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Pyramid
Entertainment offers Indian home video rights for international
animated content
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Chennai based Pyramid Entertainment Exports is offering
the Indian home video rights to distributors for some of
its animated content sourced internationally.
The company has been engaged in the production of Feature
Films, Tele-Films, Animations, Serials & Documentary
Programmes for over two decades supplies progammes (all
Indian languages, English, Chinese and Malay) to major TV
Channels world-wide.
It
is also the distributor for English, French, Spanish, Malay,
Singhala and Chinese Programmes (Feature Films, Tele-films,
Serials, Documentary, Educational Programmes, Sports, Animations,
Live Action, etc.) in the Indian market.
Stating the company's modus operandi, Pyramid Entertainment
Exports CEO V Naagarajan, said "We usually take part
in International exhibitions such as MIPCOM, ATF, FILMART
Hong Kong, Beijing International TV Week, etc., through
which we have excellent rapport with various multi-national
as well as leading television channels"
The following are the details of the content on offer for
home video rights : -
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FIRST SNOW OF WINTER, THE
DURATION
: 1 X 30 MINUTES
GENRE:
ANIMATION SPECIAL
SYNOPSIS:
This
animated special deals with the story of a little
duck with a big problem. Due to a mishap with a jet
aircraft Sean misses the annual migration South and
has to face winter alone. However, he is befriended
by a water vole, and with Voles help, Sean learns
the lessons of survival, and most importantly, the
value of friendship.
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TITLE:
FORGOTTEN TOYS, THE
DURATION
: 1 x 30 minutes special (1995) and 52 Episodes x
5 minutes
GENRE
: ANIMATION SPECIAL
SYNOPSIS:
Based
on the book by James Stevenson, The Forgotten
Toys follows the adventures of an abandoned
rag doll and teddy bear as they try to find new children
to love them after being thrown out in favor of new
hi-tech Christmas presents.
Annie,
voiced by Joanna Lumley, is a refined but somewhat
scruffy rag doll. She is kindly and helpful and a
contrast to her friend Teddy. Voiced by Bob Hoskins,
Teddy is a rough and ready, gruff little teddy bear.
He does, however, have a soft center, which he tries
desperately hard to disguise. The two care for each
other like brother and sister with the occasional
bickering.
Their
first appearance on screen, in a half hour special
broadcast in Christmas 1995, sees them overcome adversity
and find new children to love. However, the first
episode of the series find them lost yet again as
they are stranded on an airport carrousel en
route' to a family holiday. Will they ever be reunited
with their children again?
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FRIENDLY
MONSTERS (1994)
DURATION
: 3 X HALF HOURS
GENRE
: ANIMATION SPECIALS
SYNOPSIS:
Three
charming animated specials featuring an extraordinary
little boy called Tom and his magical monster friends.
1.
A Monster Christmas follows the adventures of Tom
and his Monster friends on Christmas Eve when Santa
is accidentally knocked off his sleigh and arrives
un-expectedly in Tom's fireplace.
Dizzy
and confused, Santa is unable to deliver any presents
so Tom and his Monster pals step in to help...
2.
A Monster Easter follows more exciting adventures
with Tom and his Monster friends as they uncover a
sinister plot to hijack the Easter Bunny and steal
all the Easter Eggs.
Locating
the Easter Bunny and returning all the Easter Eggs
to their rightful owners is not quite as simple as
Tom and his Monster pals thought...
3.
A Monster Holiday - in his latest adventure, Tom sneaks
his Monster friends into his suitcase and takes them
on their first holiday. Meanwhile, Maggie McNab, the
famous cat burglar, has made off with "The Moping
Marjorie", a famous painting held at a secret
hideaway.
Can
Tom and the Monsters solve the crime and return the
painting to its rightful owners?
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HAMILTON
MATTRESS
DURATION
: 1 X 30 MINUTES
GENRE
: ANIMATED SPECIAL
SYNOPSIS
A
loveable character who will touch a large audience,
Hamilton Mattress is the story of an aardvark who
marches to his own beat.
Produced
by Christopher Moll whose credits include the Oscar®
winning Wallace and Gromit adventure The Wrong Trousers,
Hamilton Mattress is a prestigious half hour animated
special for the whole family.
This
delightful stop - frame comedy adventure introduces
us to Sludger, an unloved aardvark whose awkwardness
cannot hide his amazing rhythmical ability, developed
over years of pawing the dusty ground for ants.
