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TURN OF THE SCREW (DVD)

2004
Henry James' chilling ghost tale about a governess hired by a charming bachelor to look after two young children in a grand mansion in rural England where sinister events place their lives in jeopardy.

Zin! zin! zin! a violin

1999
Children are introduced to musical groups as ten instruments take their places in preparation for a grand orchestral performance.

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

1999
Rikki is a young mongoose saved after a storm by a boy and his parents. It becames the family pet and returns the favor by protecting them from the dreaded cobras that roam the grounds.

20,000 leagues under the sea

2003
Shipwrecked survivors are taken captive by the mysterious Captain Nemo, who has launched a deadly crusade across the seven seas.

Bah, humduck!

a Looney tunes Christmas
2006
Daffy Duck, the stingy proprietor of the Lucky Duck megamart, demands that his employees work on Christmas in order to take advantage of last-minute shoppers.

Swiss family Robinson

2002
A Swiss family on their way to New Guinea is shipwrecked on a tropical island where they must deal with issues of survival.

The hideaways

1991
Claudia and Jamie run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and become embroiled in the mystery that is the toast of the New York papers--the question of whether the statue just donated by the grouchy art collector Mrs. Frankweiler is a real Michelangelo.

The great Gatsby

2003
Presents an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel which chronicles the empty lives of an elegant, equivocal, man of means who is enthralled with an evasive, self-indulgent woman.

To kill a mockingbird

1998
A girl growing up in a small southern town must face bigotry and hatred when her lawyer father defends an African-American man accused of raping a white woman.

The art of adaptation

turning fact and fiction into film
1992
Comprehensive handbook for screenwriters, producers, and directors who want to successfully transform factual or fictional material into film.

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