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Nico the Unicorn is a canadien film of genre Fantasy directed by Graeme Campbell with Kevin Zegers
Nico the Unicorn (1998)
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Add to a movie listLength 1h30
Directed by Graeme Campbell
OriginCanada
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Pregnancy films, Films about magic and magicians, Medical-themed films, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Films about school violence
Rating56%
Nico the Unicorn is the name of a 1996 juvenile fiction book and its 1998 film adaptation. The book was written by Frank Sacks; he also wrote the screenplay for the film, which was directed by Graeme Campbell.
Synopsis
Billy and his mother moved from Boston to rural Vermont after a car accident which left Billy fatherless and with a gimp leg. Billy has a hard time adjusting to life in Vermont and has trouble making friends. While shopping at the mall after school one day, Billy stumbles upon a ramshackle petting zoo, where the animals are kept in poor conditions. After seeing a small pony with a horn taped to its head and finding out that it is about to be sold for slaughter, Billy instead makes a deal with the zoo keeper and buys the pony. Once Billy takes the pony home, he cleans her up and cares for her. The pony appears to be pregnant and eventually foals, under the watchful eye of Billy and his friend Carolyn. The pony's foal grows a horn and turns out to be a unicorn, who grows at a tremendous rate. Billy names the colt Nico from the letters found in the word "unicorn".Actors
Kevin Zegers
(Billy Hastings)
Anne Archer
(Julie Hastings)
Michael Ontkean
(Tom Gentry)
Maggie Castle
(Susie)
Elisha Cuthbert
(Carolyn Price)
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