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Publisher
Picture This! Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approx. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a Stalinist indoctrination camp for orphans after World War II, young Lem fixates on a mysterious older boy, then lashes out when he sees him being affectionate with the female camp leader.
2) Station Jim
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young man working in a train station befriends a dog that can do amazing tricks. When the Queen of England is set to visit the station, an assassination attempt is put on her. Will the most unlikely of characters save the day?
3) Ballet shoes
Publisher
Distributed by Koch Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three girls adopted by an explorer are raised as sisters by his niece. As each of the girls have their own dreams, they learn that in order to realize them, they must also keep their family together.
Publisher
Rekab Sudskany, L.C
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.) ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Tomás world changes when Maire O'Donnell brings him home from an Irish orphanage. She shows him all the love this world has to offer but when tragedy jeopardizes the adoption, Tomás must use lessons learned from Maire to win the heart of his potential father"--Container.
5) Pollyanna
Publisher
Walt Disney
Pub. Date
c1960
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 134 min.) : sd., col., stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A young orphan brings sunshine into the lives of everyone she meets with her optimistic outlook on life.
6) The good lie
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
They were known simply as "The Lost Boys." Orphaned by the brutal civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3,600 lost boys and girls to America.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, 'into the light,' where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family.
"The...
8) The BFG
Pub. Date
[2016]
Formats
Description
It tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the Giant who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. The BFG, while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part.
"Spielberg offers a gallery of unforgettable images to illuminate a surprisingly...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 DVD (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An epic love story that spans childhood into adulthood, the film follows Heathcliff, an outsider taken in and given a home by a benevolent Yorkshire farmer, Earnshaw. Heathcliff develops a passionate relationship with the farmer's teenage daughter, Catherine, inspiring the envy and mistrust of his rough-hewn son, Hindley. Years later, when Earnshaw dies, the young adults must finally confront the intense feelings and destructive rivalries that have...
10) Despicable me
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Formats
Description
Gru delights in all things wicked. Surrounded by an army of tireless little yellow minions, and armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen, a potential dad.
11) Alabama moon
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven-year-old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
13) Pete's dragon
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales, until she meets Pete. Pete is a mysterious ten-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliot.
15) The good lie
Publisher
Alcon Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
They were known simply as "The Lost Boys." Orphaned by the brutal civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3,600 lost boys and girls to America.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97, 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Little princess: Sara Crewe, the pampered daughter of an Army officer, is left in a strict boarding school when her father goes off to war. When he is reported dead, her world is turned upside down and she is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken.
Secret garden: A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned...
Publisher
Digital Video Dreams
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Shirley Temple portrays Sara, the pampered daughter of a British officer. Left in a boarding school when her father goes off to war, her world is turned upside down when he is reported dead. Destitute, Sara is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Curly) are on a mission. Left on the doorstep of an orphanage run by nuns, the young trio grows up finger-poking, nyuk-nyuking, and woo-woo-wooing their way into trouble. Now years later, with the orphanage forced to close its doors, the Three Stooges embark on a wacky mission to save it. Hilarious mischief and mayhem ensue.
19) Sparrows
Publisher
Vci Entertainment
Pub. Date
2021
Formats
Description
Mary Pickford once again gave her audience what they wanted by playing 'the hoyden, the protector, the fighter.' Mary stars as the oldest of a dozen children held hostage at what was then called a 'baby farm' where children of unwed mothers or deserted wives were deposited and then sold illegally to adoptive parents or as slave labor.
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After being orphaned, young Maria Merryweather leaves her luxurious home to live with her eccentric uncle at the mysterious Moonacre Manor. There she discovers a magical world torn apart by an ancient feud and inhabited by outlandish characters and mythical beasts. Now, Maria must unearth the secrets of her past before the 5000th moon rises and Moonacre Manor disappears into the sea forever.
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