Best Children's/Family Films of 1977
The Easter Bunny Is Coming to Town
An animated Fred Astaire ... Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., who made a number of popular animated television specials in the 1960's and 70's. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
Candleshoe
Though she owns a ... find and steal the loot. This being a Disney production, one can be confident that good will somehow prevail. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
Pete's Dragon
Based on a story ... Nora (Helen Reddy, who sings and sings). British comic actor Jim Dale co-stars as the wacky dentist Dr. Terminus. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
It's love at first ... the love bug biting again, the romantic infatuations of man and metal end up interfering with the auto race. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
The Scarlet Flower
Irina Povolotskaya's The Scarlet ... down, earns his freedom, and eventually falls in love with the beast who is transformed into a handsome prince. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
For the Love of Benji
In this outing, Benji ... the Benji franchise alive into the 1980s, even writing a book about his filmmaking adventures with the clever canine. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Featuring a heart-warming story, ... over the years, with minor but noticible changes to dialogue, and the addition/removal of scenes featuring Kermit the Frog. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
Fat Albert's Christmas Special
This animated Christmas story ... Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. Be careful, because you could learn something about yourself in this adventure. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
Fat Albert's Halloween Special
Rudy and his new ... together and attempt to decide what to do about their friends who went out trick-or-treating and never came back. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
This 1977 animated collaboration ... produced this short, which utilizes basic yet stylish and warm visual design perfectly suited for young children and preteens. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
A Marguerite Henry novel ... Stallion first aired November 6, 1977, in the NBC Sunday-night slot normally reserved for The Wonderful World of Disney. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
The Rescuers
Two fantasy novels by ... cartoon films produced after the death of Uncle Walt. A heavily-computerized sequel, The Rescuers Down Under, appeared in 1990. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
Noah's Ark
This animated adaptation of ... flood. This film is narrated by James Earl Jones and features original music from former Police drummer Stewart Copeland. [ best children's/family films - 1977 ]
