The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
- Directed by
- Nick Castle
- Genre
- fantasy film, teen film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 145 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A 14-year-old girl named Milly moves to a new town after her father's suicide. She befriends Eric, a boy with autism who dreams of flying, and together they deal with their grief and find comfort in imagination.
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What happens
The Boy Who Could Fly is a 1986 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Nick Castle. It was produced by Lorimar Productions for 20th Century Fox, and released theatrically on August 15, 1986. The film stars Lucy Deakins as 14-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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Aurelie Laflamme's Diary (2010)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.