The Big Story
Jun 01, 1995 | IMDB 6
2 min Watch NowAnimation, Comedy
In a witty homage to Kirk Douglas's films, all three characters ARE Kirk Douglas at various stages of his career. The short action takes place in a news room. A young reporter looking for his big chance pleads with his editor to give him a breaking story.
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Monsieur Tête
Superheroes
Tango
Kia Orana
Time Piece
Pizza Boy
Home Sweet Home
Twins
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IMDB 6.5 | May , 1932
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IMDB 6.8 | Jun , 1932
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Stan and Ollie are chimney sweeps working at the home of mad scientist Professor Noodle.Infection
IMDB 5.7 | Jan , 2000
A mutant hero, a virtual bank heist. A digital action thriller. A three fingered virus is let loose on a computer system with the express purpose of erasing a student loan.So and Sew
IMDB 0 | Aug , 1936
A wife whose husband is away asks her decorator to impersonate her husband, to help her deal with a pest. Soon there is quite a web of confusion that also involves the decorator's girlfriend and the wife's suddenly returned husband.Below Zero
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 1930
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.The Sandman
IMDB 7.1 | May , 1991
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IMDB 5 | Jan , 1945
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IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 1983
The heroes of the film: ordinary matches. A quarrel that breaks out over nothing turns into a real battle in which both warring sides are burned.Blackfly
IMDB 6.2 | Dec , 1991
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IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 1931
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IMDB 6.6 | Apr , 1929
Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer James Finlayson, with his home and their car being destroyed in the melee.Monsieur Tête
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 1959
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 1999
A crazy costumer in a comic book store claims that he is the Son of Krypton, Kal-El, and he is willing to do anything to prove it.Tango
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 1985
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IMDB 6 | Feb , 2014
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IMDB 7.1 | May , 1965
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2013
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IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2013
A house uproots itself from its suburban foundations and sets off on an epic journey.Twins
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2010
Two Siamese twins fight each other in the boxing ring. One of the brothers wants to defeat the other, but none of them can live without the other.