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- DirectorBruce NeibaurStarsKate MaberlyJonathan HernandezRandall KingSet on a rural farm during the Sixties, this film tells the story of Ira and Oscar, two kids who stay faithful companions despite the racism and prejudice towards Oscar on the farm.
- DirectorCharles BurnettStarsOssie DavisRuby DeeErnie BanksWhen an 11 year old boy (Michael Schiffman) gets cut from his Little League baseball team, he sets out to form his own team. He persuades a school custodian (Ossie Davis) to be the coach. As the new coach starts working with the team, his knowledge leads the boy to suspect that the man is really an ex-Negro League legend who disappeared from sight years ago. The kid sets out to find out the truth about the man's background. Ossie Davis' real-life wife also appears in the film as his wife. Former Chicago Cubs' star, Ernie Banks, also appears as a Negro league star.
- DirectorMarc F. VoizardStarsDennis WeaverMichael CalozPeter KeleghanBefore Pete Flint moves to New York with his family, he goes on one last embark with his grandfather. When their plane crashes in Wildcat Canyon, they are forced to survive in the dangerous and cold winter with only each other and a dog they find.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsChristian CampbellChristopher BoltonGene HeckNick, a 17-year-old on a train journey to find his father, strays off course and finds himself in the Limberlost Forest where he gains employment with a logging company, and learns the values of honesty, integrity, and true friendship.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsRichard CrennaDavid CarradineChris OliveroA spoiled L.A. teenager learns important life lessons when he is sent to visit his cowboy grandfather in Colorado during the summer.
- DirectorScott MurphyStarsGary BurghoffLuke BairdAlyssa HansenAfter Tommy's fathers recent death in an airplane crash , he and his sister are sent to live in the small town of Erinville. Tommy and his cousin Alex spend the summer trying to prove the town story teller is a leprechaun.
- DirectorBobby RothStarsNaomi JuddGerald McRaneyAlison PillA staid school administrator comes to town to save a school from closing and ends up falling in love with the charming music teacher.
- DirectorChristopher CainStarsPeter StraussMary McDonnellMichelle TrachtenbergThe fast-paced city life of two sisters is turned upside down when they are sent to live in the country with their father after their mother is killed.
- DirectorJeff MelmanStarsRobert MitchumChris FurrhMaia BrewtonTo keep from being separated, four orphans get a homeless maverick to pose as their guardian.
- DirectorBarry TubbStarsJoey Lauren AdamsJacob FisherEmma RobertsThe tale of a spunky young boy named Buddy and his prize-winning calf, Hokey, as they climb from the underdog position up through the ranks of several Texas stock shows to ultimately fight to win the coveted title of Grand Champion.
- StarsCalum WorthyBrenda FrickerTom ContiA little boy found wandering the streets is taken in by Bob and Joan, a kindly couple. The boy is cold, wet and desperate for shelter, but Bob and Joan are perplexed by his claims that he was once a rat. Meanwhile, rumours are rife at the newspaper about the prince's new love: a girl who captivated everyone at the palace ball.
- DirectorMichael M. ScottStarsTed ShackelfordRon WhiteRebecca JenkinsWithout a word of explanation, on the day before his wedding Jacob Hansen walks away, leaving Maddy, his bride-to-be; his father; brother Dan; and the family farm he was to inherit. Twenty years later Jake returns to find Dan and Maddy married and running the farm with the help of their children and his father. Jacob's father is overjoyed at the return of his son, but feelings of bitterness arise between the brothers, and the complex feelings and needs of each family member come into play. Battling a mysterious blight that threatens to destroy the farm, they struggle to understand their fears, overcome the past and express their love.
- DirectorBlair TreuStarsWallace ShawnBen DiskinNick CassavetesCharlie is constantly bullied at school and decides to invite a weightlifter to pose as his father at the father/son picnic. The lie spirals out of control and Charlie ends up the target of a kidnapping due to the weightlifter's troubled past.
- DirectorHugh WilsonStarsHarry Connick Jr.Shawn SalinasMichelle JohnsonA widowed lawyer wanted by the IRS assumes a new identity and signs his now-too-old son up for one more year of Little League. However, this may have been a mistake, as his son's dominance captures the media's attention as his team careens toward the Little League World Series.
