Reaper (television)

Reaper (television) Television series debuting on CW on September 25, 2007, and ending May 26, 2009. Sam, having skipped college, works in a dead-end job at the local Work Bench home improvement store and wastes endless hours playing video games. His parents never challenged him as they did his younger brother, Kyle. Now, turning 21, …

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Recess: School’s Out

Recess: School’s Out! (film) T.J. Detweiler, whose friends are all at summer camp, is bored until he uncovers a plot by the school’s former principal to do away with summer vacation, by using a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter. T.J. calls in his friends to help, and eventually the faculty …

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Recess (television)

Recess (television) Animated series about a quirky group of fourth graders who make friends, learn how to get along with each other, and discover that cool things happen at recess. It debuted on One Saturday Morning on ABC on Sep. 13, 1997.  From the team who helped produce the award-winning Rugrats, Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere. …

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Recruit, The (film)

Recruit, The (film) James Clayton joins the CIA and is sent to their ultrasecret training facility, known as The Farm. There the recruit comes under the supervision of instructor Walter Burke, who tries to mold him into a seasoned veteran. When Clayton starts to question his role and his cat-and-mouse relationship with his mentor, Burke …

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Ready to Run (television)

Ready to Run (television) A Disney Channel Original Movie, first airing on July 14, 2000. 14-year-old Corrie Ortiz discovers she has an ability to talk to horses, and Thunderjam, her thoroughbred race horse, becomes her best buddy. With a dream of standing proudly in the winner’s circle, she and Thunderjam team up. Directed by Duwayne …

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Ready, Lynn

Ready, Lynn Mouseketeer from the 1950s television show.

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Real Steel (film)

Real Steel (film) In the near future, the sport of boxing has gone high-tech. Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter, lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground …

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Reagan, Ronald

Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004) Long before he became president of the United States, Reagan, a friend of Walt Disney, served as one of the emcees for the television show on the opening day of Disneyland, July 17, 1955. As president, he attended a second Inaugural Celebration at America Gardens at Epcot on May 27, 1985. This …

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Reading Magic with Figment and Peter Pan (film)

Reading Magic with Figment and Peter Pan (film) Educational film in the EPCOT Educational Media Collection; released in August 1989. 16 min. Figment and Wendy show Peter Pan the value and fun of learning to read.

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