A comedy about losing your heart, finding your inner child and meeting the one friend you've always tried to avoid.
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
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Classical in form, effortless, contemporary and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Whoopi GoldbergHarriet Franklin
- Gérard DepardieuBogus
- Haley Joel OsmentAlbert
- Denis MercierMonsieur Antoine
- Andrea MartinPenny
- Nancy TravisLorraine Franklin
- Ute LemperBabette
- Sheryl Lee RalphRuth Clark
- Barbara HamiltonMrs. Partridge
- Al WaxmanSchool Principal
Crew
- Norman JewisonDirector
- Alvin SargentScreenplay
- David WatkinDirector of Photography
- Marc ShaimanOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen E. RivkinEditor
- Jeff RothbergProducer
- Arnon MilchanProducer
- Norman JewisonProducer
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