- CreatorDavid DortortBeth SullivanStarsDrew PowellMatt CarmodyDaniel Hugh KellyIt it 1849 and the Cartwright family has moved onto some scrub land in the territory of Nevada. As a widower Ben Cartwright tries to raise his sons Adam, Hoss and Little Joe in this new land.Disc 1
Brother Against Brother
Treasure
Disc 2
Comes A Horse
The Lesser Of Two Evils - DirectorSean McNamaraStarsAlex D. LinzWilliam AthertonJames WoodsIn the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.
- DirectorScott FeatherstoneStarsMercedes KastnerMichelle HornJosh ZuckermanFor young Kathrine, a girl who appears to have everything going for her, friendship may be the one thing she will never find. So her father tells her, "If you really want a friend, be a friend." But even though she's smart, has a sense of humor and is the star of her soccer team, her search for a friend has been a long journey indeed. One that's taken her all the way to Misselthwaite Manor in England, where she is enduring her first stay with her sickly cousin, Margaret. After Katherine decides she needs to try harder at being a friend, she finds an old diary that leads to an unexpected adventure riddled with hidden passageways, a puzzling portrait and clues to a secret garden. Together, Katherine, Margaret and a boy named Timothy explore the mysteries of Misselthwaite and discover what it really means to be a friend.
- DirectorStan FergusonStarsMelora SloverMarcia DangerfieldDevin HealeyA teenage girl learns the importance of family unity after falling from a hayloft and going back in time to the Great Depression.
- DirectorPaul SchneiderStarsRobert HaysMel HarrisAlan RachinsSoon after the Lowry Family - Tom, his wife Karen, and their two children, Liz and Widdy - leave the big city and move to the small Northern California town of Placerville, they are 'adopted' by a very clever, yet lovable, stray golden retriever - Pilot. It's not long before they discover that Pilot is pregnant. The Lowry family, and especially Liz and Widdy, grow very close to the puppies during their weaning period. But Tom makes it clear that, like most families, they must give away the puppies after they've been weaned. It's particularly hard on Liz and Widdy, but they manage to give all the puppies away, and it's funny and fascinating to see who shows up at the Lowry residence to adopt a puppy. However, Pilot is determined to get her puppies back, and the Lowry Family must endure a comical series of events that make them realize that life is just not the same without the puppies. But retrieving six puppies from people you don't even know is no easy task. And soon, Tom Lowry finds he must choose between his job or his family. With Pilot in the lead, the Lowry's set off on a quest to retrieve Pilot's puppies - an adventure that ultimately leads them into the realization of what it really means to be a family.
- DirectorBradley WigorStarsGlenne HeadlyTom IrwinMadeline ZimaA concert pianist marries a Wisconsin farmer. The struggles that comes with that.
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsBobby EdnerRon PerlmanRandy TravisCharlie and his faithful Golden Retriever, Old Drum, share adventures together in their rural 1950s Missouri town. But when Old Drum gets accused of killing a local farmer's sheep, Charlie gathers evidence to prove his innocence.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsForrestEllen BurstynJudge ReinholdAn elderly widow befriends an orphaned juvenile delinquent.
- DirectorRobert C. ThompsonStarsRobert HooksCharlotte RaeAlfre WoodardThe only black family living in a small midwestern town at the turn of the century confront prejudice, as seen through the eyes of the young daughter.
- DirectorBruce NeibaurStarsJason JohnsonMichael D. WeatherredBrandon BlaserUnlike most gangs, the ButterCream gang does good deeds. Their leader, Pete, must go live with his aunt in Chicago. But things don't go well in Chicago and Pete has changed when he returns. Soon Pete is hanging around with the wrong crowd. But the remaining members of the gang, especially their new leader Scott, refuse to give up on their friend Pete.
- DirectorTimothy J. NelsonStarsRicky MabeElisha CuthbertSophie LorainDon and Rebecca Reece are facing the toughest decision of their lives whether or not to end their marriage of nearly 20 years. The Reeces agree to a trial separation. The kids get the house; Mom and Dad will shuttle back and forth.