A Simple Wish (1997)

Name: A Simple Wish
Director: Michael Ritchie
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Released: 1997
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Alan Campbell, Amanda Plummer, Clare Coulter, Deborah Odell, Francis Capra

Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy

5.5 (179 votes)

1h 26m

Overview

Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

Details

Director: Michael Ritchie
Writer: Jeff Rothberg
Original Language: English
Budget: $28,000,000

Cast

Alan Campbell Amanda Plummer Clare Coulter Deborah Odell Francis Capra Jamie Tirelli Jonathan Hadary Kathleen Turner Lanny Flaherty Mara Wilson Martin Short Neil Foster Robert Pastorelli Ruby Dee Teri Garr