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A Simple Wish is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Michael Ritchie released in USA on 11 july 1997 with Martin Short
A Simple Wish (1997)
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Add to a movie listA Simple Wish is a 1997 children's-fantasy-comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, and starring Martin Short, Mara Wilson, and Kathleen Turner. The film about a bumbling male fairy godmother named Murray (Short), who tries to help eight-year-old Annabel (Wilson) fulfill her wish that her father, a carriage driver, wins the leading role in a Broadway musical.
It was the last film from director Michael Ritchie before his death in 2001.
Synopsis
Oliver Greening is rejected from a coveted performance in a musical version of A Tale of Two Cities for simply not being a bankable performer. After Oliver's daughter Annabel attempts to get her brother Charlie to believe that the tooth fairy exists, Murray, a clumsy fairy godmother, appears after Charlie has gone to sleep. Annabel wants to wish for her father to get the role, but Murray suddenly remembers he is late for an important engagement and promises to return to grant her wish later.Actors
Martin Short
(Murray)
Mara Wilson
(Anabel Greening)
Robert Pastorelli
(Oliver Greening)
Deborah Odell
(Jeri)
Amanda Plummer
(Boots)
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