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Shortly after the end of World War II, a con man on the run finds himself in a passionate love affair that may well cost him his life.

When Apollo, a kind-hearted travelling performer, lands in the village of the Funny Little Bugs, it’s not too long before he upsets the life of the kingdom. As Apollo falls into a trap set by Wendy, the jealous and treacherous cousin of the queen, he is framed for kidnapping Queen Marguerite, causing panic in the hive! In reality, Marguerite is held by the Vermin, Wendy’s accomplices, while she takes over the throne. With the help of his new friends, Apollo embarks on a perilous rescue mission. To free the Queen and save the hive, the Little Bugs will bravely face many dangers and be more imaginative than ever!

Due to psychological issues with performing his secret mission the undercover detective visits a private psychiatrist and tells her about the reason for his visit. When she thinks the detective is just another ordinary patient with a need for a "cathartic" conversation and discussing his heady action detective experience, she realizes he's a much more complicated case, a case she might not be able to take in her stride.

On reasons of the Russian humorous saying.

The notable non-theatrical film distributor Thomas Brandon produced Tall Tales, a 1941 celebration of the American folk song featuring Josh White, Burl Ives, and Will Geer.

Mater the tow truck travels from country to country as he retells his infamous but unbelievable stories.

Transmitted by Australian visual artist Jonathan Zawada, Tall Tales is a fairy tale for the modern world; depicting rising tides, kings & queens, amazon logistics and robotic arms under iridescent skies. We wanted computers to do our accounting – instead, they try to paint our pictures and sing our songs.

Tale about a dreamer who was very tall and disturbed everyone. But one day his music awakened a sense of beauty in the townspeople.

A film about the many faces of time as it flows from the future to the past, through cyclic, biological, curved and paradoxical time.

In this newly-edited featurette comprised of largely unseen footage from Phantasmagoria, Phantasm star Angus Scrimm discusses his portrayal of the iconic Tall Man throughout the franchise

A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When Daniel Hackett sees his father Jonas gravely wounded by the villainous Stiles, his first urge is for his family to flee the danger, and give up their life on a farm which Daniel has come to despise anyway. Going alone to a lake to try to decide what to do, he falls asleep on a boat and wakes to find himself in the wild west, in the company of such "tall tale" legends as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Calamity Jane. Together, they battle the same villains Daniel is facing in his "real" world, ending with a heroic confrontation in which the boy stands up to Stiles and his henchmen, and rallies his neighbors to fight back against land grabbers who want to destroy their town.

Ludwig Von Drake takes viewers through the stories of American folklore. First up is Casey of Mudville who valiantly struck out. Then the tale of Captain Windwagon Smith. Conclusion has Paul Bunyan and Babe his blue ox.

Three orphans take on a pair of snooty toffs in the Old Town Dog Show.

Two children are entertained, and scared, by grandpa's "tall tales" on his porch in the Florida backwaters.

A group of friends decide to stay in and tell tall tales that conjure vampires, killers, demons, and doom. Will it too late when they realize they're in a tall tale of their own?

The first appearance of Terrytoon's forgotten Terry Bears characters.

The first in a series of shorts, based on answers to a four year old's questions. Tall Tales are white lies I tell my son about why he has to be quiet in certain places, why he has to go to bed by a certain time, where cars come from, where dreams come from, why people wear eyepatches and how milkshakes were invented.

This is an animated short about why children need to be quiet on trains. Tall Tales are white lies I tell my son about why he has to be quiet in certain places, why he has to go to bed by a certain time, where cars come from, where dreams come from, why people wear eyepatches and how milkshakes were invented.

Orson Welles, Edgar Allan Poe, and other literary and cinematic ghosts seem to lead the spectator of "A Tall Tale" onwards, passing through a landscape of ruins and films and ruins of films that evoke phantoms and fairies.

A leprechaun tells his story to a judge of how he came to be arrested for drinking from a park fountain.

Down-on-his-luck baseball player Casey Frank (Elliott Gould) follows his dreams to become the biggest star in the game.

Steve Guttenberg portrays Pecos Bill, the "King of the Cowboys," in this rootin' tootin' epic. Raised by coyotes, Bill puts the "wild" in the Wild West settlement of Petunia City. When his rowdy behavior gets him run out of town, he heads for Mexico. There, Bill lassos a cyclone to save the state of Texas from drought. His heroics become campfire legend, proving that selflessness and bravery are never forgotten.

Alice wants desperately to get out of practicing her piano so she can go have fun with her friends. She tricks her mother into thinking she's still playing by getting her dog to play for her, and then she and the gang hitch a ride to the local pond where they spend their time fishing. While there, she envisions what it would be like to go fishing at the North Pole.

The story of the legendary steel-driving folk hero born with a hammer in his hands, who pitted his strength against a mighty railroad-building machine.

A small fish with a big imagination gets lost in the deep wide ocean, until he is saved by his own storytelling.

A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters from Jules Verne's novels about the conquest of the satellite.

Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack's cousin, as guardian, not realizing that Ossie is just as bad. They set off on a transcontinental trip with mischief on their minds.

Travis and his sister, Whitney, visit their grandparents for the summer and fall through a magical portal which transports him to the world of American hero Paul Bunyan and his big, blue, talking ox, Babe.

Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. They start with urban legends, but then there are two main narrations: one involves strange happenings at an elementary school; the other, a teenage boy with a peculiar interest.

Get to know the legendary European explorer with an impossible mission in this retelling of the myth of Ponce de Leon (Michael York). Executive producer Shelley Duvall plays host to viewers young and old alike who are eager to learn about de Leon's search for the fountain of youth. This is no ordinary educational series, however; instead, it's a show infused with good humor, one that mines the absurdity of de Leon's quixotic quest.

Clementine is the sole woman in her mining camp who cares for everyone around her until her selfish father learns a valuable lesson.