onto the big screen. In this adventure, the Chipmunks enter a round-the-globe hot-air balloon race against the Chipettes to deliver stolen diamonds for a prize of $100, 000.

Director: Hal Sutherland    More Info
Starring: Edward Asner, Tom Bosley, James Earl Jones, Don Knotts, William Windom, Jonathan Harris, Rickie Lee Jones, Lana Beeson, Linda Gary, Scott Grimes

 This animated continuation of the Pinocchio story has our hero (voice of Scott Grimes), now a real-life boy, out on adventures with his bug friend "Gee Whillikers" (voice of Don Knotts). After much pestering, Geppetto (voice of Tom Bosley allows Pinocchio to deliver a precious jewelry box to the Mayor's (voice of Frank Welker) home. Along the way, Pinocchio stops at a carnival, loses the box, and big trouble ensues–until Gee Whillikers convinces Pinocchio to do the right thing.

Director: Paul Sommer    More Info
Starring: Don Messick, Casey Kasem, Sorrell Booke, Rob Paulsen, Ronnie Schell, Jerry Houser, Arte Johnson, Victoria Carroll, William Callaway, Michael Rye

 Shaggy (voice of Casey Kasem) inherits a mansion and he, along with fellow sleuths Scooby and Scrappy (both voice of Don Messick), hit the road for the estate. The estate seems to be haunted, and the spooking begins even before they arrive.

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo    More Info
Starring: Mitsuo Iwara, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Taro Ishida, Tessho Genda, Hiroshi Otake, Koichi Kitamura, Michihiro Ikemizu, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Masaaki Okura

 A scientific experiment in Japan during the 21st century goes awry and threatens life on Earth. Animation lovers should like this one. Actors listed are voices in the original Japanese version. An English version is also available.

Director: Isao Takahata    More Info
Starring: J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones, Crispin Freeman, Dan Green

 A young Japanese boy and his little sister are left homeless after an American bombing, and they fend for themselves in a cave in the country–until tragedy strikes. A powerful tale of the horrors of war. The cast reflects the English-language version of this animated film.

Director: Don Bluth    More Info
Starring: Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon, Helen Shaver, Candace Hutson, Burke Barnes, Judith Barsi, Will Ryan

 Steven Spielberg was executive producer of this delightful children's film about dinosaurs' journey to a green valley where they can find food. This and subsequent films in the series are great for young children.