 Babes in Toyland 1997  G, 74 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: Paul Sabella
Cast: Lacey Chabert, Joseph Ashton, Raphael Sbarge, Cathy Cavadini, Christopher Plummer, Charles Nelson Reilly, Susan Silo, Bronson Pinchot, James Belushi, Lindsay Schnelby
Many liberties were taken with Victor Herbert's operetta in this animated film, but will be fun for the youngsters. It is just before Christmas with a big order to fill at Toyland's factory. Alas, bad Barnaby (voice of Christopher Plummer) intends to shut the factory down to spoil the holiday for everyone. But wait, here come Jack and Jill (voices of Joseph Ashton and Lacey Chabert) and a host of other nursery rhyme characters to save the day.
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The Education of Little Tree 1997  PG, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Friedenberg
Cast: James Cromwell, Joseph Ashton, Graham Greene, Tantoo Cardinal, Leni Parker, Mika Boorem, Christopher Heyerdahl, Christopher Fennell, Rebecca Dewey, Bill Rowat
A young Cherokee orphan, Little Tree (James Cromwell), tries to find important meanings of life handed down through his ancestors that are hard to balance with the cruel world he inhabits.
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Slappy and the Stinkers 1998  PG, 78 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Barnet Kellman
Cast: B.D. Wong, Bronson Pinchot, Jennifer Coolidge, Joseph Ashton, Gary LeRoi Gray, Carl Michael Lindner, David Dukes, Travis Tedford, Sam McMurray, Scarlett Pomers
Slappy is a sea lion that the Stinkers (one girl and four boy students attending Darlmoor Academy) "liberate" from an aquarium in this crude, slapstick film.
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Where the Red Fern Grows 2003 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Lyman Dayton, Sam Pillsbury
Cast: Joseph Ashton, Dave Matthews, Renee Faia, Mac Davis, Ned Beatty, Kris Kristofferson, Dabney Coleman, Gary Anson, Andrew Dickison, Stuart Dickison
In this second film adaptation of Wilson Rahl's 1961 novel, Joseph Ashton takes on the role of the young Oklahoma boy, Billy Coleman, who learns about responsibility through bonding with his hunting dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.
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| 1. Babes in Toyland (1997)
2. The Education of Little Tree (1997)
3. Slappy and the Stinkers (1998)
4. Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
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