A Simple Wish
| Release Date: | Jul 1997 |
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| Genre: | Family / Comedy / Fantasy |
| Awards: | 1 win & 2 nominations |
| Cast: | 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)) |
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.