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Fly Away Home [1996]
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Sweet and Inspiring Film
Review date: 2008-02-20 Rating: 10 out of 10
In this film, a young girl, played by Anna Paquin, has to go and stay with her Father after her Mother dies in a car accident. At first, the young girl is depressed and fails to find her feet in the strange new surroundings of Ontario, but eventually discovers some purpose after discovering an entire family of abandoned Geese eggs who she nurtures through the hatching stage.
In the process known as imprinting, the Geese latch onto the young girl and follow her everywhere, but then the girl and her Father have to think about training the young geese to fly, and do this with the help of two aircraft which the Father has designed and built himself. All of this is based on a true story.
This film is sweet, poignant, and has much to say about the importance of nature. It is all the more inspiring for being based on a true story and if you allow it to, this film will also teach you that EVERYTHING in nature has a value, not just the animals that are cute and cuddly.
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Reviews
Perfect Family Movie
Review date: 2007-09-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
We recently rented this film from Amazon and it was thoroughly enjoyed both by Kids (10, 8 & 6) and by their parents - so much so that having just watched it my daughter immediately asked if she could get a copy for Christmas!
It's loosely based on a real life story (some details of which are included on the DVD for the benefit of curious adults) with great acting from the leads and affecting photography of the geese.
If you are one of those families who still sometimes sit together round the tv on wet Sunday afternoons and you enjoy the classic Disney action movies (Incredible Journey et al)then this will be perfect for you.
Fly away home has become one of my favourite movies.
Review date: 2007-08-12 Rating: 10 out of 10
It is heart warming in the right way. The project of the Geese going south is well worth watching - It is delightfull to follow the project of saving not only adopted geese and their future survival - But the reclaiming of nature and enviriontment for the future, against globalization and quick profit - It is as it gets.
Joyfully and against all odds, it turns out the way we hope for.
All actors are brilliant, the script is great and you cannot help loving this film if you are between 7 and 100 years of age.
Go for it. The film is a pearl of wisdom and a great example of how civil disobedience, is the way forward, when it comes to projects ahead of their time.
All Children should have this DVD waiting for them under the X-Mass tree or get it as a birthday present. It encorages the right spirit in children, in a delightfull way.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Jeff Daniels
Terry Kinney
Anna Paquin
Dana Delany
Director(s):
Recording label: Uca Catalogue
Manufacturer: Uca Catalogue
EAN: 5050582396287
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2006-01-23
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 103 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1996
Language: Cantonese Chinese (Subtitled)
Language: Czech (Subtitled)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Greek (Subtitled)
Language: Hebrew (Subtitled)
Language: Hungarian (Subtitled)
Language: Italian (Subtitled)
Language: Polish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)