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{en} Peter M. Nichols, Children's Movies: A Critic's Guide to the Best Films Available on Video and DVD (New York, NY: Times Books, 2003).

Abstract

"For years Peter M. Nichols has been offering vital advice and information for parents about current movies in his regular "Taking the Children" column. But parents need the same kind of guidance when renting or buying videos and DVDs for their family. They may know that movies such as Toy Story and Chicken Run are good choices for their children, but Nichols helps parents go beyond the obvious choices to more unconventional movies like The African Queen and Some Like It Hot. From the classics of animation to a host of great comedies and dramas, Nichols provides a knowing and illuminating guide to one hundred great cinematic works. Each brief original essay not only explains why the children will enjoy the film but also allows Nichols to offer timely bits of film history and to discuss certain films in a larger cultural context. Nichols's knowledge and understanding of films is broad and deep, and many of his choices-especially of films that we might not have thought of as "children's films"--Will surprise and delight readers."--

Content

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) -- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) -- The African Queen (1951) -- Apollo 13 (1995) -- Babe (1995) -- Back to the Future (1985) -- The Bad News Bears (1976) -- The Bear (1988) -- Beauty and the Beast (1991) -- Beetlejuice (1988) -- Big (1988) -- The Black Stallion (1979) -- Bound for Glory (1976) -- Breaking Away (1979) -- Bringing Up Baby (1938) -- The Buddy Holly Story (1978) -- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) -- Casablanca (1942) -- Cat Ballou (1965) -- Chariots of Fire (1981) -- Chicken Run (2000) -- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) -- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) -- Dick Tracy (1990) -- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) -- Duck Soup (1933) -- Edward Scissorhands (1990) -- Emma (1996) -- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) -- Fiddler on the Roof (1971) -- Field of Dreams (1989) -- Fly Away Home (1996) -- Gandhi (1982) -- Ghostbusters (1984) -- The Gold Rush (1925) -- The Great Escape (1963) -- Great Expectations (1946) -- Groundhog Day (1993) -- A Hard Day's Night (1964) -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) -- High Noon (1952) -- The Iron Giant (1999) -- It Happened One Night (1934) -- James and the Giant Peach (1996) -- Jurassic Park (1993) -- The King and I (1956) -- King Kong (1933) -- Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- A League of Their Own (1992) -- Lilo & Stitch (2002) -- The Lion King (1994) -- Little Fugitive (1953) -- Little Man Tate (1991) -- The Little Mermaid (1989) -- A Little Princess (1995) -- Little Women (1994) -- The Longest Day (1962) -- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) -- Lost Horizon (1937) -- The Magnificent Seven (1960) -- Mary Poppins (1964) -- Monsters, Inc. (2001) -- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) -- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) -- The Music Man (1962) -- My Fair Lady (1964) -- National Velvet (1944) -- Never Cry Wolf (1983) -- North by Northwest (1959) -- Peter Pan (1953) -- Pinocchio (1940) -- The Princess Bride (1987) -- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) -- Rear Window (1954) -- Rocky (1976) -- The Rookie (2002) -- The Secret Garden (1993) -- The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) -- Shane (1953) -- Shrek (2001) -- Singin' in the Rain (1952) -- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) -- Some Like It Hot (1959) -- The Sound of Music (1965) -- Spirited Away (2001) -- Star Wars (1977) -- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) -- Sullivan's Travels (1941) -- Superman (1978) -- Swiss Family Robinson (1960) -- The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers (1974 and 1975) -- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) -- Toy Story and Toy Story 2 (1995 and 1999) -- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) -- Walkabout (1971) -- West Side Story (1961) -- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) -- The Winslow Boy (1999) -- The Wizard of Oz (1939) -- Yellow Submarine (1968).

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