Charlene Michaelson, her two children – teen-aged Amelia ‘Milly’ Michaelson and precocious adolescent Louis Michaelson – and their dog Max move into a new house in a new neighborhood after the passing of Charlene’s husband/the kids’ father, Donald Michaelson. Beyond life without Donald, they are all nervous about starting a new life, which, for Charlene, means getting back into the workforce after thirteen years. Milly quickly settles into the neighborhood if only because she becomes fascinated with their next door neighbor, teen-aged Eric Gibb, who authorities believe is autistic. Orphaned Eric has never spoken a word, and without having been told about the incident, began to think he could fly at the exact moment his parents died in a plane crash. Many believe Eric’s belief is because he felt he could thus save his parents. Eric’s guardian is his dipsomaniac Uncle Hugo Gibb. Milly’s high school teacher, Mrs. Carolyn Sherman, who used to be a special needs teacher, looks after Eric …
Release Date: 15 August 1986Runtime: 114 min
Stars:
- Aura Pithart
- Bonnie Bedelia
- Cameron Bancroft
- Chris Arnold
- Colleen Dewhurst
- Fred Gwynne
- Fred Savage
- Janet MacLachlan
- Jason Priestley
- Jay Underwood
- Jennifer Michas
- Lucy Deakins
- Michelle Bardeaux
- Mindy Cohn
- Sean Kelso
Director: Nick Castle