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Fall
Ever After
Andy Tennant · 1998
James and the Giant Peach
Henry Selick · 1996
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Before Sunrise
Richard Linklater · 1995
A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.
The Secret World of Arrietty
Hiromasa Yonebayashi · 2010
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house''s human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
The spiderwick chronicles
Mark Waters · 2008
I gemelli Jared e Simon e la sorella maggiore Mallory sono tutt'altro che lieti di seguire la mamma e lasciare la loro vita a Manhattan per trasferirsi nella magione polverosa di zia Lucinda, nascosta nei boschi del New England. Ma le cose in famiglia sono cambiate, il padre è sempre più distante ed è tempo di costruirsi un'esistenza diversa, anche se Jared non accenna a farsene una ragione. Lo soccorre un libro, ancora una volta oggetto magico prediletto dal genere fantasy, che già aveva schiuso gli occhi al ragazzino de La storia infinita. Questa volta si tratta della "Guida Pratica di Arthur Spiderwick al Mondo Fantastico che Vi Circonda", un manuale illustrato che insegna a relazionarsi con le creature del bosco, alla cui redazione il padre di Lucinda, pro-prozio di Jared, ha dedicato l'intera vita, prima di sparire nel nulla.
Penelope
Mark Palansky · 2006
Forlorn heiress Penelope Wilhern is cursed, and the only way out is to fall in love with someone of suitable stock. But how can she find her soul mate when she's sequestered inside her family's estate with only her parents to keep her company. This untraditional fairy tale about a girl who bucks convention to create her own happy ending.
Sweet November
Pat O'Connor · 2001
Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.
Practical Magic
Griffin Dunne · 1998
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson · 2009
Un astuto zorro llamado Fox (voz original de George Clooney) parece llevar una vida idílica con su esposa (Meryl Streep) y con su hijo Ash (Jason Schwartzman). Pero, por las noches, el señor Fox se dedica a robar gallinas, patos y pavos en las granjas vecinas. Los granjeros deciden acabar con la situación cazando a Mr. Fox. Basada en el famoso libro para niños de Roald Dahl.
Autumn in New York
Joan Chen · 2000
Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together the pair pursue a passionate affair that forces them both to reevaluate what they want out of life, even as fate threatens to steal away their future.
Spooky season
Death Becomes Her
Robert Zemeckis · 1992
Actrice Madeline Ashton heeft betere tijden gekend. Wanneer haar oude vriendin Helen Sharp haar verloofde Ernest Menville voorstelt aarzelt ze geen moment om hem in te pikken, want Ernest kan als getalenteerd plastisch chirurg mooi haar uiterlijk opkalefateren.
The Addams Family
Barry Sonnenfeld · 1991
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.
A monster in Paris
Bibo Bergeron · 2011
Hacia 1910, en París, una extraña criatura tiene aterrorizada a la población. Emilio y Raúl, dos hombres que no tienen nada en común y no muy predispuestos a la aventura, emprenden la caza del monstruo. Gracias a esta misión lograrán encontrarse a sí mismos, descubrir el amor y romper con toda clase de prejuicios, lo que les lleva a albergar dudas sobre la verdadera naturaleza de ese extraño ser.
Casper
Brad Silberling · 1995
La señora Crittenden contrata al doctor Harvey, para que libere la mansión de Whipstaff de los cuatro fantasmas que la habitan. Látigo, Tufo y Gordy no toleran a los mortales dentro de la casa y tienen un sentido del humor tan negro que ahuyenta a los más atrevidos. Su sobrino Casper, en cambio, es un joven amistoso que está harto de sus tíos. Harvey se presenta en la mansión con su hija Kat, una soñadora adolescente. Ella y Casper simpatizan inmediatamente, a pesar de que ambos tienen problemas para relacionarse. De Casper huye todo el mundo porque es un fantasma, y de Kat, en cuanto se enteran de la profesión de su padre. El fantasma y la joven son dos almas gemelas que entran en continuo conflicto con sus respectivos parientes por cualquier cosa.
Monster House
Gil Kenan · 2006
D.J. Walters es un chico de doce años al que se le ha metido en la cabeza que en la casa del anciano Nebbercracker, al otro lado de la calle, ocurre algo extraño. La víspera de Halloween, el balón con el que juegan D.J. y su amigo va a parar al jardín del señor Nebbercracker, pero misteriosamente llega al interior de la vivienda. Cuando su amiga Jenny está a punto de ser engullida por la extraña casa, nadie cree a los asustados chicos; así que los tres deciden investigar qué sucede en esa extraña casa.
