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Mermaid (2000) (TV)
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21 May 2000 (USA) moreTagline:
A Place Where Dreams HappenPlot:
Four year old Desi learns to accept the death of her father by sending him a letter on a balloon to which she receives a reply. | full synopsisAwards:
1 win & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Touching true story moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ellen Burstyn | ... | Trish |
 | Samantha Mathis | ... | Rhonda |
 | Jodelle Ferland | ... | Desi |
 | David Kaye | ... | Wade |
 | Peter Flemming | ... | Steve |
| Tom Heaton | ... | Quaid |
| Blu Mankuma | ... | Caretaker |
 | Joshua Peace | ... | Ken (as Josh Peace) |
| Chilton Crane | ... | Donna |
| Julia Higgs | ... | Amanda |
| Mecca Menard | ... | Hailey |
| Beverley Elliott | ... | Karen (as Beverley Elliot) |
 | Brad Mann | ... | Bill |
| Todd Mann | ... | Skip |
 | Rondel Reynoldson | ... | Beautician |
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaFun Stuff
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Although based on a true story, this film takes several liberties from the actual event. The most notable is the fact that, in real life, the image on the balloon was of none other than Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989). moreSoundtrack:
Love Songs Make Me Blue moreFAQ
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The only mermaids in the TV-movie are the ones on the balloon and in the book, but the story is based on a real event.
Very loosely modeled on Hans Christian Andersen's original "The Little Mermaid" (not the Disney version), the film depicts in fanciful fashion the attempt of a small girl to communicate with her dead father in heaven by attaching a note to a balloon with a mermaid pictured on it. The balloon is carried on the wind from California to St. Edward's Island in Canada, and the people who find it respond to the girl's message. The cast is well-chosen and the film is touching without being mawkish.
It is pleasant to imagine that mermaids and angels exist in the light beyond death.