Movies: Michael Sporn Animation

  • 1998
    Kids Are Punny

    Kids Are Punny (1998)

    Kids Are Punny

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    This HBO special, based on Rosie O'Donnell's book of the same name, uses animated and live action segments to explore the vital role that humour plays in our lives....

    Kids Are Punny
  • 1990
    Earthday Birthday

    Earthday Birthday (1990)

    Earthday Birthday

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    After learning about pollution a group of creatures called Zwibble Dibbles, decide to throw a party for the Earth to raise awareness....

    Earthday Birthday
  • 1990
    The Marzipan Pig

    The Marzipan Pig (1990)

    The Marzipan Pig

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    A lonely, lost marzipan pig reaches out with love, in a strange chain of events, to an owl, a mouse and a hibiscus flower. - Tim Curry...

    The Marzipan Pig
  • 1987
    Santabear's High Flying Adventure

    Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987)

    Santabear's High Flying Adventure

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    Santabear's High Flying Adventure was a Christmas Special in 1987....

    Santabear's High Flying Adventure
  • 1989
    The Story of the Dancing Frog

    The Story of the Dancing Frog (1989)

    The Story of the Dancing Frog

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    Short - This delightful adaptation follows Gertrude and George the Dancing Frog on a whirlwind theatrical tour. - Amanda Plummer, Heidi Stallings, Edna Harris...

    The Story of the Dancing Frog
  • 1996
    Champagne

    Champagne (1996)

    Champagne

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    The true story of a young teenage girl whose mother is incarcerated for murder. Living in a Catholic Children's home run by an order of nuns, she provides poignant commentary about her mother, her own situation and her outlook for the future....

    Champagne
  • 1986
    The Mysterious Tadpole

    The Mysterious Tadpole (1986)

    The Mysterious Tadpole

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    It's Louis's birthday and Uncle McAllister has brought him a very special gift - a tadpole all the way from Scotland! Louis can hardly wait for Alphonse to grow into a frog. But it soon becomes clear that Alphonse is not turning into any ordinary fro...

    The Mysterious Tadpole
  • 1992
    A Child's Garden of Verses

    A Child's Garden of Verses (1992)

    A Child's Garden of Verses

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    A young boy, confined to his bed, uses his imagination to find the fun and excitement he can't experience in real life. Tony Award-winning actor Jonathan Pryce ('Miss Saigon') lends his voice to this animated musical based on the life and beloved chi...

    A Child's Garden of Verses
  • 1991
    Jazztime Tale

    Jazztime Tale (1991)

    Jazztime Tale

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    Family - Set in Harlem in 1919, two girls - one white, one black - form a lifelong friendship through a chance encounter and the jazztime music of young "Fats" Waller....

    Jazztime Tale
  • 1992
    Nightingale

    Nightingale (1992)

    Nightingale

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    Captivated by its sweet song, an emperor takes a nightingale into his palace as his companion. But when the emperor shows more interest in a bejeweled mechanical bird, the nightingale flees. It returns only when the lonely emperor sees how foolishly ...

    Nightingale
  • 1994
    Whitewash

    Whitewash (1994)

    Whitewash

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    When Helene Angel walks home from school with her older brother she is attacked by a street gang and painted white. The effect on Helene and her family is devastating. Helene locks herself in her room, her brother blames himself for not having succes...

    Whitewash
  • 1989
    The Hunting of the Snark

    The Hunting of the Snark (1989)

    The Hunting of the Snark

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    Enter the imaginative world of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, in this animated adaptation of his classic The Hunting of the Snark. In this colorful adventure narrated by James Earl Jones, a high-masted ship sets sail to roam the seas l...

    The Hunting of the Snark
  • 1997
    White Fang

    White Fang (1997)

    White Fang

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    Adventure awaits in the story of White Fang, a peaceful courageous wolf who overcomes all odds in this animated tale for children based on Jack London's original classic. A young wolf pup and his mother are forced to join a Native American tribe to s...

    White Fang
  • 1987
    The Amazing Bone

    The Amazing Bone (1987)

    The Amazing Bone

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    A lonely pig named Pearl dawdles long enough in a field of dandelions to meet a bone who speaks to her....

    The Amazing Bone
  • 1992
    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (1992)

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes

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    This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen Allen....

    Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
  • 1991
    Ira Sleeps Over

    Ira Sleeps Over (1991)

    Ira Sleeps Over

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    Little Ira is invited to his best friend's sleep-over party, but struggles with leaving his beloved teddy bear behind....

    Ira Sleeps Over
  • 1984
    Doctor De Soto

    Doctor De Soto (1984)

    Doctor De Soto

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    A kind-hearted mouse dentist and his wife find a clever way to treat a crafty fox who comes to them with a sore tooth in this Oscar nominated short, adapted from William Steig's children's book....

    Doctor De Soto
  • 1991
    The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

    The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (1991)

    The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

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    It starts off as an ordinary class trip to the farm - boring, kind of dull. But before very long, chaos takes over as one zany incident leads to another, even zanier, one. Soon the entire farm is uproariously out of control....

    The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
  • 1993
    The Talking Eggs

    The Talking Eggs (1993)

    The Talking Eggs

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    When a young girl named Selina befriends a mystical elderly woman, magical things happen - not the least of which is the surprise of three talking eggs. When her selfish brother Wade gets involved, he's in for some surprises too, but of a different k...

    The Talking Eggs
  • 1982
    Morris's Disappearing Bag

    Morris's Disappearing Bag (1982)

    Morris's Disappearing Bag

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    Morris impresses his older siblings when he opens the last box under the Christmas tree... and disappears....

    Morris's Disappearing Bag