Goodnight moon and other sleepytime tales
(DVD Video) 

Originally broadcast on HBO.

Goodnight moon: music by John Debney ; animation by Michael Sporn Animation. Hush, little baby: animation by Santiago Cohen. There's a nightmare in my closet: music by Marco Beltrami; animation by Michael Sporn Animation. Tar Beach: music by Simon 7, vocals by Lisa Hunt ; animation by Ed Bell. Brahm's Lullaby, [and] Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star: animation by Maciek Albrecht. [Live action sequences] director of photography, Joel Shapiro ; editor, Ken Eluto.

Narrated by Susan Sarandon (Goodnight moon), Billy Crystal (There's a nightmare in my closet), Natalie Cole (Tar Beach); performed by Tony Bennett (Hit the Road to Dreamland), Lauryn Hill (Hush, little baby), Aaron Neville (Brahms' Lullaby), Patti LaBelle (Twinkle, Twinkle).

This mixed-media special features animated shorts of bedtime stories with celebrity voices, lullabies by famous performers, and interviews with children talking about sleep, dreams, and the tradition of bedtime stories. The featured stories are "Goodnight Moon" about a young bunny's pre-bedtime rituals, "There's a Nightmare in My Closet" about a worried little boy who is convinced a monster lives in his closet, and "Tar Beach" the tale of 8-year-old Cassie, who loves to go to Tar Beach, the rooftop of her family's apartment.

MPAA rating: G.

DVD ; Region 1; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo; original television presentation aspect ratio, 4.3.

In English (Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo) or Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo); closed-captioned.