The Blue Bird (1940)
1001 Wonders in Technicolor
ジャンル : アドベンチャー, コメディ, ファミリー, ファンタジー
上映時間 : 1時間 23分
演出 : Walter Lang
脚本 : Walter Bullock
シノプシス
An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of happiness, meeting friends and foes along the way.
飛べない鳥、バードたちの島バードアイランド。怒りん坊のレッドは周囲になじめず、村の外でひとり暮らしていた。怒りを抑えるべく教室に通い始めた彼は、お調子者のチャック、怖がりのボムというやはり周囲から浮いていた2羽と親しくなる。そんなある日、島にブタのピッグ一族が現われ、バードたちの卵を奪い去ってしまった。この危機に、レッドたちは伝説のヒーロー“マイティ・イーグル”に協力を求める旅に出る。
Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls, "Zambezia" is the story of Kai - a naïve, but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of "Zambezia" where he discovers the truth about his origins and, in defending the city, learns how to be part of a community.
オレンジ諸島の旅を続けるサトシたちの船が突然の嵐で流され、アーシア島に漂流する。お祭りで賑わうその島で、サトシは島の少女・フルーラに祭りの行事である"すぐれたあやつり人"の役目をおわされた。その頃、世界中の珍しい物を集める謎のコレクター、ジラルダンが、海の神と呼ばれる幻のポケモン、ルギアを手に入れようと画策していた・・・
リオデジャネイロで人間に飼われて暮らすアオコンゴウインコのブルーは、妻のジュエルや3羽の子供たちと共に幸せな日々を送っていた。ある日、野生の仲間がいるかもしれないと知ったブルーは、彼らに会うために一家でアマゾンへと旅立つ。しかし、都会の生活に慣れたブルーたちはジャングルの奥地で様々なトラブルに遭遇してしまう。
リトル家の一員として迎えられた子ねずみスチュアート。だが、一家には新たな娘マーサが生まれ、パパやママも赤ちゃんにかかりきり。スチュアートが寂しい思いを感じるある日、彼は通学の途中、空から落ちてきた小鳥のマーガロを助ける。彼女はNYの空に君臨するタカのファルコンに襲われたという。傷ついたマーガロを家に連れ帰り、つきっきりで看病するスチュアート。やがて彼はマーガロに種族を越えた恋心を抱き始める。
ミネソタ州の小さな町にある本屋で、飼い主リンダと仲良く暮らすインコのブルー。読書家で人間顔負けの博識ぶりを誇る彼だが、屋内で育ったために飛び方を知らずにいた。そんな中、リンダのもとをブラジルの鳥類学者チュリオが訪問し、ブルーが絶滅危惧種のアオコンゴウインコだと告げる。絶滅回避のためにリオデジャネイロの研究施設へ来てほしいという頼みを受け、ブラジルへと向かうリンダとブルー。施設で出会った同じ種のジュエルに心ときめくブルーだが、施設に侵入した何者かによってジュエルと共に密売団へと引き渡される。
Orphaned at birth and raised by storks, the teenage sparrow Richard believes he is one of them. But when the time comes to migrate to Africa, his stork family is forced to reveal his true identity and leave him behind in the forest, since he is not a migratory bird and would not survive the journey. Determined to prove he is a stork after all, Richard ventures south on his own. But only with the help of Olga, an eccentric owl with an imaginary friend and Kiki, a narcissistic, disco-singing parakeet, does he stand a chance to reach his goal and learn to accept who he really is.
Woody Woodpecker enters a turf war with a big city lawyer wanting to tear down his home in an effort to build a house to flip.
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
電線に15羽の小鳥たちが並んで止まっていたが、その真ん中に大きな鳥が1羽、割り込んで止まる。大きな鳥の体重で電線が撓み、小鳥たちは窮屈になってしまう。小鳥たちは大きな鳥を振り落すが、その反動で電線の撓みが無くなったことにより小鳥たちは全員上に飛ばされ、羽が全て抜ける。そんな小鳥たちを見て、大きな鳥は爆笑するのだった。
A young, English working-class boy finds a kestrel and decides to train it.
A mother bird tries to teach her little one how to find food by herself. In the process, she encounters a traumatic experience that she must overcome in order to survive.
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life takes a new and unexpected turn.
This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer homes to the equator and back, covering thousands of miles and navigating by the stars. These arduous treks are crucial for survival, seeking hospitable climates and food sources. Birds face numerous challenges, including crossing oceans and evading predators, illness, and injury. Although migrations are undertaken as a community, birds disperse into family units once they reach their destinations, and every continent is affected by these migrations, hosting migratory bird species at least part of the year.
Many years ago, on a faraway island, there lived a Sun Duck who protected his flock from evil powers. The Sun Duck had his loyal guardians who made sure the Sun evenly spread its energy on their flourishing land. The bliss continued until an Evil Witch learned of the Sun Duck's superpowers. She seized the guardians and stole the Sun Duck away for the only sake every living woman would understand: eternal youth and mesmerizing beauty. Today, nobody believes in old legends. Mandarin ducks peacefully reside on their island and abide by the law that prescribes "no flying on the island" and "never leave the island". The Emperor is the only one who knows that the legend is true and that the next generation Sun Duck has been born. He keeps it in strict secrecy, but the Witch also knows that the legend is true and she is coming back for her next victim.
On the last working day of Sheriff Wayne, his small town is attacked by blood thirsty ravens that eat human flesh. Meanwhile his wife Cynthia visits a farm where a Mennonite family lives to say farewell to her friend Gretchen and discloses a dark secret about the origin of the fierce ravens.
Stranded along a sublime river fjord in northern Portugal, an ornithologist is subjected to a series of brutal and erotic Stations-of-the-Cross-style tests.
Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett Smith is a free-lance photographer who is doing a pollution layout for an ecology magazine. Jason Crockett hates nature, poisoning anything that crawls on his property. On the night of his birthday the frogs and other members of nature begin to pay Crockett back.