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Series
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
Sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. In this installment, the goofy inventor Dad accidentally zaps his little son with a particle beam. Soon the 112-foot-tall baby heads for the bright lights of Las Vegas, and the chase is on!
Publisher
Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In 1848, a fanatical inventor seeks to fly around the world and stop war from his flying airship, the 'Albatross', a cross between a zeppelin and a helicopter. Adapted from two Jules Verne novels: 'Master of the World' and 'The Conqueror'.
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Inventor Flint Lockwood thought he saved the world when he destroyed his machine that turned water into food causing cheeseburger rain and spaghetti tornadoes. But Flint soon learns that his invention survived and is now creating food-animals. Flint and his friends embark on a dangerously delicious mission to battle hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees, hippotatomuses, cheespiders and other foodimals to save the world again!
5) Galileo
Series
Publisher
Nest Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Galileo was the extraordinary astronomer and inventor who re-discovered that the Earth travels around the sun, at the risk of his reputation and freedom. For refusing to support a false view of the Universe, he spent the last eight years of his life under house arrest.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Recount the life of scientist, inventor, and visionary Nikola Tesla, often remembered as more of an eccentric cult figure than an electrical engineering genius. Tesla's suprising inventions are revealed in his autobiographical and scientific writings.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the world of 2037, hip-hoppin' frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs. In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can't save it alone. He meets the wacky Robinson family, who help him learn to keep moving forward and never stop believing in himself....
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The complete six part series featuring amazing contraptions from around the world. Wallace and Gromit take an enthusiastic look at some real-life cracking contraptions, from gadgets that help around the home to the mind-boggling world of space travel and much more in between. From their self-built television studio, Wallace introduces films of inventors from around the world, and unveils some of his very own creations.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin, inventor Phileas Fogg states his belief that it's possible for someone to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days. Kelvin challenges him to prove it, and adds a wager: if Fogg can't circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he'll have to give up inventing forever. Fogg and his crew of two take the challenge. They travel by train, boat, balloon, horseback, or any other means at their disposal. However, Fogg and...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In the quirky town of Eureka, America's brightest scientists are working on some of the government's best-kept secrets. Some lead to brilliant inventions, and some to total chaos. Making sense of the mysteries is Sheriff Jack Carter, a former U.S. marshal who is stranded in the surreal small town after a random car accident.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to set knowledge free. Leonardo Da Vinci is tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. He finds himself in a conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future. His quest for knowledge nearly becomes his undoing, but Da Vinci's genius prevails and he emerges as an unstoppable force that lifts an entire era out of darkness and propels it into light.
15) Steamboy
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
日本語
Description
A brave young inventor utilizes his knowledge of steam-based technology to protect Victorian-era London from invasion by futuristic war machines.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Everything you thought you knew about the small town of Eureka is about to change. Sheriff Carter and the resident geniuses are accustomed to the strange occurrences that make their town unlike any other. But when five of them are shunted back in time to Eureka's Founder's Day, their return trip delivers them to a present-day Eureka that's anything but familiar.
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