Freaky Friday (1995 film)

Freaky Friday
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Genre	Fantasy comedy
Based on	Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers
Teleplay by	Stu Krieger
Directed by	Melanie Mayron
Starring	Shelley Long Gaby Hoffmann
Music by	James McVay Lisa Harlow Stark
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	George Zaloom Les Mayfield Scott Immergut
Producer	Joan Van Horn
Cinematography	Russ Alsobrook
Editor	Henk Van Eeghen
Running time	86 minutes
Production companies	Zaloom/Mayfield Productions Walt Disney Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	May 6, 1995 (1995-05-06)
Related
Escape to Witch Mountain
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Freaky Friday is a 1995 American fantasy comedy television film directed by Melanie Mayron and written by Stu Krieger. It is based on Mary Rodgers's 1972 novel of the same name and her screenplay for its 1976 film adaptation, and is the fourth installment overall in the Freaky Friday franchise. It stars Shelley Long and Gaby Hoffmann as a mother and daughter who magically switch bodies for a day. Produced by Walt Disney Television, the film premiered on ABC on May 6, 1995 as an episode of The Wonderful World of Disney.^[1] It was the last in a series of four remakes of live-action Disney films produced for broadcast on ABC during the 1994–95 television season, the other three being The Shaggy Dog, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, and Escape to Witch Mountain.^[2]