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The Planet of Junior Brown is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Clément Virgo released in USA on 6 september 1997 with Rainbow Sun Francks

The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)

The Planet of Junior Brown
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Released in USA 6 september 1997
Length 1h31
Directed by
OriginCanada
Genres Drama
Rating61% 3.0920253.0920253.0920253.0920253.092025

The Planet of Junior Brown, retitled Junior's Groove in some releases, is a Canadian drama film released in 1997. Directed by Clement Virgo, the film was written by Virgo and Cameron Bailey as an adaptation of Virginia Hamilton's 1971 novel The Planet of Junior Brown.

The film stars Martin Villafana as the titular Junior Brown, an overweight and schizophrenic child prodigy studying piano from music teacher Miss Peebs (Margot Kidder). The film's cast also includes Rainbow Sun Francks, Clark Johnson, Lynn Whitfield, Sarah Polley, Richard Chevolleau, Denis Akiyama and Dan Lett.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 1997, but was distributed primarily as a CBC Television film airing in November of that year. The film aired on Showtime and Fox Family Channel in the United States in 1999, following which Whitfield won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special in 2000.

Actors

Rainbow Sun Francks
Clark Johnson

(Mr. Pool)Lynn Whitfield

(Mrs. Brown)Margot Kidder

(Miss Peebs)Sarah Polley

(Butter)
And :
Denis Akiyama
Dan Lett
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