A Simple Wish with Martin Short: DVD Cover

    A Simple Wish Director: Michael Ritchie Cast: Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Amanda Plummer

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    • DVD Release Date: 07/24/2007
    • Original Release: 1997
    • Rating: Rated PG
    • Sales Rank: 28,752

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    Side #1 --
    0. Chapter List
    1. Main Titles: Once Upon A Time... [5:35]
    2. The Audition [7:31]
    3. A Fairy Godmother? [5:06]
    4. The Witch Want The Wands [5:14]
    5. Big Trouble [5:53]
    6. A Simple Wish [3:29]
    7. Have Wand, Will Travel [5:46]
    8. A Deadly Weapon and a Low I.Q. [4:50]
    9. Murray's Mess [12:47]
    10. A Frog in the Throat [5:44]
    11. Make a Wish [5:45]
    12. Like Putty in Her Hands [3:34]
    13. Going to the Dogs [4:47]
    14. The Real Magic [4:07]
    15. Opening Night [4:23]
    16. End Titles [4:47]

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    This comic children's fantasy from director Michael Ritchie stars Mara Wilson as eight-year-old New Yorker Anabel, who wishes that her father Oliver (Robert Pastorelli), a hansom cab driver in Central Park, would see his dream come true. In a thinly veiled jab at the overblown stage productions of Andrew Lloyd Weber, Oliver aspires to be cast in the lead role in a new big-budget musical based on A Tale of Two Cities. Anabel's wish is received by Murray (Martin Short), the very first male fairy godmother, a bumbler who predictably botches the spell fulfilling Anabel's wish, turning Oliver into a statue instead. In order to reverse the mistake, Murray needs help from his union, the North American Fairy Godmothers Association (NAFGA), which is holding a convention in Manhattan. Enter Claudia (Kathleen Turner), a scheming former fairy godmother turned witch, who steals the attendees' magic wands, intending to use their magic in a bid for power. A Simple Wish (1997) was one of four films representing the initial slate of The Bubble Factory, a movie production house assembled by the theater world's Sheinberg family. Their other films were The Pest (1997), McHale's Navy (1997), and For Richer or Poorer (1997). Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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