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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9780790779348 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 079077934X Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 08, 2003 Running Time: 108 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: August 15, 1986 Sales Rank: 9327 MPN: WARD27524D
Description: A poignant, uplifting fable about a young girl and her relationship with a mute boy who dreams of flying. Together they learn if you wish hard enough, anything is possible.Year: 1986Director: Nick CastleStarring: Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage
Amazon.com: Saddened by the untimely death of their father and husband, a family moves to a new town and confronts the usual--bullies, demanding new job--and the unusual: an autistic neighbor boy who believes he can fly. Bonnie Bedelia is the stressed-out mom, and Bedelia-look-alike Lucy Deakins plays the perceptive daughter who braves ridicule to reach out to the boy under the tutelage of wise teacher Colleen Dewhurst. This earnest film's melancholy is tempered by its fantastical ending and the fun of seeing a pre-Wonder Years Fred Savage as the soldier-obsessed little brother, not to mention one of the future denizens of Beverly Hills 90210 (Jason Priestley). Parents may wax nostalgic over early '80s fashions and may take delight in appearances by Mr. Munster (Fred Gwynne) as an alcoholic with self-knowledge, Facts of Life gal Mindy Cohn as a chatty neighbor, and Louise Fletcher playing a kindly psychologist. Slow pacing and heavy dollops of tragedy make this most appropriate for ages 8 and up. --Kimberly Heinrichs
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - A movie about hope
I remember this movie from years ago, and was looking for some uplifting title to watch and finally bought this. Fred Savage is wonderful as an eight year old dealing with his father's death. This movie ... Read More
Rating: - Good children's movie
Although this is an old movie, I think it is still a good movie for kids. My child watched it when she was little and it became a favorite....she still watches it many years later! We recently purchased ... Read More
Rating: - Great classic movie.....
A wonderful movie for kids. I've always loved this great movie and you will too, definitely one to watch.
This movie also stars a very young Fred Savage!
Rating: - "An old-fashioned story of young love!'
This movie is a wonderful story of a friendship that develops between a sensitive girl and an autistic boy. The cast is very impressive but the actor that will impress you most is Lucy Deakins, despite the ... Read More
Rating: - A good, old-fashioned story
This is one of those good-feel movies you remember watching as a teenager. Some parts are too "kiddie" for my liking (Fred Savage and the neighbours for instance) but I guess the movie makers wanted this to ... Read More
- A movie about hope
- Good children's movie