Boy Who Could Fly, The (Full Frame)

VHS, PG, 120 minutes, WARNER

At 14, Millie (Lucy Deakins) bears two burdens: the ache of her father's death and the anxiety of a new neighborhood and school. She meets Eric (Jay Underwood), the strange, mute boy next door who dreams of flying. Together they learn if you wish hard enough, anything's possible. Written and directed by Nick Castle ("The Last Starfighter," "Tap"), "The Boy Who Could Fly" is a poignant, uplifting table ringing with tenderness and truth and graced with a superb supporting cast: Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Gwynne, Colleen Dewhurst, and Louise Fletcher. To dream is to love. To love is to soar. To soar is to be healed. Take off with "The Boy Who Could Fly" and discover moviemaking at its most magical.