Tag Archives: storytelling

Fried Green Tomatoes

IMDB Rating: 7.40
19225 votes

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Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920's Alabama. Through Idgie's inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny.
Actors
Evelyn CouchKathy Bates
Idgie ThreadgoodeMary Stuart Masterson
Ruth JamisonMary-Louise Parker
Also posted in 1991, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Arabian Nights

IMDB Rating: 7.20
1529 votes

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Long ago, the Sultan Schariar has gone mad after his traumatizing near assassination in which his wife collaborated and died at his hands as a result. Now he has a paranoid suspicion of women which he plans to express in a diabolical plan, and that is to marry a woman from the harem and then have her executed the very next morning. To prevent this, the Grand Vizier's daughter and a childhood friend of the Sultan, Scheherezade, offers herself to be that bride. Now, she must gamble that her plan will work as she tries to cure his madness by telling him story after wondrous story which include the tales of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp. All the while, the Sultan's villainous brother is making plans of his own and Scheherezade's stories are more useful against him than anyone can anticipate.
Actors
ScheherezadeMili Avital
StorytellerAlan Bates
SchazzenanJames Frain
Also posted in 2000, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Hans Christian Andersen

IMDB Rating: 6.70
900 votes

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A completely fabricated biography of the famous Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen featuring several of his stories and a ballet performance of "The Little Mermaid".
Actors
Hans Christian AndersenDanny Kaye
NielsFarley Granger
DoroZizi Jeanmaire
Also posted in 1952, Biography, Family, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance | Comments (0)

Because of Winn-Dixie

IMDB Rating: 6.10
2897 votes

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A 10-year-old girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father, a preacher. While there, she adopts a stray dog whom she names after the local supermarket where he was found. With her goofy pooch by her side, she meets an eclectic group of townspeople and rekindles an almost lost relationship with her father.
Actors
OpalAnnaSophia Robb
PreacherJeff Daniels
GloriaCicely Tyson
Also posted in 2005, Comedy, Drama, Family, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Miss Potter

IMDB Rating: 7.30
4593 votes

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Thirty years old and single, Beatrix Potter lives in London with her social-climbing parents, who are exasperated that she has turned down any number of eligible young men. Her only real friends are the animals which since childhood she has lovingly drawn and made up stories about. She finally succeeds in selling a book of the stories, and it becomes Norman Warne's first project. He quickly falls in love with both the book and Beatrix and together they carefully arrange publication. This proves the first of many successes, offering her the possibility of escaping from both her parents' way of life and London.
Actors
Beatrix PotterRenée Zellweger
Norman WarneEwan McGregor
Millie WarneEmily Watson
Also posted in 2006, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Seabiscuit

IMDB Rating: 7.50
21002 votes

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In an era when Americans were in great need of heroic figures to help them forget their troubles, SEABISCUIT comes to the rescue. The picture relates a moving story of friendship and devotion in rehabilitating the main characters'fractured lives, as it interweaves the interactions between horse, jockey, trainer and owner and their adoring fans. The film accurately portrays the real people and events of those troubled times and how Seabiscuit "fixed us, every one of us."
Actors
NarratorDavid McCullough
Charles HowardJeff Bridges
Bicycle SupervisorPaul Vincent O'Connor
Also posted in 2003, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, Sport | Comments (4)

Bugs Bunny’s 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

IMDB Rating: 6.70
314 votes

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Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are rival book salesmen from Rambling House. They each go their separate ways to sell books to folks, Daffy finds himself encountering Elmer Fudd and Porky Pig. Bugs gets forced by Sultan Yosemite Sam to tell stories to his bratty son, Prince Abba-Dabba. The stories are shown through clips of old Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
Actors
Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Porky Pig/Yosemite Sam/Sylvester/Sylvester, Jr./Speedy Gonzales/Tweety/Genie/Hassan/Big Bad Wolf/Beanstalk Giant/Elvis Gorilla/StorkMel Blanc
Elmer FuddArthur Q. Bryan
Old StorytellerShepard Menken
Also posted in 1982, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)

Bridge to Terabithia

IMDB Rating: 7.20
5911 votes

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Fifth grader Jesse Aaron's hopes of becoming the fastest runner in his class are dashed when new girl Leslie Burke outruns everybody, including him. However, Jess and Leslie soon begin a friendship, and create a magical kingdom in the forest, where the two of them reign together as king and queen.
Actors
Jesse AaronsJosh Hutcherson
Leslie BurkeAnnaSophia Robb
Ms. EdmondsZooey Deschanel
Also posted in 2007, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Infamous

IMDB Rating: 7.30
3020 votes

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On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry Smith, says little. Capote is implacable, wanting the story, believing this book will establish a new form of reportage: he must figure out what Perry wants. Their relationship becomes something more than writer and character: Perry killed in cold blood, the state will execute him in cold blood; does Capote get his story through cold calculation, or is there a price for him to pay?
Actors
Truman CapoteToby Jones
Babe PaleySigourney Weaver
Kitty DeanGwyneth Paltrow
Also posted in 2006, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D

IMDB Rating: 3.70
2385 votes

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Dreamer Max, ridiculed by his classmates, conjures up his perfect dreamworld...the Planet Drool. But his dream is more powerful than even he suspects, and his favourite dream super-heroes, Sharkboy and Lavagirl, materialise on Earth. They need help from Max. All is not well in Max's dreamworld. An alien intelligence is interfering and darkness threatens his beloved Planet Drool. Is it true, as Sharkboy and Lavagirl say, that only Max, the powerful dreamer, can stop it? Max takes off on a wild and dangerous journey to the fantastic Planet Drool with Sharkboy and Lavagirl. Can they discover the source of the danger? Will they be able to stop it in time?
Actors
SharkboyTaylor Lautner
LavagirlTaylor Dooley
MaxCayden Boyd
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Comments (0)
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