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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Audrey Wells (written by)
Release Date:
7 July 2000 (USA)
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Tagline:
Nobody ever grows up quite like they imagined.
Plot:
An unhappy and disliked image consultant gets a second shot at life when an eight year old version of himself mysteriously appears. full summary | full synopsis
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Image Consultant
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Childhood
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Time Travel
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Pilot
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Biplane
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Awards:
1 win
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2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(21 articles)
No More Politics For Schwarzenegger
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Greenpeace: The Film
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Greenpeace: The Film
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profound,amazing
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Bruce Willis | ... | Russ Duritz | |
| Spencer Breslin | ... | Rusty Duritz | |
| Emily Mortimer | ... | Amy | |
| Lily Tomlin | ... | Janet | |
| Jean Smart | ... | Deirdre Lafever | |
| Chi McBride | ... | Kenny | |
| Daniel von Bargen | ... | Sam Duritz (as Daniel Von Bargen) | |
| Dana Ivey | ... | Dr. Alexander | |
| Susan Dalian | ... | Giselle | |
| Stanley Anderson | ... | Bob Riley | |
| Juanita Moore | ... | Kenny's Grandmother | |
| Esther Scott | ... | Clarissa | |
| Deborah May | ... | Governor | |
| Vernee Watson-Johnson | ... | Newsstand Cashier (as Vernee Watson Johnson) | |
| Jan Hoag | ... | Newsstand Tourist |
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Also Known As:
Disney's The Kid (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for boxing action and mild thematic elements.
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Runtime:
104 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Malaysia:U |
Iceland:L |
USA:PG (certificate #37579) |
South Korea:All |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Chile:TE |
France:U |
Germany:o.Al. |
Hong Kong:I |
Mexico:A |
Netherlands:AL |
New Zealand:PG |
Portugal:M/6 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
UK:PG
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Trivia:
Daniel von Bargen who plays Russ Duritz's (Bruce Willis) father Sam is only five years older than Willis.
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Goofs:
Continuity: Russ opens his bottle of water twice while he's in the bathroom hoping young Rusty will disappear.
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Quotes:
Russ Duritz:
Aww, somebody call the waahmbulance!
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Movie Connections:
Features "Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy" (1999)
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Soundtrack:
Western Epic - Take Seven
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I have been always wondering "Can one truly explain the meaning of life in less than two hours?" And here I got the answer after watching this movie for 3 times. This is certainly one of the greatest films I've ever seen. Disney tries to make the film in an interesting and lovely way so it can appeal to both the kids and the adults. But what lies behind the film by far beyond the comprehension of a normal kid. Here, let's first look at how other comments put it: `The movie starts by completely neglecting even an attempt at explaining how 8-year-old Rusty shows up on 40-year-old Rusty's doorstep" But this is not true. Actually the film made a hard work demonstrated how Russ (Willis) --a successful image consultant and a rich jerk was haunted by the hallucination of a flying plane which was actually the same kind of a model given to him by his father as a present. Here Audey Wells present all the viewers a question as a shrimp in the later plot suggested it: you're having hallucination for a reason and you need to figure out what that reason is.But at that time, the film is not in a hurry to explain the reason. Later on Ross's hallucination got stronger and he even imagined a boy intruded into his house. Even more the hallucinated boy lead him to an old drome. From there Ross's dream or more accurately the psychiatric journey of exploring himself began. That exploration filled most of the film till the 8-year-old Rusty disappeared on the same drome (notice only at that time Russ's clothes changed back to the sleeping pajama). The main part of the film (that's what I called the exploration) centered on the questions that had puzzled Russ these days: What's wrong with him? Why he always said somebody call the Ouaaaaaaaaambulance? Why he had a twitch? What happened from being little Rusty and becoming Russ? What will be supposed to do with the relation with Amy? And finally what he will be doing in the later time of his life? The film did an excellent job in explain all these questions. Evenmore it raised another question: Is Russ really a loser? Here Jean Smart said something very inspiring: I mean how many of us grow up to be astronauts or prima ballerina? We just all do the best we can. This film presented the normal theme of midyear crisis in a swift and clever way without lacking of provoking thought.The main character especially Bruce Willis and Jean Smart worked very well to helped achieve visual effect as well as the profound theme.Russ got the answer and know what to do next, what about us?