Maury Laws
Nascimento : 1923-12-06, Burlington, North Carolina, USA
Morte : 2019-03-28
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The Irresponsible Toad is in a mess and needs help from his friends try and save Toad Hall.
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The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peter's job to defeat Ommadon.
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Sent in search of a Christmas tree, cabin boy Dinty Doyle lands on a mysterious, uncharted Irish island where he accidentally releases a bad-tempered banshee from her pine tree prison. Leprechaun Blarney Kilakilarney knows that in order to survive, the banshee will try to swipe his clan's pot of Christmas gold. With some magical assistance from Lord Patrick, the king of the wee folk, Dinty and Blarney make a plan to outwit the gold-hungry hag before Christmas morning dawns.
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A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
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As Geppetto prepares for Christmas, Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for a present. There he meets and elopes with the beautiful girl puppet, Julietta, leaving Geppetto alone and worried.
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Este filme adapta o livro final da trilogia O Senhor dos Anéis, onde os hobbits Frodo e Samwise, lutam para atravessar a terra estéril de Mordor para destruir o Anel Governante na Montanha da Perdição. Ao mesmo tempo, Gandalf e seus companheiros lutam uma desesperada batalha contra as forças de Sauron em Minas Tirith, mas Sauron parece ter a vantagem, enquanto a fonte de seu poder, o Um Anel, lentamente ameaça corromper seus portadores.
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An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it.
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Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see him. His request is granted, but only on the condition that by the Spring he has a house, a bag of gold, a horse and a wife. But Jack finds that life as a human is more complicated than he thought.
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Pardon-me Pete, the official groundhog of Groundhog Day, tells the story of Jack Frost, who falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begs Father Winter to make him human so that she can see him. His request is granted, but only on the condition that by the Spring he has a house, a bag of gold, a horse and a wife. But Jack finds that life as a human is more complicated than he thought.
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Scientists investigating the briny deep are threatened by a giant turtle and the spirit of a young brunette swimmer in the Bermuda Triangle.
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Nestor the donkey is a bit of an oddity--his long ears are enough for six donkeys and stretch all the way to the ground. One night, when Nestor is locked out in the cold, he begins to wander the desert.
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O Hobbit é um 1977 de animação musical especial de televisão criada por Rankin / Bass , um estúdio conhecido por seus especiais de férias, e animado por Topcraft , um precursor do Studio Ghibli , com letras adaptadas do livro. O filme é uma adaptação do 1937 o livro de mesmo nome de JRR Tolkien e foi transmitido pela primeira vez na NBC no Estados Unidos no domingo, 27 de novembro, 1977. O Lugar é a Terra-Média. Bilbo Bolseiro é o herói e um hobbit pacato que sai em uma perigosa aventura. A aventura mais emocionante que nenhum outro hobbit jamais pensou em ir. Nesta adaptação animada do primeiro livro do grande clássico de J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo é chamado para ajudar no resgate de um grande tesouro que fora roubado dos anões por Smaug, o dragão. Eles devem mostrar toda sua bravura na Floresta das Trevas, nas Montanhas Sombrias, enfrentando orcs, aranhas gigantes, trolls comedores de hobbits e muito mais.
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Cientistas anunciam a descoberta de uma terra perdida, escondida dentro da caverna quente de um vulcão adormecido, sob a calota de gelo polar. Masten Thrust, um bilionário magnata do petróleo e caçador profissional, é recrutado para liderar uma equipe que ira ate la para estudar a nova descoberta. Ao chegar, Thrust e sua equipe descobrem que o mundo oculto é habitado por dinossauros e humanos pré-históricos. Enquanto os humanos dão aos exploradores um pouco de dificuldade, o perigo real é o tiranossauro faminto que pretende fazer o grande caçacor branco e sua tripulação de almoço.
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Em Kidsville, os jovens fazem suas prórprias regras, controlam suas próprias lojas e ficam acordados até tarde o quanto quiserem. A cada primavera, cada um deles - incluindo Sunny, o Coelho - faz os preparativos para a Páscoa. Então, fica o cargo de Sunny levar os ovos pintados e os outros doces para uma cidade vizinha chamada Town. Mas é bom ele tomar cuidado. A velha e conservadora Town não permite crianças ou mesmo um coelhinho da Páscoa saltitante. O filme mostra como Sunny e seus amigos salvaram a Páscoa do mau humor dos habitantes de Town, inventadno muitas das tradições conhecidas hoje por nós.
