Top cast:Julia Swayne Gordon,William V. Ranous,Florence Turner
Director:Nia DaCosta
Genre:Animation
Region:Morocco
Year:2004
Storyline:She gleefully left the pawnshop to ell the Boy of the good news.[Note: The Girl heroine was the actual ""sleuth"" who would solve the crime, long before the Boy figured out the set-up.But then they approach it cautiously, drawn to its color, form, and smooth surface.The leader of the clan of man-apes is the first to reach out fearfully and hypnotically for the black object.It was a tremendous international (world-wide) box-office success, and launched the US career of its star Mel Gibson.We just sort of go along and nothing happens.We""re in a terrible rut.It""s been on my mind for months.What""s gonna be our future?Father: (consoling) Oh, come now, Charlie, things aren""t as bad as hat.The bank gave me a raise last January.Charlie: Money.How can you talk about money when I""m talking about souls? We eat and sleep and that""s about all.We don""t even have any real conversations.We just talk...Father:...and work.Charlie: Yes, poor mother, she works like a dog, just like a dog...When she comes back, it will be the same thing.Dinner, then dishes, then bed.I don""t see how she stands it.You know, she""s really a wonderful woman.I mean, she""s not just a mother.And I think we ought to do something for her.Don""t you think we should?Father: Yeah.What were you thinking of doing for her?Charlie: Oh, nothing I supppose.I guess we""ll just have to wait for a miracle - or something...I don""t believe in good intentions anymore.All I""m waiting for now is a miracle.Suddenly, Charlie""s spinsterish, talkative and oblivious mother Emma Newton (Patricia Collinge) [Emma was the name of Hitchcock""s mother - she died in England during filming] makes a dramatic appearance at the bedroom door, speaking her first words [and foreshadowing an "accident" that will occur later in the film]: "Those back stairs are steep.