Sebastian and the Sparrow (1988)
- Directed by
- Scott Hicks
- Genre
- Adventure, Drama, Family
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 3 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
Two boys from very different backgrounds become friends. One has a comfortable home and family but feels trapped. The other has no one telling him what to do but lacks stability and security. They each envy what the other has.
gentlethoughtfulbittersweetreflectivewarmhopefulunderstatedcharacter-driven
What happens
Sebastian and the Sparrow is a 1988 Australian film directed by Scott Hicks. Hicks says he wanted to make the film one he could watch with his teenage son: It was a kind of junior buddy movie with the theme of two people who envied each other's life. To Sebastian, Sparrow has the perfect life: nobody's on his back, he can do what he likes. It looks like glorious freedom. But to Sparrow the constraints of that life are very real. There is Sebastian with the luxury of a home, a family and a very well-to-do existence which was Nirvana to him. I love the way those thoughts could jostle together. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.