Once in a Blue Moon
Dreams, schemes, and flying machines...
1995 · 1h 36m Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Overview
Late-1960s suburban Canadian children work on building a rocket vessel, with the intention of delivering one or two neighborhood children to the moon, whilst dealing with social issues of the coming-of-age, orphan-hood and family veins.
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