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The Wizard (also known as Joy Stick Heroes in Germany, Sweet Road in Japan, The Video Game Genius in Brazil, Vidéokid in France, Game Over in Finland and Gameboy in Sweden) is a 1989 adventure comedy-drama film starring Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, and Jenny Lewis. The film follows three children as they travel to California. The youngest of the three is emotionally withdrawn with a gift for playing video games. The Wizard is famous for its numerous references to video games and accessories for the Nintendo Entertainment System and has been called a feature length commercial. The film was also well known for being North America's introduction to what would become one of the best-selling video games of all time, Super Mario Bros. 3.
Jimmy (Edwards) is a young boy who has suffered from an unnamed, but serious mental disorder (strongly implied to be autism) ever since his twin sister drowned in a river. He doesn't interact with anyone, spending most of his time building things out of blocks or boxes, and he always carries his lunch box with him. He's determined to go to "California", at first the only word he can say since the tragedy. The trauma of the drowning and Jimmy's condition has broken up his family: he lives with his mother and stepfather, while his half-brothers Corey (Savage) and Nick (Christian Slater) live with their father Sam (Beau Bridges). When Jimmy is put into an institution, Corey breaks him out and runs away with him to California. Jimmy's mother and stepfather hire Putnam (Will Seltzer), a greedy and sleazy runaway-child hunter, to only bring back Jimmy, who competes with Corey's father and older brother to find the boys and sabotage each other's efforts.
Actors: Olivier Lafond-Martel (producer), Simon Legros (producer), Olivier Lafond-Martel (director), Olivier Lafond-Martel (actor), Olivier Lafond-Martel (actor), Simon Legros (actor), Olivier Lafond-Martel (writer), Olivier Lafond-Martel (editor), Mathieu Simpson (actor), Emile-Pascal Boucher (actor), Andréanne Valin (actress), Jessica Charlebois (actress), Nick Desjardins (actor), Samuel Fortin (producer), Samuel Fortin (director),
Plot: A professional hitman hired under contract by the mafia québecoise is finally arrested for murder. But there is the chance to reduce his sentence if he is working for the Sûreté provinciale. He must infiltrate a criminal franchise in Gatineau in order scrapped a network of drug importation 'The Black Viaggio'.
Keywords: criminal, double-agent, drug-traffic, infiltration, mafiaActors: Nick Corbin (actor), Nick Corbin (actor), Nick Corbin (producer), Nick Corbin (writer), Nick Corbin (writer), Nick Corbin (costume designer), Nick Corbin (editor), Colton Mabry (costume designer), Colton Mabry (writer), Colton Mabry (editor), Ryan Hoffman (actor), T. Scott (actor), T. Scott (editor), Colleen Riggs (actress), Ryan Hoffman (editor),
Genres: Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Shawn Jones (actor), Ian Bonds (actor), Bob Rose (writer), Bob Rose (editor), Bob Rose (director), Bob Rose (producer), Robert Michael Zeman Jr. (actor), Michael C. Stettes (actor), Michael C. Stettes (composer), Andy Stone (actor), Barry Alexander Hesson (actor), Nick Nemphos (actor), Matthew Arnold Pie (actor), Victor Acord (actor), Christopher Zaleski (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Short,Actors: Kevin A. Green (actor), Kevin A. Green (actor), Hugo Matz (miscellaneous crew), Dianne Sullivan (actress), Matt Page (actor), Heather Lamb (miscellaneous crew), Cory Werthen (actor), Edward Fontaine (actor), Phillip Tolle (actor), Paladin (actor), Ricky Gupta (actor), Vanessa Cook (actress), Ben Cody Rogers (actor), Haydee Rodriguez (actress), Jamal Benoit (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror,Actors: Mike Stanley (actor), Kelly Burke (editor), Kelly Burke (composer), Kelly Burke (director), Kelly Burke (producer), Kelly Burke (writer), Kevin Buchanan (actor), Lauren Lazarus (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Jon Polito (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), Rob Paulsen (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), George Carlin (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), Lee Arenberg (actor), Bob Bergen (actor), Bill Farmer (actor), Andy Dick (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Tom Kenny (actor), Freddie Prinze Jr. (actor),
Plot: As the story begins, an alliance of evil fairy tale-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land and take control of. But when Ella A.K.A. Cinderella realizes her own evil stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.
Keywords: apostrophe-in-title, based-on-fairy-tale, cinderella, computer-animation, fart-joke, first-of-series, princess, punctuation-in-title, rapunzel, scene-during-end-creditsActors: Tim Buttner (actor), Tim Buttner (producer), Tim Buttner (writer), Tim Buttner (director), Tim Buttner (editor), Collen Doyle (actor), Connor McGrath (actor), Connor McGrath (actor), Zach Ralph (actor), Zach Ralph (director), Zach Ralph (writer), Zach Ralph (producer), Nick Turner (actor), Nick Turner (actor), Ian Harbage (actor),
Genres: Action, Crime, Short,Actors: Maureen Lipman (actress), Kerry Shale (actor), Allan Corduner (actor), Jim Broadbent (actor), Keith Wickham (actor), Jimmy Hibbert (actor), Colin McFarlane (actor), Peter Egan (actor), Tony Collingwood (writer), Tony Collingwood (director), Nigel Lambert (actor), Philip Appleby (composer), Maria Darling (actress), Christopher O'Hare (producer), Alexander Soskin (editor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family, Musical,Actors: Giorgio Simonelli (writer), Carlo Croccolo (actor), Gianfranco Parolini (writer), Ciccio Barbi (actor), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Alfredo Mayo (actor), Edda Ferronao (actress), Tiberio Murgia (actor), Rafael Durán (actor), Rubén Rojo (actor), Enzo Garinei (actor), Maria Grazia Buccella (actress), Maria Grazia Buccella (actress), Carlo Campogalliani (director), Miguel Ligero (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Joseph M. Schenck (miscellaneous crew), Fritz Feld (actor), Greta Granstedt (actress), Hugo Riesenfeld (producer), William Cameron Menzies (producer), Herbert Bunston (actor), Sidney Levee (director), D. Marion Staines (editor),
Genres: Fantasy, Short,I can read what's going through your mind,
I can see what you hide in your eyes,
yeas, I'm gonna put a spell on you,
Just to see exactly what you'll do
I'm a wizard
and there's magic in the air
I'm a sinner
and my friend you'd best beware
there's magic everywhere
can you see the formal in the sky?
time like water flows by till we die
every moment wasted leaves its mark
the setting sun leaves us standing in the dark
I'm a wizard
and there's magic in the air
I'm a sinner
and my friend you'd best beware
I'm a wizard
and there's magic in the air
I'm a sinner
and my friend you'd best beware
there's magic everywhere
One must forgive them noisy rushing fools
Who have no time for natures natural schools
They cannot see the life that's in their hands
Like ghosts they disappear across the land
I'm a wizard
And there's magic in the air
I'm a sinner
And my friend you'd best beware
I'm a wizard
And there's magic in the air
I'm a capturer
And my friend you'd best beware
There's magic everywhere
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I'm a s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-sinner
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