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A Simple Wish

Year:
Duration:
89 min
Genres:
Comedy | Fantasy
IMDB rate:
5.3
Director:
Michael Ritchie
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1997-07-11
Filming Locations: Brooks, Alberta, Canada
Earnings
Budget: $28,000,000
Opening Weekend: $2,732,880 (USA) (13 July 1997)
Gross: $8,119,205 (USA) (24 August 1997)
Cast
Actor
Character
Robert Pastorelli
Oliver
Ruby Dee
Hortense
Francis Capra
Charlie
Jonathan Hadary
Lord Richard
Deborah Odell
Jeri
Mara Wilson
Anabel
Amanda Plummer
Boots
Alan Campbell
Tony Sable
Kathleen Turner
Claudia
Lanny Flaherty
Duane
Teri Garr
Rena
Martin Short
Murray
Clare Coulter
Ms. Bramble
Neil Foster
Manny
Jaime Tirelli
Joe
Jack McGee
Officer O'York
Lillian Ritchie
Schoolgirl
Miriam Ritchie
Schoolgirl
Hans Dieter Trayer
German Tourist (as H.D. Trayer)
Sabine Thomson
German Tourist
Peter Linari
German Tourist
Maja Niles
German Tourist
David Crean
Tony's Agent
Kwok-Wing Leung
Grocer
Bunty Webb
Fairy Godmother
Valerie Boyle
Fairy Godmother
Barbara Stewart
Fairy Godmother
Kathryn Kirkpatrick
Fairy Godmother
Adam David
Sable's Chauffeur
Rick Fox
Pianist
Derek Carkner
Shaw's Assistant
Henry Gomez
Investor
Frankie Cee
Vendor (as Frank Cee)
John Douglas Williams
Paperboy
Sara Colton
Tourist (uncredited)
Wayne McLaughlin
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Moet Meira
Rollerblader (uncredited)
Todd Stockman
Jogger (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Michael Ritchie's final film as a director.
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Quotes
Claudia: Everything is fine. No, nothing is wrong. Hortense... is flat.
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Murray: [officer leaves Murray in between the bars] Officer! Wait! Are you going to get a donut?
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Claudia: How DARE you mock me!
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Faq
Q
Chapter headings, an unofficial version, v1.00:
A
***this may contain SPOILERS***Chapter headings mostly based on my DVD's numbers and times, with some songs and additional detail, v1.00: * 01 = 00:00:00.000 A Simple Wish (1997) - * 02 = 00:00:54.000 01 exams are usually not as pointless as this - * 03 = 00:03:34.000 a runaway horse and carriage in New York City - * 04 = 00:05:21.000 02 Anabel and Charlie join dad and Duchess - * 05 = 00:06:19.000 dad at an audition - * 06 = 00:08:06.000 audition songs, A Far Far Better Thing p Peter Samuels - * 07 = 00:10:20.000 03 Charlie does not believe in fairies - * 08 = 00:11:04.000 a gathering of fairy godmothers in Manhattan - * 09 = 00:12:34.000 how Anabel gains a magic wand - * 10 = 00:17:27.000 04 bad witch Claudia arrives at NAFGA HQ - * 11 = 00:18:52.000 good fairy godmother Hortense gets flattened - * 12 = 00:20:42.000 05 Anabel tells dad about the fairy godmother's visit - * 13 = 00:22:30.000 FG Murray cannot get to the ball - * 14 = 00:24:05.000 06 Murray's wand gets broken - * 15 = 00:26:03.000 and all of the other wands are stolen - * 16 = 00:28:09.000 07 at school and encouraging the teacher to make a wish - * 17 = 00:29:04.000 Murray is not impressed by the repair - * 18 = 00:33:05.000 08 for Plaza Hotel, the Plaza Motel, Nebraska - * 19 = 00:34:19.000 the bad witch keeps looking, but in New York - * 20 = 00:35:41.000 09 brother Charlie looks for dad - * 21 = 00:36:01.000 meantime the baddies know of the audition at The Palace - * 22 = 00:37:04.000 while Anabel and FG Murray escape from hospitality - * 23 = 00:39:56.000 little rabbit, giant rabbi, giant spit, Central Park - * 24 = 00:41:22.000 10 Anabel can now look for dad, too, statue - * 25 = 00:46:00.000 11 looking for help at the NAFGA HQ - * 26 = 00:47:45.000 a place where a bad witch has been - * 27 = 00:49:05.000 Rena wakes up, for a while - * 28 = 00:50:37.000 midnight is now on the horizon - * 29 = 00:52:44.000 12 cue for a visit to The Palace - * 30 = 00:53:08.000 callback, the rival, ...Shed Not One Tear ..., rain - * 31 = 00:53:59.000 frog in the throat - * 32 = 00:56:19.000 arrival of the bad witches' pet dog, Boots - * 33 = 00:58:16.000 13 the house of the bad witch - * 34 = 00:59:30.000 an invitation to dance - * 35 = 01:01:34.000 14 brother Charlie gets a higher seat - * 36 = 01:02:30.000 Anabel gives up, sort of, telling tales about Murray - * 37 = 01:04:35.000 the bad witch shows her power over Murray - * 38 = 01:07:20.000 pet Boots can be distracted by a shoe? - * 39 = 01:08:27.000 15 11:35 pm Boots is not the bad witch's best friend - * 40 = 01:09:57.000 the wands are rescued - * 41 = 01:10:50.000 Murray gets a best friend, Claudia gets a demise - * 42 = 01:13:07.000 16 midnight in Central Park - * 43 = 01:14:54.000 17 holding hands and seeing the wish - * 44 = 01:16:59.000 18 Two Cities and a naughty sort of wish - * 45 = 01:19:05.000 19 mimed, The Best Times, A Far Far Better Thing - * 46 = 01:21:14.000 20 end credits - * 47 = 01:25:48.000 21 end.000 is a placeholder for the exact time.These are best viewed edited so as to show one chapter per line, if using this for search. There is a copy showing this in the Message board which shows this aspect. That also includes an OGG version.The OGG version is for if there are players that can work from an external OGG chapters file.
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