Adventure comes to life.
A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
AdventureFamilyFantasybased on novel or bookcupboardpuppetbased on children's bookgameparallel worldtoy comes to lifetoy soldier
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, resolved and effortless.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
34 profiled raters. Loved most by The Sinceres; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.
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Cast
- Hal ScardinoOmri
- LitefootLittle Bear
- Lindsay CrouseJane
- Richard JenkinsVictor
- Rishi BhatPatrick
- Steve CooganTommy
- David KeithBoone
- Sakina JaffreyLucy
- Vincent KartheiserGillon
- Nestor SerranoTeacher
Crew
- Frank OzDirector
- Melissa MathisonScreenplay
- Lynne Reid BanksNovel
- Russell CarpenterDirector of Photography
- Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
- Ian CraffordEditor
- Kathleen KennedyProducer
- Frank MarshallProducer
- Jane StartzProducer
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Pairings
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Series · Both classical in form, earnest, unpretentious.
Dinosaur Train 200979% alikeSeries · Both earnest, resolved, warm.
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