tortoise
21 movies and shows
Cannibal Holocaust
Thu, 07 Feb 1980
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Girl Shy
Sun, 20 Apr 1924
Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.
A Summer at Grandpa's
Sat, 24 Nov 1984
A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
The Tortoise and the Hare
Sat, 05 Jan 1935
The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.
Toby Tortoise Returns
Sat, 22 Aug 1936
Toby Tortoise is back, and this time he and Max Hare box instead of racing.
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Fri, 07 Dec 2012
England, 1932. Today is Dolly Thatcham's wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances that accompany such gatherings. Trouble soon appears in the shape of Joseph, Dolly's lover from the previous summer, who throws her feelings into turmoil. But Dolly's mother will not allow her carefully laid plans for her daughter's future to be threatened...
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Fri, 02 Jan 2015
Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building. For many years, he has been secretly in love with Mrs. Silver, a woman who lives below him. Mr. Hoppy frequently leans over his balcony and exchanges polite conversation with Mrs. Silver, but he is too shy to disclose how he feels. Mr. Hoppy longs to express his feelings to Mrs. Silver, but he can never bring his lips to form the words. Mrs. Silver has a small pet tortoise, Alfie, whom she loves very much. One morning, Mrs. Silver mentions to Mr. Hoppy that even though she has had Alfie for many years, her pet has only grown a tiny bit and has gained only 3 ounces in weight. She confesses that she wishes she knew of some way to make her little Alfie grown into a larger, more dignified tortoise. Mr. Hoppy suddenly thinks of a way to give Mrs. Silver her wish and win her affection.
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
Fri, 12 Sep 2008
This story picks up a generation after the famous race between the Hare and the Tortoise. This time it's their kids' turn to compete, and they're about to escalate their family rivalry to ridiculous new levels.
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
Sat, 20 Feb 1943
Bugs challenges Cecil Turtle to race, only this time he's wearing an aerodynamic suit like Cecil's. Unfortunately, the gambling ring has bet everything on the rabbit, and Bugs now looks like a tortoise.
Goodbye Herman
Sat, 13 May 2023
A graduating high school student tells his best friend, a tortoise, that he is leaving the state for college.
The Hare and the Tortoise
Tue, 01 Jan 1924
A retelling of the classic Aesop Fable, The Tortoise and the Hare.
Rabi
Tue, 01 Sep 1992
A blacksmith falls off his bicycle when he tries to avoid a tortoise which crosses his path. He brings the animal home to his twelve year old son, Rabi, who becomes so fascinated that he forgets his chores at this father's shop. When the angry smith removes the tortoise, Rabi's grandfather, Pusga, helps Rabi find a larger one to consol the boy. Rabi wants to tame the animal and this new obsession leads him to defy parental authority. Pusga gently opens the boy's eyes to the visible and invisible ways of nature. Rabi starts to understand liberty, responsibility and respect for life. In turn he awakens long buried sentiments in the grandfather.
Gacha Gacha
Sat, 25 Aug 2018
A not-so-heartwarming tale about capsule toys, the nightmare of obsession, jealous rage, and a slimy, stop-frame animated tiny monster.
烏歸
Fri, 28 Jun 2013
Galapagos 3D: Nature's Wonderland
Fri, 07 Feb 2014
In the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, there is a paradise unlike any other: the Galapagos. Amongst these remote volcanic islands, life has played out over millions of years in relative isolation. The result is a wonderland of nature.
Cancer, Capricorn and Pisces
Mon, 14 Mar 2022
Going out for cigarettes at midnight, a woman sees a boy holding a big tortoise. Real or imaginary, this encounter changes her life for good.
Tortoise in Time
Wed, 07 Dec 2022
A tortoise crawls across the floor. A man sits on the couch, dead. A year passes, the mail by the door piles up as the man slowly rots. The starving and lonely tortoise begins to panic.
A Journal of the Outdoors No. 11
Sun, 01 Mar 1953
Wildfowl and wallabies in the wild, exotic animals in the office.