Danny DeVito
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English
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In this black-comedy spin-off of Alfred Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, a writing student tries to persuade his instructor to "trade murders"...he will murder the instructor's ex-wife if the instructor will return the favor and kill his demented, domineering mother.
4) Get Shorty
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English
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Chili Palmer (John Travolta) is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni (Dennis Farina), to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady (Rene Russo), the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all...
5) The Lorax
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will the Once-ler change his destructive ways and heed the wise warnings of the Lorax?
Publisher
Sony Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
With the gang spread across the country (and beyond) at college, Spencer is back to feeling out of place, even when he returns home over winter break. Desperate to escape his grandfather who is sharing his room, and to feel confident again, he attempts to fix the broken Jumanji video game, giving his friends no choice but to level up and return to rescue him.
7) Smallfoot
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A bright young yeti finds something he thought didn't exist: a human. News of this throws the simple yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in an story about friendship, courage, and the joy of discovery.
8) Dumbo
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Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the Dumbo for his newest entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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A scrappy dog named Bob and his best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant, undertake a dangerous journey to seek Bob's long-lost sister, but a storm is approaching and time is running out.
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Portuguese
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ESTE É UM EPISÓDIO DA OBRA "CARTA PARA O MEU JOVEM EU", DE
JANE GRAHAM, QUE APRESENTAM CARTAS PARA BUZZ ALDRIN E DANNY DEVITO MAIS JOVENS. SE QUISER LER TODAS AS CARTAS LEIA A OBRA COMPLETA.
Se a viagem no tempo fosse uma possibilidade, o que você diria ao seu eu adolescente, caso o encontrasse?
Em Carta Para Meu Jovem Eu, personalidades das mais diversas áreas refletem sobre o que teria sido bom saber antes. Elas também lembram aqueles momentos...
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English
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Kevin Caffery (Martin Lawrence) is a professional thief with taste and style who gets a tip for an easy heist: Billionaire tycoon Max Fairbanks' (Danny DeVito) unoccupied beachfront mansion. But as Kevin is tossing Faberge eggs into his professional pillowcase, he finds himself face to face with the billionaire. Just before the cops drag Kevin away, Max spies Kevin's good-luck ring and decides to claim it as his own. Only one problem...the ring was...
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English
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Director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America’s future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever. A follow-up to the provocative documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
13) Tin Men
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English
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Two rival "Tin Men" (aluminum siding salesmen) attempt to outsmart each other in the name of revenge in Baltimore circa 1963.
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English
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Movie fans know the work of Harold and Lillian Michelson, even if they don't recognize the names. Working largely uncredited in the Hollywood system, storyboard artist Harold and film researcher Lillian left an indelible mark on classics by Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski and many more. Through an engaging mix of love letters, film clips and candid conversations with Harold and Lillian, Danny DeVito,...
16) Living Out Loud
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English
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Academy Award® winner Holly Hunter (Little Black Book) and Danny DeVito (Be Cool) star in this romantic comedy written and directed by Richard LaGravenese, acclaimed screenwriter of The Horse Whisperer and The Bridges of Madison County. Judith Nelson (Hunter), newly divorced, is consumed by vindictive fantasies of her ex-husband and his young bride. Her life is empty until she finds unexpected companions in a bold and sassy jazz singer (Queen Latifah,...
17) Duplex
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English
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Young and vibrant New Yorkers Alex and Nancy have just found the perfect place to settle down, but their new home comes with a permanent fixture they didn't expect: an obnoxious elderly tenant who won't move out and refuses to die! Pushed to the edge of insanity, it's only a matter of time until they begin to entertain some truly sinister solutions to their problem in this darkly hilarious comedy!
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English
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Frank, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck. A heartfelt, nostalgic and gently humorous story about a chance encounter in which one man's dreams become another man's destiny.
19) Nobel Son
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English
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On the eve of Barkley Michaelson's father receiving the Nobel Prize, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel Prize money. When his father refuses to pay it starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge.
20) Solitary Man
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English
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Ben (Michael Douglas of WALL STREET) once ruled a car-dealership empire vast enough to fuel a glossy Manhattan lifestyle and endow a library at an East Coast university. But by the time he arrives at the college with his girlfriend's daughter, Allyson (Imogen Poots), who is a prospective student, his world has collapsed around his ears. A business scandal has cost him his income and his marriage to Nancy (Susan Sarandon of THELMA & LOUISE). His ever-present...