| The Boy Who Could Fly | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Nick Castle |
| Written by | Nick Castle |
| Produced by | Gary Adelson |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Adam Holender Steven Poster |
| Edited by | Patrick Kennedy |
| Music by | Bruce Broughton |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million[1] |
| Box office | $7.2 million |
The Boy Who Could Fly is a 1986 American fantasy[2] drama film written and directed by Nick Castle. It was produced by Lorimar Productions for 20th Century Fox, and released theatrically on August 15, 1986.
The film stars Lucy Deakins as 14-year-old Milly Michaelson, Jay Underwood as Eric Gibb, a boy with autism, Bonnie Bedelia as Milly's mother, Fred Savage as Milly's little brother, Colleen Dewhurst as a teacher, Fred Gwynne as Eric's uncle, Janet MacLachlan, and Mindy Cohn. After the suicide of her terminally ill father, Milly becomes friends with Eric, who lost both of his parents to a plane crash. Together, Eric and Milly find ways to cope with the loss and the pain as they escape to faraway places.
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p260
- ^ "Boy Who Could Fly, The (1986) - Genre - TCM.com". TCM.com.