Sunday, March 25, 2018  

1:00 PM Arrival, Marathon Starts Once All Present

 "My Neighbor Totoro" 

"The Tale of Princess Kaguya"

"Grave of the Fireflies"

All Movies Shown with English Dubs in

High Definition 1080p BLU-RAY

If you wish to Attend the Movie Marathon, Please RSVP with # of Guests  troy@troyfrey.com

 Troy Frey

 Dan Boone

My Neigbor Totoro (1988, 87 min, G) - Featuring the voices of Tim Daly, Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, and Lea Salonga

This acclaimed animated tale by director Hayao Miyazaki follows schoolgirl Satsuke (Dakota Fanning) and her younger sister, Mei (Elle Fanning), as they settle into an old country house with their father (Tim Daly) and wait for their mother (Lea Salonga) to recover from an illness in an area hospital. As the sisters explore their new home, they encounter and befriend playful spirits in their house and the nearby forest, most notably the massive cuddly creature known as Totoro.

The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2014, 137 min, PG) - Featuring the voices of Chloe Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Darren Criss, and Lucy Liu

Legendary Studio Ghibli cofounder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies, Pom Poko) revisits Japan's most famous folktale in this gorgeous, hand-drawn masterwork, decades in the making. Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter (James Caan) and his wife (Mary Steenburgen), a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady (Chloë Grace Moretz). The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime. From the studio that brought you Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and The Wind Rises comes a powerful and sweeping epic that redefines the limits of animated storytelling and marks a triumphant highpoint within an extraordinary career in filmmaking for director Isao Takahata.

Grave of the Fireflies (1988, 88 min, PG) - Featuring the voices of J. Robert Spencer, Rhoda Chrosite, Veronica Taylor, Amy Jones, Crispin Freeman, and Nick Sullivan. (English dubbed, no English trailer available)

Seita and Setsuko are two young Japanese children growing up in the waning days of World War II. Much to Seita's pride, their father is in the Japanese navy, and they live fairly content lives in Kobe despite rationing and the other privations of war. When their mother dies from burns suffered during an American fire-bombing raid, a distant aunt takes them in -- and conflict eventually forces the children to try to survive on their own. At first, Seita and his little sister enjoy their idyllic lives in the country, but harsh reality eventually settles in as Seita begins to understand the difficulties of taking care of a young child when both food and compassion are scarce.