MGM Classics Movie Giveaway

I have a great giveaway in honor of MGM’s 90th Anniversary.  Check out all the movies being honored for this memorable occasion here.  One reader will win copies of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Pebble and the Penguin, and one of my absolute favorites, The Princess Bride.  🙂  You must be 18+ to enter and a resident of the USA.  Please use the Rafflecopter form below to enter.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls — start your engines. You’re about to take an
incredible ride with one of the most wonderful family films of all time! With its clever
tunes (including the OSCAR®-Nominated title song*), marvelous cast and
enchanting storyline, this delightful romp is lots of fun and simply “toot sweet” to
pass up! Dick Van Dyke stars as eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, who creates an
extraordinary car called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It not only drives — but also flies
and floats — as it leads him, his two children and his beautiful lady friend, Truly
Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), into a magical world of pirates, castles and endless
adventure.
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Families can discuss…
● Families can discuss which part of the story “really happened” and which was
make believe.
● What would you do with a car like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
● What kinds of things would you like to invent?
● For older kids: Why were the people of Vulgaria depicted as fools? How do
real-life political events affect movies? Can you imagine looking back at
today’s movies and recognizing how politics influenced them?

Credits
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: screenplay by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes, based on the Ian
Fleming novel; directed by Mr. Hughes and produced by Albert R. Broccoli; a Warfied
Production presented by United Artists. At Loew’s State 2, Broadway and 45th Street.
Running time: 146 minutes.
Caractacus Potts . . . . . Dick Van Dyke
Truly Scrumptious . . . . . Sally Ann Howes
Jemima Potts. . . . . Heather Ripley
Jeremy Potts. . . . . Adrian Hall
Grandpa Potts . . . . . Lionel Jeffries
Baron Bomburst . . . . . Gert Frobe
Baroness Bomburst . . . . . Anna Quayle
Toymaker . . . . . Benny Hill
Lord Scrumptious . . . . . James R. JusticeChild Catcher . . . . . Robert Helpmann
Movie Details
Theatrical release date: December 8, 1968
DVD release date: November 25, 2003
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Lionel Jeffries, Sally Ann Howes
Director: Ken Hughes
Studio: MGM/UA
Genre: Family and Kids
Topics: Cars and truck, magic and fantasy, adventures, book characters
Runtime: 144 minutes
MPAA Rating: G

The Pebble and the Penguin

Can the perfect pebble help a bashful penguin find his true love? Based on the
real-life mating rituals of the Adeli penguins in Antarctica, this “charming” (The New
York Times) animated adventure comes to Blu-ray for the first time. Hubie (Martin
Short) is a hopeless romantic in love with Marina (Annie Golden), the most beautiful
penguin in all the land. But the evil penguin Drake (Tim Curry) also wants Marina andwill stop at nothing to get her. With help from his new friend Rocko (James
Belushi)–a penguin determined to fly–Hubie must thwart Drake’s plan and win
Marina’s heart!
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Families can discuss…
● Families can talk about the birds aboard the bad ship Misery.
● Can you think of any arguments that people on the opposing side of the
debate might have?
● The movie highlights lots of different types of penguins — make a trip to the
library or your local zoo to learn more about their habitats and habits.

Movie Details
Theatrical release date: April 11, 1995
DVD release date: April 11, 1995
Cast: James Belushi, Martin Short, Tim Curry
Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Studio: MGM/UA
Genre: Family and Kids
Topics:Adventure, ocean creatures, wild animals
Run Time: 74 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
MPAA explanation: general audiences

 

The Princess Bride

When the beautiful maiden Buttercup (Robin Wright) hears that her true love
Westley (Cary Elwes) is dead, she reluctantly agrees to marry the loathsome Prince
Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). After Westley returns to rescue Buttercup, the two
begin an epic adventure filled with fencing, fighting, giants, monsters, miracles, true
love and hilarity! Featuring an all-star cast, including Mandy Patinkin, Billy Crystal
and Christopher Guest, The Princess Bride is an almost inconceivable delight from
Oscar® Nominee Rob Reiner and Oscar®-Winning screenwriter William Goldman.
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Families can discuss…

● Families can talk about what makes for a really good adventure/love story. Is
it sword fights? Swamp creatures? Handsome leading men and beautiful
ladies?
● How does this movie poke fun at some of the standard fairy tale elements?
● In the end, why didn’t the little boy mind the kissing scene in the story as
much as he thought he would?

Movie Details
Theatrical release date: September 25, 1987
DVD release date: September 4, 2001
Cast: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright
Director: Rob Reiner
Studio: MGM/UA
Genre: Fantasy
Topics: Magic and fantasy, adventures, princesses and fairies, book characters,
pirates
Runtime: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG

 

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