| Fly Away Home | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Carroll Ballard |
| Screenplay by | Robert Rodat Vince McKewin |
| Based on | Father Goose: One Man, a Gaggle of Geese, and Their Real Life Incredible Journey South by Bill Lishman |
| Produced by | Carol Baum |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel |
| Edited by | Nicholas C. Smith |
| Music by | Mark Isham |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Countries | Canada United States New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $36.5 million[1] |
Fly Away Home (a.k.a. Flying Wild and Father Goose) is a 1996 family adventure drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film stars Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels, and Dana Delany. Fly Away Home was released on September 13, 1996, by Columbia Pictures.
Fly Away Home dramatizes the actual experiences of Bill Lishman who, in 1986, started training Canada geese to follow his ultralight aircraft, and succeeded in leading their migration in 1993 through his program "Operation Migration". The film is also based on the experience of Dr. William J. L. Sladen, a British-born zoologist and adventurer, who aided Lishman with the migration.[2]
- ^ "Fly Away Home (1996)". The Numbers. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
- ^ Langer, Emily (June 1, 2017). "William J.L. Sladen, scientific adventurer featured in 'Fly Away Home,' dies at 96". Washington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2017.