12-year-old Brendan lives in an isolated monastery where the master illuminator St Aidan arrives and requires him as an assistant to help finish the magnificent Irish classic bible, the Book of Kells. But to help him do this Brendan must embark on a dangerous quest into the forest to find some gall nuts.
A magnificent Oscar-nominated animation tale replete with hand-drawn animation, a history of Celtic art lesson and a wonderful fantasy adventure.
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THE TWELVE TASKS OF ASTERIX (1976)
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Caesar offers the villagers a deal, if they can successfully complete 12 tasks he will hand over the Empire, if not, they must surrender…fortified by magic potion Asterix is well up for it. Loosely based round the Twelve Tasks of Hercules.
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THE TWELVE TASKS OF ASTERIX (1984)
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The Romans are beginning to suspect that our invincible heroes are really gods, so Caesar offers the villagers a deal, if they can successfully complete 12 tasks he will hand over the Empire, if not, they must surrender….. fortified by magic potion Asterix is well up for it. Here they are; 1) Run faster than Asbestus, champion of the Olympic Games. 2) Throw a javelin farther than Verses, the Persian. 3) Beat Cilindric, the German. 4) Cross a lake! 5) Survive the hypnotic gaze of Iris, the Egypti
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WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP (2007)
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Wee Angus lives as a servant's son in a large manor house alongside a Scottish loch. One day he discovers a mysterious egg and takes it home, where it hatchs and grows and grows, acquires the name Crusoe and becomes Angus's best mate. Being WW2 the 12th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery are camped nearby to keep the loch secure, but they wouldn't know a Kelpie, a supernatural shape-shifting water horse, from a U-boat, putting Crusoe in a wee bit of danger. But being a family film don't worry be ha
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