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The Boy Who Could Fly is a american film of genre Drama directed by Nick Castle released in USA on 15 august 1986 with Lucy Deakins
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 august 1986
Length 1h54
Directed by Nick Castle
OriginUSA
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Children's films
Rating64%
The Boy Who Could Fly is a 1986 film written and directed by Nick Castle. It was produced by Lorimar Productions for 20th Century Fox, and released theatrically on August 14, 1986.
The film stars Lucy Deakins as 15-year-old Milly Michaelson, Jay Underwood as Eric Gibb, a boy with autism, Bonnie Bedelia as Milly's mother, Fred Savage as Milly's little brother, Colleen Dewhurst as a teacher, Fred Gwynne as Eric's uncle, Janet MacLachlan, and Mindy Cohn. After the suicide of her terminally ill father, Milly becomes friends with Eric, who lost both of his parents to a plane crash. Together, Eric and Milly find ways to cope with the loss and the pain as they escape to faraway places.
Synopsis
Fourteen-year-old Amelia "Milly" Michaelson (Deakins) and her family move into a new suburban home shortly after the death of her father. Milly makes friends with her new neighbor Geneva, and Milly and her eight-year-old brother Louis (Savage) have difficulty adjusting to their new schools, while their mother Charlene (Bedelia) copes with a demotion at work and her inability to learn how to use a computer. Louis is also plagued by bullies down the street who won't let him get around the block.Actors
Lucy Deakins
(Milly)
Jay Underwood
(Eric)
Bonnie Bedelia
(Charlene)
Fred Savage
(Louis)
Colleen Dewhurst
(Mrs. Sherman)
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