20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1997 TV, 91 min. Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Michael Anderson Cast: Richard Crenna, Ben Cross, Julie Cox, Michael Jayston, Paul Gross, Jeff Harding, David Henry, James Vaughan, Nicholas Hammond, Phillip Van Dyke, Susannah Fellows, Joshua Brody
Marine biologist Professor Aronnax (Richard Crenna) and his crew, including his scientist daughter Sophie (Julie Cox) and harpooner Ned (Paul Gross), take a sea voyage in search of a sea monster that has been sinking ships. Their ship is rammed, and they discover that instead of a sea monster it is the submarine Nautilus that has been sinking the ships. The Nautilus' Captain Nemo (Ben Cross) has been sinking the ships with plans to take over the world. The castaways are taken board the Nautilus where they must confront Nemo. Good special effects.
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Bartok the Magnificent 1999 G, 71 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman Cast: Hank Azaria, Kelsey Grammer, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Tim Curry, Jennifer Tilly, Phillip Van Dyke, Diedrich Bader, Glenn Shadix, French Stewart, Danny Mann, Zachary Charles
This animated family film relates adventures of Bartok the Albino Bat (Hank Azaria) and Zozi the Bear (Kelsey Grammer) as they rescue the kidnapped Prince Ivan (Phillip Van Dyke).
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Halloweentown 1998 TV, 84 min. Genre: Family
Director: Duwayne Dunham Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Judith Hoag, Kimberly J. Brown, Phillip Van Dyke, Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske, Robin Thomas, Shannon Day, J.W. Crawford, Nurmi Husa
With ancestors that were witches, it is not surprising that grandmother Aggie (Debbie Reynolds) is one too. Now she can use these powers to take care of a long-time evil menace of the family.
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Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge 2001 TV, 85 min. Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Mary Lambert Cast: Kimberly J. Brown, Debbie Reynolds, Blu Mankuma, Daniel Kountz, Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske, Judith Hoag, Peter Wingfield, Phillip Van Dyke, Wren Roberts, Robin Thomas
In this made-for-Disney TV follow-up to "Halloweentown," Kal (Daniel Kountz), the son of the evil warlock Kalaban (Robin Thomas), seeks revenge on those who defeated his father. He starts by stealing Aggie's (Debbie Reynolds) spell book for his own evil purposes. Can Aggie's granddaughter, Marnie (Kimberly J. Brown), save the day?
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The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue 1998 G, 75 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Musical
Director: Dick Sebast Cast: Dom DeLuise, Andrew Ducote, Peter MacNicol, Ralph Macchio, William H. Macy, Eric Idle, Phillip Glasser, Meshach Taylor, Harvey Korman, Phillip Van Dyke, Darleen Carr, Steve Mackall, Alex Strange, Jamie Cronin, Hynden Walch
Our friendly mice are back in this sequel. Timmy (voice of Ralph Macchio) sets out to prove his courage when his friend Jenny (Hynden Walch) tells him that she believes her parents were captured by human scientists at the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health). Now, Timmy and his gang of intelligent rats that have escaped from NIMH set out to save Jenny's family from the evil NIMH lab folks.
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| 1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
2. Bartok the Magnificent (1999)
3. Halloweentown (1998)
4. Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (2001)
5. The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)
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