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Publisher
NeoClassics
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
Arabic
Description
An airport janitor makes a big difference in the lives of the children in his poor neighborhood when they mistake him for an airplane pilot. Using his imagination to weave stories of the wonderful places he has visited around the world, a friendship develops as he brings hope to their otherwise grim home life.
2) Shark tale
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Oscar is a lowly tongue-scrubber at the local Whale Wash, who becomes an improbable hero when he tells a great white lie. To keep his secret, Oscar teams up with an outcast vegetarian Great White shark, Lenny, and the two become the most unlikely of friends. When his lie begins to unravel, it's up to Oscar's loyal friend Angie and Lenny to help him stand up to the most feared shark in the water and find his true place in the reef.
3) Pecos Bill
Publisher
Clearvue & SVE
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Tall tale about the brother of coyotes, creator of the Great Salt Lake and rider of cyclones.
4) John Henry
Publisher
Clearvue & SVE
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
This tall tale tells the legend of John Henry, who single-handedly defeats the steam drill in a steel-driving competition.
6) Big fish
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
William Bloom is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward--outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days, William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property.
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
A compilation of four animated short films profiling legendary figures in American history. John Henry goes up against a machine with his hammer to help build America's railroads; Casey Jones, the brave engineer delivers the U.S. mail in record-breaking time; Johnny Appleseed plants apple trees across America to benefit the early pioneers; Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack, clears the land for American setters.
8) Tall tale
Publisher
Buene Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008].
Language
English
Description
Pecos Bill teams with Paul Bunyan and John Henry to help a brave young man in the fight against a greedy land-grabber.
9) Big fish
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
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