Fly Away Home
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Actor: Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Holter Graham, Jeff Daniels, Terry KinneyDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-04-30
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Fly Away Home
Movie Review: Stunning film, perfect for the entire family!
Summary: 5 Stars
The first time I saw this film in school, I was amazed by its simple beauty, unfortunately, that time I saw it I hadn't had the chance to see it throughly, I basically missed both the opening and the ending. I was lucky enough once to catch it on TV, however I still didn't get to watch the opening that time. I once ran into it at my local video store, for just about five dollars so I decided to buy it.
I was very pleased with this film, I finally got the chance to watch it throughly and I am very glad I did, I'm also glad I own it so I can watch it any time. I've seen the film many times since I bought it, each time I watch it, I like it more and more. The story is about a 13-year-old girl who's just lost her mother, now living with her father she struggles to adjust to a new life in Canada. However, that changes the day she finds a group of orphaned goose eggs and becomes their loving mother.
Later, the geese are born, everything is fine. However, the geese need to fly south for the winter and that is not going to be an easy task for them as they have no real goose mother to lead them the way. Some neighboors try to help by taking the ability to fly away from the geese, but Amy (Our little Mother Goose) does not approve of that. Her father has a much better idea, build a sort of flying machine for him and for Amy, which they will use to fly the geese south, a plan they whole-heartedly hope will work.
The movie is beautifully filmed, the settings and backgrounds are breathtaking, very pretty. The film is caressed by lovely melodies, some upbeat and happy, some sad and slow. A gorgeous song, "Ten Thousand Miles" opens the film in a kind of slow, heartly way. The actors and actrices do a wonderful job of portraying their characters, all of them are very believable. There are several elements of humor and fun scattered through the film, not so to make the film a comedy in any way, but to add a bit of comic relief.
I would recommend this film to anyone who would enjoy a nice family film, it's really worth getting, I can almost guarrantee you'll want to watch it again and again.
Summary of Fly Away Home
There are some filmmaking teams that invariably bring out the best in each other, and that's definitely the case with director Carroll Ballard and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel. They previously collaborated on The Black Stallion and Never Cry Wolf, and Fly Away Home is their third family film that deserves to be called a classic. Inspired by Bill Lishman's autobiography, the movie tells the story of a 13-year-old girl (Anna Paquin) who goes to live with her estranged, eccentric father (Jeff Daniels) following the death of her mother. At first she's withdrawn and reclusive, but finds renewed happiness when she adopts an orphaned flock of baby geese and, later, teaches them to migrate using an ultralight. Sensitively directed and stunningly photographed, the movie has flying sequences that are nothing short of astonishing, and Daniels and Paquin (Oscar winner for The Piano) make a delightful father-daughter duo. (Ironically, the digital video disc is not available in widescreen format, but the image quality is brilliant.) --Jeff ShannonSimilar DVD Movies
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