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An American Tail
Why this pick
This shares the era’s expressive hand-drawn style and a child-friendly adventure tone, balancing comic set pieces with a young protagonist’s perilous journey through a big world.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1987 1h 17m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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The Chipmunk Adventure
AdventureAnimationFamily
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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The Brave Little Toaster
Why this pick
Another 1987 animated quest with a lovable ensemble, musical energy, and an unexpectedly adventurous edge as small, vulnerable characters travel far from home.
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Oliver & Company
Why this pick
Its streetwise animal cast, upbeat songs, comic villains, and big-city chase energy offer the same colorful late-’80s family-animation exuberance.
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The Adventures of the American Rabbit
Why this pick
This offbeat animated road adventure has an episodic, Saturday-morning-cartoon spirit and an innocent hero pulled into a larger criminal plot.
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The Muppets Take Manhattan
Why this pick
Though live action, it has a close match in rambunctious musical-comedy rhythm: a beloved ensemble gets separated, pursues an ambitious goal, and meets eccentric obstacles along the way.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
When their guardian David Seville goes to Europe on business, Alvin and the Chipmunks—Alvin, Simon, and Theodore—are left home in Los Angeles with their babysitter, Ms. Miller. Later, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes—Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor—play the arcade game ''Around the World in 30 Days'', and Alvin and Brittany argue over which would win an actual race around the world. They are overheard by international diamond-smuggling siblings Claudia and Klaus Furschtein, who have $5 million worth of diamonds to distribute to buyers but no couriers who are unknown to their nemesis, Jamal. Claudia tricks the children into being unwitting mule (smuggling), offering to arrange a real race around the world between the Chipmunks and Chipettes for a $100,000 prize. To participate, Alvin tricks Ms. Miller into believing that Dave wants the Chipmunks to meet him in Europe.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Janice Karman
Theodore Seville / Brittany Miller / Jeanette Miller / Eleanor Miller
Susan Tyrrell
Claudia Furschtien
Anthony De Longis
Klaus Furschtien
George Poulos
Jack Angel
Additional Voices (voice)
Charles Adler
Patrick Pinney
Dody Goodman
Miss Rebecca Miller