Maniac Magee (2003)

Directed by

Bob Clark

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A twelve-year-old orphan with amazing athletic skills runs away and arrives in a town split by racial tensions. He uses his talents to try to bring the community together.

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What happens

Maniac Magee is a television film made for the Nickelodeon network, based on the novel of the same name by Jerry Spinelli. The story follows twelve-year-old Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, an orphaned runaway with many extraordinary and athletic talents, who arrives in a town divided with racial conflict. Developed as early as 1999, the film was filmed in 2001 and broadcast on Nickelodeon on February 23, 2003. The teleplay was a finalist for a Humanitas Prize in the Children's Live Action program category in 2003, though the award was ultimately won by A Ring of Endless Light. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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