Together
with his canny caterpillar companion Feldwick , he
embarks on an adventure to the glamourous and exotic
Beak City that will see friendship and talent finally
triumph over greed and prejudice as Sludger is transformed
into Hamilton Mattress, drummer extraordinaire, who
brings music, colour and joy back to his tribe.
A
modern fable packed full of sparkling humour and infectious
toe-tapping dance rhythms, Hamilton Mattress features
a cast of characters created by the legendary John
Webster, one of the defining creative imaginations
of world advertising. It is directed by Oscar®
and BAFTA® nominee Barry Purve.
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TITLE:
LITTLEST ANGEL, THE (2000)
DURATION
: 2 X HALF HOURS
GENRE
: ANIMATED SPECIAL
SYNOPSIS:
Based
on the best selling childrens book by Charles
Tazewell, these two delightful half hour specials
follow the angelic adventures of a little angel.
1.
THE LITTLEST ANGEL
The
first adventure sees a little boy enter heaven where
he finds an exciting world of magic and wonder but
a place where angels have forgotten to have fun. The
mischievous angel turns heaven upside down and things
are thrown into further chaos when the chief archangel
makes a startling announcement, God is to have a son.
All
the angels rush to find the perfect gift and the Littlest
Angel with his tilted halo and untested wings has
no idea what to do, until he realises that the most
valuable gift always comes from the heart.
2.
Littlest Angel's Easter
In
his second adventure the littlest angel is sent on
his first earthly assignment to help out a young boy,
Ryan who has moved with his family to a small town
and struggles to make new friends.
The
Littlest Angel has almost as much to learn as Ryan
on his first mission, but together and with a little
bit of faith, hope and understanding, and a lovable
dog named Sonny they discover that miracles can happen
and when you least expect it, things can change for
the better! That's what Easter's all about, New beginnings
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SECOND
STAR TO THE LEFT
DURATION
: 1 X 30 MINUTES
GENRE
: ANIMATED CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
SYNOPSIS:
One
Christmas Eve a parcel falls from Santas sleigh
and lands in a small garden shed inhabited by three
pets. From this moment the lives of Archie the rabbit,
Duke the guinea pig, and Babs the hamster are changed
forever.
The
story tells the tale of the quest of three animals,
whose normal but boring lives are disrupted by discovering
this mislaid parcel. Determined to deliver the lost
present by daybreak to the little girl in the village,
they embark on an exciting new adventure.
The
film features the voices of established stars Hugh
Laurie, Barbara Windsor and Mark Williams, and a beautiful
new soundtrack from the highly acclaimed young singer
Becky Taylor. Becky, EMI Classics newest signing is
destined for success after securing a major worldwide
recording deal. The music from the film will be released
on EMI Classics this Christmas as part of a brand
new album from Becky.
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TANGERINE
BEAR (2000)
DURATION
: 1 x 30 minutes, 1 x 48 minutes, 1 x 60 minutes
GENRE
: ANIMATED FEATURES
SYNOPSIS:
A
Bear whose smile was accidentally sewn on upside down,
dreams of going home with a caring family at Christmas.
When the Christmas season ends and he is the only
teddy bear left, he is shipped to Winkle's - a small,
second hand store, full of unique toys like him.
Bear
spends so much time in the window at Winkle's that
his brown fur turns into a curious shade of Tangerine,
and that is why his friends nickname him 'Tangie'.
As
the days pass, Tangie thinks he'll never find a home
until one day he realises that being different is
also what makes him special and that Mr. Winkle and
his unique toy friends are his family.
Tangerine
Bear includes the voice talent of a host of TV stars
such as David Hyde Pierce (Frasier), Tom Bosley (Happy
Days, Charlie's Angels) and Jonathan Taylor Thomas
(Home Improvement, The Lion King). Trisha Yearwood
provides the narration and the original music score.
Tangerine Bear also has links with the Starlight Children's
Foundation, which has ouched the lives of thousands
of seriously ill children and their families.
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POSTMAN
PAT (2003)
DURATION
: Read Along with Postman Pat: 1 x 45 Minutes,
Postman
Pat's ABC: 1 x 30 Minutes,
Postman Pat's 123 Stories: 1 x 30 Minutes
GENRE
: ANIMATED FILMS
SYNOPSIS:
These
three animated films have been specially developed
to make learning fun for beginning readers. Each story
features Pat and his trusty companion Jess, helping
their friends in Greendale to remember the alphabet
and numbers using illustrated words and numbers on
screen in easy to read fonts. Postman Pat encourages
pre-school children to read and count whilst having
fun joining in Pat's adventures.
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