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| '''''Three Wishes''''' is a ] ]-] directed by ] and stars ]. | '''''Three Wishes''''' is a ] ]-] directed by ] and stars ]. | ||
| ''']:''' ''If you really believe, magic will find you.'' | |||
| ==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
| When Jane Holman (]) is driving with her two sons, Tom (]) and Gunny (Seth Mumy), she accidentally runs into drifter Jack McCloud (]), who breaks his leg. Feeling sorry for him, Jane invites Jack and his dog, Betty Jane, to stay at her home until his leg has healed. After having some difficulty to adapt to this new lifestyle, Jack soon finds himself loved by the family and they all want him to stay. When he starts teaching ] to Tom, who misses his father (an uncredited ]) who's missing in the ], the two of them develop a strong bond. Meanwhile, Gunny believes that there's much more to Jack and Betty Jane than meets the eye, and he's determined to find out! | |||
| ==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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| *] as Phil | *] as Phil | ||
| *] as Coach Schramka | *] as Coach Schramka | ||
| ==Goofs== | |||
| * '''Anachronisms:''' Set in 1955, Tom Holman enters a construction site with an orange warning sign. Prior to 1971, construction signs were yellow. | |||
| * '''Anachronisms:''' When Jack is sunbathing in the backyard and is spotted by the lady neighbor, there is a shot with a plastic septic tank in the background. Back then septic tanks were made of concrete. | |||
| * '''Factual errors:''' In the movie, orange reflector squares are on the highway between the broken yellow painted lines. Those weren't used on the 2 lane highways until the early '80s. | |||
| * '''Factual errors:''' Tom states that the Republic of China released fifteen American POWs in 1955. The People's Republic of China (Communist China) might have done so, but the Republic of China (Taiwan) has always been an American ally and would not have been holding any Americans prisoner to begin with. | |||
| * '''Anachronisms:''' In one scene Gunny watches '']'' and is terrified by a scene in which Kong munches on one of the natives. That scene was deleted from the original theatrical release and not restored until the 1970s (''Three Wishes'' takes place in 1955). | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| * {{imdb title|id=0114663|title=Three Wishes}} | * {{imdb title|id=0114663|title=Three Wishes}} | ||
| * {{mojo title|id=threewishes|title=Three Wishes}} | * {{mojo title|id=threewishes|title=Three Wishes}} | ||
Revision as of 18:54, 19 January 2008
1995 film| Three Wishes | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Martha Coolidge |
| Written by | Patrick Green Elizabeth Anderson |
| Produced by | Patrick Green |
| Starring | Patrick Swayze Mary Mastrantonio Joseph Mazzello |
| Cinematography | Johnny E. Jensen |
| Edited by | Steven Cohen |
| Music by | Cynthia Millar |
| Distributed by | Savoy Pictures Rysher Entertainment |
| Release dates | October 27, 1995 |
| Running time | 115 min. |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $7,025,496 |
Three Wishes is a 1995 drama-fantasy film directed by Martha Coolidge and stars Patrick Swayze.
Plot
Cast
- Patrick Swayze as Jack McCloud
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Jane Holman
- Joseph Mazzello as Thomas "Tom" Holman
- Seth Mumy as Gunther "Gunny" Holman
- D.B. Sweeney (uncredited) as Jeffrey Holman
- David Marshall Grant as Phil
- Jay O. Sanders as Coach Schramka