Flying
1984 97 mins
CRTC#: F534 Beta SP
English
Family

Starring:
Keanu Reeves, Olivia D'Abo, Rita Tushingham,
Jessica Steen, Renee Murphy, Samantha Logan,Samantha Langevin,
Denis Simpson, Eugene Clark and Sean McCann
Robin Crew has only one dream in
life... to prove that she's a winner. It hasn't been easy for
the 17 year old gymnast. Three years ago a car accident killed
her father and left Robin with an injured leg that ended a promising
gymnastics career. Her mother has remarried a loud, drunken lout
who resents Robin and treats her badly. Robin helps set up equipment
for the local gymnastics team and is forced to watch from the
sidelines, dreaming of past days when she was a champion contender.
But Robin is determined. Every night she sneeks away from her
home and goes to a carpet warehouse where a kindly watchman allows
her to practice her gymnastics moves. With the rubber underpadding
serving as gym mats, Robin works feverishly to strengthen her
leg and perfect her routines. Finally, Robin is strong enough
to join the gymnastics team. Her determination to compete in a
regional contest earns her the antipathy of her teammates. As
Robin prepares for the competition, she faces seemingly impassible
barriers. On the eve of the competition, Robin finds herself betrayed,
alone, and left with only one last chance to make her life worth
something. Left with only a will to succeed, Robin must face her
most difficult challenge.
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Lions For Breakfast
1974 98 mins
CRTC#: C5340 Beta SP
English
Family

Starring:
Jan Rubes, Jim Henshaw, Danny Forbes,
Sue Petrie and Paul Bradley
Zanny and Trick, two brothers aged
ten and twenty two team up with an old drifter, Ivan and go in
search of a better life in the country. Ivan has won a tattered
deed to an old farm and "a hundred acres of blue." Along
the way, they help each other through a series of hilarious adventures,
building a mutual trust and discovering their individual strengths
and weaknesses. If Ivan won the land in a card game, he stands
a good chance of losing it in exactly the same way. Trick suffers
from the age-old disease of youthful impatience. On several occasions,
he is ready to leave the old man and boy to look for a more conventional
dream. For a while at least, an auctioneer's daughter seems like
a pretty good bet. But when he meets her family and her father
starts after him with a gun, he's back in Ivan's bus in no time
flat, and all three head for the hills. The road is long, with
adventures aplenty. One morning they wake up and their bus has
been stolen; another morning finds them surrounded by lions because
they strayed into an animal park during the night. Finally, they
arrive at the end of the trail, only to discover that for their
dream to exist, they must roll up their sleeves and get to work.
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