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Aaron, the drummer boy, struggles to protect a bellmaker's great silver bells from seizure by Roman soldiers
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Rudolph must find Happy, the baby new year, before the midnight of New Year's Eve.
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Years have passed since Frosty left for the North Pole, but his promise is kept when he hears news of the first snowfall of the season, and decides to return.
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A beloved toy stuffed rabbit is rescued by a fairy to be the first Easter Rabbit.
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A young shepherd, Lucas, is blinded by lightening, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine describes snow to Lucas, who has never seen it. Lucas gets chosen to play an angel in the abbey's Christmas pageant, and the Christmas snow that falls during the pageant works a small miracle.
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A young shepherd, Lucas, is blinded by lightening, and some kindly nuns at a nearby abbey take him in. Sister Catherine describes snow to Lucas, who has never seen it. Lucas gets chosen to play an angel in the abbey's Christmas pageant, and the Christmas snow that falls during the pageant works a small miracle.
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A Sra. Noel conta a história do ano em que Papai Noel, sentindo-se doente e indesejado, decide tirar férias. Mas quando os elfos mostram a Papai Noel todos os brinquedos que estão preparando - e as crianças que aguardam ansiosas pelo Natal - Papai Noel veste sua roupa vermelha e dirige seu trenó repleto de presentes para sua ronda anual, neste especial animado em stop-motion para a família.
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When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.
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A combination of live action and animation chronicinge the great journey of Marco Polo to the mysterious Orient. Much of the story centers on Polo's relationship with the powerful Kublai Khan.
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A leprechaun, who had changed himself into a pumpkin seed to hibernate for the winter, comes to life as Mr. Jack O'Lantern, who then uses his pumpkin shell to help scare away Zelda the Witch and Archibald the Warlock.
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All of Universal's greatest classic monsters gather at the Transylvania Astoria Hotel for Frankenstein's monster and his bride's Friday the 13th midnight wedding.
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This is one of the 'Animagical' titles from the children's film archive of Rankin/Bass. The story line is reminiscent of an earlier 1966 R/B Animagic film, 'The Daydreamer', both of which chronicles the fairy tales of Danish author, Hans Christian Andersen.
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Peter Cottontail wants to be the #1 chief Easter Bunny, and everyone in April Valley agrees...except for Evil Irontail. Peter must deliver more eggs than this archrival to earn the top spot...and save Easter for children everywhere!
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É um longa metragem de 1970 em Stop-Motion. O carteiro decide responder algumas das perguntas mais comuns a respeito do Papai Noel, ele conta sobre um bebezinho chamado Kris que foi abandonado na porta da família Kringle (fabricantes de brinquedos). Quando Kris cresce, ele decide entregar os brinquedos para as crianças da Cidade Sombria. Porém o Burgo Mestre (Prefeito da Cidade) é uma má pessoa e não deixará que isso aconteça. Para piorar as coisas, há um malvado feiticeiro chamado Inverno que vive entre os Kringles e a Cidade Sombria, Kris planeja derreter o coração de gelo do feiticeiro (assim como da professora da cidade) para poder entregar seus preciosos brinquedos.
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Um boneco de neve ajuda uma menina a lutar contra um mago ganancioso que descobre que seu chapéu mágico dá vida ao boneco de neve.
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After being kidnapped and escaping, young drummer boy Aaron searches for his camel and finds him in the Nativity of the Baby Jesus. Aaron gives Baby Jesus the only gift he has, a song on his drum.
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The famous ship called Mayflower is trapped amidst a huge storm. The entire story is narrated by a church-mouse called Willum, from his viewpoint. The tale begins with the pilgrim preachers deciding to move to America and getting aboard the Mayflower. However, because of the huge storm, the ship gets on the verge of sinking. Then, Willum, the pilgrim mouse, comes up with an idea to save the ship. When the pilgrims land safely, they write the Mayflower Compact and start constructing their new church and colony. However, it is already the autumn season and they do not have much food stored for the winter. The pilgrims then learn to plant crops during the spring season and celebrate a big feast toward the onset of the autumn season or fall. This is their first Thanksgiving celebration.
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This animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning.
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When Dr Frankenstein decides to retire from the monster-making business, he calls an international roster of monsters to a creepy convention to elect his successor. Everyone is there including Dracula, The Werewolf, The Creature, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and many more. But Frankenstein's title is not all that is at stake. The famous doctor has also discovered the secret of total destruction that must not fall into the wrong hands!
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In this hybrid of live-action and stop-motion animation, a young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Emperor's New Clothes.
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In this hybrid of live-action and stop-motion animation, a young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Emperor's New Clothes.