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Whoopi Goldberg
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
Simba begins life as an honored prince, son of the powerful King Mufasa. The cub's happy childhood turns tragic when his evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and drives Simba away from the kingdom. In exile, the young lion befriends the comically bumbling pair of Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat and lives a carefree jungle life. As he approaches adulthood, however, he is visited by the spirit of his father, who instructs him to defeat the nefarious...
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
See the real story behind the lion king ... at least from Timon and Pumbaa's perspective. The truth will be exposed about some "passed" events - such as when King Mufasa introduced his young heir to the animal kingdom. Reveals the true hullabaloo behind their departures from the meerkat and warthog 'hoods. Tag along as the two buddies from the brush search for their dream home, share their joys and trials as they raise young Simba using the "Hakuna...
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Evil banker Rachel Bitterman forecloses on the Muppets' famous variety theater. But Bitterman's machinations take a back seat when apprentice guardian angel Daniel shows Kermit what conditions would have been had Kermit never existed. A Kermit-less world would have found Miss Piggy running a fraudulent psychic hotline, Fozzie Bear as a homeless derelict, and Sam the Eagle as a caged "rave" dancer. With showstopping numbers like Moulin Scrooge and...
5) Rat race
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Employs a huge ensemble of comedy stalwarts, assembled by an eccentric hotelier to race from Las Vegas to New Mexico for a $2 million jackpot. With a backstage gambling subplot, the movie has almost as many highlights as clunkers, with easy gags and traditional slapstick that will tickle anyone's old-fashioned funny bone.
6) Ghost
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A ghost teams up with a psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder--and to rescue his sweetheart from a similar fate.
7) Burglar
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Ex-con Bernice Rhodenbarr is tough, smart, funny--and in one helluva mess. A double-dealing cop's got the goods on her for a long-ago theft and wants $20,000 to keep from squealing. Of course, there's only one way Bernice can come up with dough like that--turn burglar for one last heist.
9) Liberation
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Using archival footage, contemporary radio broadcasts and enthralling first-person accounts, Liberation recreates the heady atmoshpere of Europe emerging from Nazi domination.
10) Doogal
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A dog named Doogal and his friends join forces to stop an evil sorcerer from freezing the sun and ruling the world.
13) Everyone's hero
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship.
"A sweet, inspirational...
14) Blizzard
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A young girl, sad when her best friend moves away, rekindles her holiday spirit as her aunt tells her a tale of a young ice skater, an enchanted reindeer and their heartwarming story of friendship.
Pub. Date
2003, c1990
Language
English
Description
A story about a black and a white woman living through and responding to the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. They put their lives in danger for civil rights. Their shared experiences draw them closer as a deep respect and lasting friendship forms.
Pub. Date
200u
Language
English
Description
A nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent. While there she turns the convent choir into a "soulful chorus of swingin' sisters." The sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.
Whoopi Goldberg returns as the lounge singer who goes undercover as a nun to help an ailing inner-city school.