Sam Weiss

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast

"Beauty and the Beast" - In order to save her father's life, the gentle Beauty must live in a castle of the ugly Beast. Though the Beast is kind, and tries in every way to make her happy, Beauty cannot bring herself to love him. Finally, as he lay dying, Beauty gives the beast a kiss which breaks the spell and magically transforms him into the handsome prince he once was. "The Silver Pony" - A young farmboy daydreams about a beautiful, enchanted pony a pony with wings. The boy climbs upon his back, and they fly high above the treetops. Together, they bring happiness to four very different people. The boy's daydream is wonderful, but it ends all to soon, and the boy wakes up despondent and alone. But there is a wonderful surprise waiting for him as he approaches the once empty corral. Could it be that his day dream has come true?

G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra

G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra is the second G.I. Joe miniseries based on the successful Hasbro Toys and Marvel Comics property. Using a laser core stolen from G.I.Joe, Cobra activates the Weather Dominator, an incredible weapon which controls the forces of Nature itself, Cobra Commander targets Washington for destruction, but the Joe team repels the attack and the Weather Dominator explodes into three parts setting off a chain reaction of natural disasters around the world. Can G.I.Joe recover the Weather Dominator in time to beat Cobra and save the world. It aired in 1984 and most of the 1984 and even some 1985 products are given plenty of screen time. Like the first miniseries, A Real American Hero, The Revenge of Cobra was written by Ron Friedman who created the series for television, and wrote all four miniseries.

Wrong Way Kid

Chris is an insecure boy who, after an encounter with a 203-year-old bookworm, begins developing his self-confidence; he does things the wrong way: derrierewards, frontwards, upside down, inside out, etc.

Puff the Magic Dragon: The Incredible Mr. Nobody

The magic dragon teaches a boy to believe in his own creative abilities.

The Reluctant Dragon

About a peaceful, poetry-loving dragon, and St. George the dragon-slayer, who is engaged by the villagers to kill him. Together with the help of the dragon's friend, they stage a rousing fake battle.

Misunderstood Monsters

Three adaptations of "Creole", "The Reluctant Dragon" and "Beauty and the Beast".

Creole

A BAFTA award nominated animation.

The Incredible Book Escape

Young girl is locked at the library after it closes. Soon after, four storybook characters come to life in front of her.

Ghost in the Shed

The spirit of a murdered salesman tries to get a family to find his body buried in their backyard shed.

Nate the Great Goes Undercover

Based on the story of the same title by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, about Nate the Great, a 10-year-old, who tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher

Hans in Luck

Animated short film based on "Hans in Luck" (German: Hans im Glück), a fairy tale of Germanic origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm.

The Youth Who Wanted to Shiver

a young boy named Jack fears nothing. So, he sets out to learn how to shiver.

Teenagers Talk: Getting through Adolescence

Animated film in which diverse teens commenting on sex, family, substance use, peer pressure, friendship and more.

The Legend of John Henry

The folk legend of John Henry, and his contest with a steam engine to cut a railroad tunnel through a mountain, is told in song by Roberta Flack.

Metric Meets the Inchworm

Metric Meets the Inchworm is an Animation and Short movie directed by Sam Weiss with Jack Angel and Jay Lawrence.

The Cave

Carried by a rich narration from Orson Welles, this rarely seen 1973 animated adaptation of Plato’s 'allegory of the cave' populates the tale with haunting human figures, bringing retro-surreal life to the parable.

The Cave: a parable told by Orson Welles

Platos allegory of the cave as told by Orson Welles

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

John Carradine narrates the Washington Irving story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman.

Freedom River

Uplifting modern day parable about mankind getting along together. Narrated by Orson Welles. Animation directed by Sam Weiss.

Little Boy Bad

The amazing story of a bad boy from the West who was better-hearted than was thought.

The Fast and the Furious

A framed man escapes prison and takes a wealthy woman's Jaguar with her in it. After she tries to escape numerous times, they begin to develop feelings for each other, and enter a road race that ends in Mexico.