因为有着一个开殡仪馆的父亲加上母亲的早逝，女孩维达（安娜·克鲁姆斯基 Anna Chlumsky 饰）对生离死别有着自己深刻而另类的见解，同时，对于死亡的恐惧也无时不刻的纠缠着维达。在维达的身边， 男孩托马斯（麦考利·卡尔金 Macaulay Culkin 饰）将她的喜怒哀乐全部看在眼里，个性内向的托马斯唯一能够做的事情，就是温柔的陪伴在女孩身边。

　　雪莉（杰米·李·柯蒂斯 Jamie Lee Curtis 饰）的出现让维达有了强烈的危机感，她感到这个女人很可能将要分享父亲对她的独一无二的关注和爱。一次维达造成的意外中，托马斯死去了，看着心爱的人又一次永远的离开了自己，维达痛不欲生，而来自父亲和继母的安慰与教导终于让她明白了要如何珍惜生命里真正重要的东西。

一个非常富有的艺术赞助人在一场车祸中意外地丧生了，他身后留下的两千万巨额遗产由佛蒙特州的第兹（加里.库珀饰）来继承。此时的第兹在当地已是一个相当成功的商人，他感觉在他的生活中已没有什么更多的需要了，唯一的需要只是想有足够的时间练习练习乐器，如大号什么的，或者写写贺卡和打油事之类的。当地一家报社当得知第兹要去纽约时，便派记者芭比.贝内特（琼.阿瑟饰）前往跟踪采访，想从这个一夜暴富的“灰姑娘式的男人”身上挖掘出一些独家新闻。……

A suicidal tuba player hires a hit-man to rub him out. The next day he falls in love.

On the stormy night of July 5th, 1995, Trick Stuart works the graveyard shift with his plus-sized pal Meathead at the Delta Kream, a 24HR fast food joint. As they practice their brass band routine, a very unexpected visitor arrives.

Gideon is the amazing story based on one of the greatest biblical heroes of all time — a cucumber chosen to defend his people against an army of 30,000 excessively hairy pickles! But the reluctant, tuba-playing Gideon (Larry the Cucumber) is better trained at marching in formation than he is at marching into battle. Will he be able to trust the message from God delivered to him by the angel and protect his people?

In this Puppetoon animated short film (an Academy Award Best Short Subject, Cartoons nominee), Tubby the Tuba is disappointed that his sound limits what he's permitted to do in an orchestra of self-playing instruments that, unlike him, get to play pretty melodies. A chance meeting with a bullfrog changes everything.