Thursday, June 11, 2015

The Best of Disney Continues

Enjoy Disney movies? Don't worry you are not alone. Check out this movie list...




1) Tom and Huck

A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer (Jonathan Taylor Thomas),witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn (Brad Renfro), a boy with no future and no family. Tom has to choose between honoring a friendship or honoring an oath because the town alcoholic is accused of the murder. Tom and Huck go through several adventures trying to retrieve evidence.

Director: Peter Hewitt
Writers: Mark Twain (novel), Stephen Sommers(screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Charles Rocket | See full cast and crew »
Released: 1995


2) The Great Mouse Detective

In Victorian London, England, a little mouse girl's toymaker father is abducted by a peglegged bat. She enlists the aid of Basil of Baker Street, the rodent world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The case expands as Basil uncovers the crime's link to a plot against the Crown itself.

Directors: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, 2 more credits »
Writers: Peter Young (story) (as Pete Young) , Vance Gerry (story), 10 more credits »
Stars: Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1986


3) Robin Hood

An imaginative Disney version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abound as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest and his valiant sidekick plot one daring adventure after another to outwit the greedy prince and his partner as they put the tax squeeze on the poor.

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Writers: Larry Clemmons (story), Ken Anderson (based on: character and story conceptions by), 6 more credits »
Stars: Brian Bedford, Phil Harris, Roger Miller |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1973


4) Alice in Wonderland

On a golden afternoon, young Alice follows a White Rabbit, who disappears down a nearby rabbit hole. Quickly following him, she tumbles into the burrow - and enters the merry, topsy-turvy world of Wonderland! Memorable songs and whimsical escapades highlight Alice's journey, which culminates in a madcap encounter with the Queen of Hearts - and her army of playing cards!

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, 1 more credit »
Writers: Lewis Carroll (adaptation) (as Lewis Carrol) ,Winston Hibler (story), 13 more credits »
Stars: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1951


5) The Parent Trap

Hallie Parker and Annie James. They look exactly alike and are sisters. It would be awesome for you to be a twin, but what is it like being a twin without even knowing it? That's what it's like for these girls. Hallie is a cool, laid-back gal from California. Annie James is a proper rose from London. Annie has never met her father, and Hallie has never met her mother. When they get thrown into the Isolation Cabin, they uncover the mystery behind the ripped picture. They realize that they are twin sisters seperated at birth by their divorced parents, and they decide to switch places to meet the parent that they've never met. They also decide to get them back together. But then something awful happens that will wreck everything: their father is engaged to a beautiful, selfish witch who's only after their dad's money.

Director: Nancy Meyers
Writers: Erich Kästner (book), David Swift (screenplay), 2 more credits »
Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1998


6) Toy Story 3

Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.

Director: Lee Unkrich
Writers: John Lasseter (story), Andrew Stanton (story), 2 more credits »
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2010


7) The Fox and the Hound

A young fox named Tod is taken in by an old woman after his mother is killed by a hunter. Full of mischief, Young Tod befriends Copper, a hound dog pup. As they grow up, however, their friendship becomes endangered by what they have become; Copper is a hunting dog, and Tod is his prey.

Directors: Ted Berman, Richard Rich, 1 more credit »
Writers: Daniel P. Mannix (based on the book by), Larry Clemmons (story), 7 more credits »
Stars: Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1981


8) Cinderella

In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella's father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella's wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, led by Jaques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball. At this point, enter the Fairy Godmother, the pumpkin carriage, the royal ball, the stroke of midnight, the glass slipper, and the rest, as they say, is fairy tale ...

Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, 1 more credit »
Writers: Charles Perrault (from the original classic by),Bill Peet (story) (as William Peed) , 7 more credits »
Stars: Ilene Woods, James MacDonald, Eleanor Audley |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1950


9) The Big Green

Another Disney underdog sports team of misfit kids (soccer this time) learns to play a new sport and become champions, while building self-esteem, making friends and solving a variety of dramatic family crises, through the able assistance of a foreign exchange teacher and a former local sports hero as coaches.

Director: Holly Goldberg Sloan
Writer: Holly Goldberg Sloan
Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Olivia d'Abo, Jay O. Sanders |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1995


10) Cool Runnings

Irving Blitzer disgraced himself when putting extra weights into his team's bob in the Olympics, resulting in his gold medal being taken away from him. Years later, Derice Bannock, son of a former friend of Irv, fails to qualify for the 100-yard sprint for the Olympics due to a stupid accident. But when he hears of Irving Blitzer living also on Jamaica, Derice decides to go to the Games anyway, if not as a sprinter, then as a bobsledder. After some starting problems, the first Jamaican bobsledding team is formed and heads for Calgary. In the freezing weather Derice, Sanka, Junior and Yul are only laughed at, since nobody can take a Jamaican bobsledding team led by a disgraced trainer seriously. But team spirit and a healthy self-confidence may lead to a few surprises in the upcoming Winter Games.

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writers: Lynn Siefert (story), Michael Ritchie (story), 3 more credits »
Stars: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1993


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