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Fly Away Home
To achieve the incredible, you have to attempt the impossible.
To achieve the incredible, you have to attempt the impossible.
Adventure, Drama, Family - 1996
Fly Away Home
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Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.
Director:
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Carroll Ballard
Cast:
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Jeff Daniels
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Anna Paquin
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Terry Kinney
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Jeremy Ratchford
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Dana Delany
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Michael J. Reynolds
,
Holter Graham
,
Deborah Verginella

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Details

Runtime:
107 min
Release date:
13 Sep 1996
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$22,000,000
Revenue:
$25,143,818
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 7 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

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The dynamic between Daniels' vigorous, if self-involved, artist father and Paquin's initially sullen, eventually self-discovering teenager is warmly and believably conveyed, with both thesps doing strongly individualistic work.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
27 Nov 2008
fresh:
It's a movie about dreamers that, for once, doesn't make you feel like a sap for buying into their dreams.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
From bumbling infants to majestic adults, a flock hasn't been this charismatic onscreen since Hitchcock went bird-watching.
– Susan Wloszczyna,
USA Today,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The tender beauty of Carroll Ballard's ''Fly Away Home'' goes well beyond what might be expected from a movie about things that hatch.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Anna Paquin proves again what an expressive, soulful actress she is, and Daniels' madcap dad is a winning study in hippy ingenuity and indefatigability.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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