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Planes, trains & automobiles
by John Hughes
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34 editions published between 1974 and 2012 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 1,859 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Neal Page (Martin) wants to fly home to spend Thanksgiving with his family. Del Griffith (Candy) leads Page on a hilarious cross-country wild goose chase that keeps him from tasting his turkey
Spaceballs
by Mel Brooks
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27 editions published between 1987 and 2012 in English and German and held by 1,833 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A parody of epic science fiction movies, especially the original "Star wars" trilogy. Two space bums attempt to rescue a space princess from an assortment of space villains
Little shop of horrors
by Alan Menken
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19 editions published between 1986 and 2012 in English and held by 1,609 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In this musical, business booms at Mushnik's Flower Shop when an exotic potted plant called Audrey II arrives. People are rushing in to see it--and disappearing
Cool runnings
by Jon Turteltaub
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21 editions published between 1992 and 2013 in English and held by 1,589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Four young men form Jamaica's first bobsled team, in hopes of competing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Loosely based on a true story
Uncle Buck
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21 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in English and held by 1,348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Uncle Buck, an idle good-natured bachelor, is left in charge of his nephew and nieces during a family crisis. While his carefree ways easily charm the younger relatives, he meets more than a little hostility from Tia, his rebellious teenage niece, and Chanice, his impatient girlfriend
The Rescuers down under
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7 editions published between 1991 and 2012 in English and Chinese and held by 1,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When a poacher sets out to capture a golden eagle in the Outback of Australia, his friend Cody's call for help is answered by the world's bravest mice, Bernard and Bianca, who fly in on the wings of their Albatross friend Wilbur to face their most dangerous mission yet!
The great outdoors
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11 editions published between 1988 and 2007 in English and held by 1,030 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When an unannounced, uninvited and unwelcome family of fun-loving misfits converge upon a lakeside resort to join their relatives for a summer of relaxation, the result is anything but restive in this raucous comedy
Stripes
by Columbia Pict
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7 editions published between 1981 and 2012 in English and held by 928 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When John Winger loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he does what any red-blooded American would do: he joins the army and nearly starts WWIII
The Blues Brothers
by John Landis
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9 editions published between 1980 and 2012 in English and German and held by 900 WorldCat member libraries worldwide After Jake Blues is released from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit the old home where they were raised by nuns. They learn the church is no longer supporting the institution and will sell the place to the education authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within the next 11 days. The brothers want to help and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big show. As they set off on their "mission from god" they seem to make more enemies than friends along the way
Splash
by Ron Howard
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10 editions published between 1984 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 837 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story of a workaholic who thinks he will never find love and the mermaid who comes ashore to find him and prove him wrong
Follow that bird
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6 editions published between 1985 and 2009 in English and held by 809 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Kermit, Oscar, Bert, Ernie and Cookie Monster join Big Bird in a bighearted, cross-country adventure. A meddling social worker sends poor Big Bird off to live with a feathered foster family in Illinois. But try as he might, he doesn't fit in and runs away to return to Sesame Street. Now his old friends need to find him before he runs 'afowl' of trouble en route
Nothing but trouble
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9 editions published between 1991 and 2003 in English and held by 693 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A ghoulish comedy wherein a wrong turn sends two yuppies into Valkenvania, the Twilight Zone of speed traps
Only the lonely
by Chris Columbus
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8 editions published between 1991 and 2005 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 533 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Comedy about a 38-year old Chicago cop who still lives with his mother, a domineering widow used to controlling her son's life. When he meets and falls in love with a young woman, Mama sets out to break up the romance
Wagons east
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8 editions published between 1994 and 2002 in English and held by 488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When Phil Taylor and his family decide that the Old West is not what it's cracked up to be, they take the entire town of Prosperity with them. Led by wagon master Harlow, they begin the heroic, backbreaking, danger-filled journey back ... EAST! Along the way, they must survive Indians, hired guns, each other and Harlow's terrible secret
Sesame Street presents Follow that bird
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 477 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Kermit, Oscar, Bert, Ernie and Cookie Monster join Big Bird in a bighearted, cross-country adventure. A meddling social worker sends poor Big Bird off to live with a feathered foster family in Illinois. But try as he might, he doesn't fit in and runs away to return to Sesame Street. Now his old friends need to find him before he runs 'afowl' of trouble en route
European vacation
by Harold Ramis
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8 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in English and held by 469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Clark and Ellen Griswold have planned all year for the perfect summer vacation to Disneyland-like Walley World in California. Every detail of their pilgrimmage has been meticulously planned using their home computer. Every detail, except for a few hundred hysterical exceptions
Who's Harry Crumb?
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9 editions published between 1989 and 2004 in English and held by 435 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When Harry, the last of the great sleuthing Crumbs--and the last person in the firm to ever get an assignment--finally gets a shot at a front-page kidnapping, it's only because his beady-eyed boss Eliot Draisen doesn't want the case solved
The Rescuers 35th anniversary edition The Rescuers down under : 2 movie collection
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1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The Rescuers: Two brave mice try to rescue a kidnapped young orphan from the hilariously evil Madame Medusa, who is obsessed with getting her hands on the world's largest diamond
Volunteers
by Nicholas Meyer
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9 editions published between 1985 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 393 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Ivy Leaguer Lawrence Bourne III escapes the bookies to whom he owes $28,000 by swapping places with a friend. His destination is Thailand with a group of folk-singing Peace Corps do-gooders such as Tom Tuttle from Tacoma
Brewster's millions
by Walter Hill
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7 editions published between 1983 and 2002 in English and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Montgomery Brewster is a down-and-out baseball player who discovers that he is the only living relative of an eccentric multimillionaire. Monty stands to inherit $300 million, but only if he can spend $30 million in a single month without acquiring any assets. If he fails, it's back to zero again more
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