Are you looking for a good movie to see - one that the whole family can watch? One that will entertain you with good comedy, one with a rating that won’t force you to show an ID to get in? If so, then the Mayor of WorldVillage has a great one for you to see. Not only it is a great film, but it has an outstanding Web site that accompanies it.

The film is called “Racing Stripes.” The plot is quite simple: an abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl, sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds. There is a strong cast, with Frankie Muniz (of “Malcolm in the Middle” fame) as the voice of Stripes. Its Web site uses the latest in Internet technology to show off the film.

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In the middle of a raging thunderstorm, a traveling circus accidentally leaves behind some very precious cargo - a baby zebra (voiced by FRANKIE MUNIZ). The gangly little foal is rescued by horse farmer Nolan Walsh (BRUCE GREENWOOD), who takes him home to his young daughter Channing (HAYDEN PANETTIERE). Once a champion thoroughbred trainer, Walsh has given up horse training for a quiet life with Channing on their modest Kentucky farm. The little zebra, or “Stripes,” as Channing calls him, is soon introduced to the farm’s misfit troupe of barnyard residents, led by a grumpy Shetland Pony named Tucker (voiced by DUSTIN HOFFMAN) and Franny (voiced by WHOOPI GOLDBERG), a wise old goat who keeps the family in line. The group is joined by Goose (voiced by JOE PANTOLIANO), a deranged big-city pelican who’s hiding out in the sticks until the heat dies down in Jersey. Bird-brained rooster Reggie (voiced by JEFF FOXWORTHY) keeps everyone alert with his crack-of-dawn crowing and general hysteria, and the un-aptly named bloodhound Lightning (voiced by SNOOP DOGG) keeps a lazy eye on goings-on at the farm - in between naps.