A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish

Theatrical - Wide 1997-07-11

Directed by Michael Ritchie
Written by Jeff Rothberg
Cast Martin Short Kathleen Turner Mara Wilson Robert Pastorelli Francis Capra

Box Office Gross: $8,345,056

Running Time: 89 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: The Bubble Factory, Universal Pictures

Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy

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Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her “simple wish” – that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray’s magic... See more wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

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