Maniac Magee (film)

Maniac Magee
Based onManiac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
Written byMichael Nolin
Jack Zurla
Mark Zaslove
Directed byBob Clark
StarringMichael Angarano
Orlando Brown
Kyla Pratt
Jada Pinkett Smith
Rolonda Watts
Theme music composerAlyssa Brown
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersMichael Nolin
Jack Zurla
Mark Zaslove
CinematographyMarshall Adams
EditorsStan Cole
Kevin Ross
Running time98 minutes
Production companiesEdmonds Entertainment
Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
ReleaseFebruary 23, 2003 (2003-02-23)
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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]

  1. ^ "Nickelodeon Adapts Newbery Winner to TV - MANIAC MAGEEzer" (Press release). Little, Brown and Company Children's Publishing. January 31, 2003. Retrieved 2016-03-01 – via PR Newswire.
  2. ^ "FORECAST SAYS: RADIO CITY FUN". New York Daily News. 1999-11-08. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  3. ^ Suzanne MacNeille (February 23, 2003). "FOR YOUNG VIEWERS; History Isn't a Matter of Black or White". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  4. ^ Allan Haldeman (June 18, 2003). "Humanitas taps 41 scribes". Variety. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  5. ^ "Children's Live Action Winners". The Humanitas Prize. Retrieved 2016-03-01.