Maniac Magee | |
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Based on | Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli |
Written by | Michael Nolin Jack Zurla Mark Zaslove |
Directed by | Bob Clark |
Starring | Michael Angarano Orlando Brown Kyla Pratt Jada Pinkett Smith Rolonda Watts |
Theme music composer | Alyssa Brown |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Michael Nolin Jack Zurla Mark Zaslove |
Cinematography | Marshall Adams |
Editors | Stan Cole Kevin Ross |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Production companies | Edmonds Entertainment Nickelodeon Productions |
Original release | |
Release | February 23, 2003 |
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Maniac Magee is a television film made for the Nickelodeon network, based on the novel of the same name by Jerry Spinelli.[1] The story follows twelve-year-old Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, an orphaned runaway with many extraordinary and athletic talents, who arrives in a town divided with racial conflict. Developed as early as 1999,[2] the film was filmed in 2001 and broadcast on Nickelodeon on February 23, 2003.[3]
The teleplay was a finalist for a Humanitas Award in the Children's Live Action program category in 2003,[4] though the award was ultimately won by A Ring of Endless Light.[5]