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Family Features Collection 1: Rookie Of The Year/ The Pagemaster/ The Sandlot (1993)
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3 Great Family Fun Films!
Rookie of the Year: (1993, 103 min) The ultimate fantasy for a Little Leaguer comes true and a whole city is electrified with baseball fever in actor/director Daniel Stern's "grand slam for baseball fans of all ages!" (WBAI Radio)
When the cast is removed from his broken arm, clumsy 12-year-old Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas) is shocked to find his arm has become a 100-mile-per-hour thunderbolt.His throw from the bleachers directly to home plate alerts the last place Chicago Cubs and before you can shout "play ball!" he is signed as their new ace pitcher.With a few pointers from an aging star pitcher (Gary Busey), young Henry actually manages to pull off the impossible.
Daniel Stern co-stars in this winning stand-up-and-cheer tale about one boy's dream.
The Pagemaster: (1994, 76 min) Macaulay Culkin stars in this wondrous tale of adventure and fantasy which sends a young boy into the pages of the world's greatest stories.Seeking refuge from a storm, timid Richard Tyler enters an empty library only to be swept away into the magical animated world of The Pagemaster.It's a timeless place of wonder and discovery where legendary characters from literary classics come alive.Richard meets the infamous "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and comes face to face with the mighty "Moby Dick," the treacherous pirates on "Treasure Island" and a giant fire-breathing dragon.Guided by a trio of talking books- Adventure, Fantasy and Horror- Richard must conquer his greatest fears before he can find his way home.
Co-starring Christopher Lloyd, and featuring the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Stewart, Leonard Nimoy, and Frank Welker, this live-action/animated fantasy will captivate the entire family.
The Sandlot: (1993, 101 min) It's the early 1960s and fifth-grader Scotty Smalls (Tom Guiry) has just moved into town with his folks (Karen Allen and Denis Leary).Kids call him a dork - he can't even throw a baseball!But that changes when the leader of the neighborhood gang recruits him to play on the nearby sandlot field.It's the beginning of a magical summer of baseball, wild adventures, first kisses, and fearsome confrontations with the dreaded beast and its owner (James Earl Jones) who live behind the left field fence.Soon nine boys have become best friends, Scotty is part of a team, and their leader has become a local legend in this hilarious and warmhearted comedy.
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