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Judie Angell (writer)
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Five orphans in an orphanage don't want the authorities to break up the family they made of each other: Arthur (Andrew McCarthy)...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Andrew McCarthy | ... | Arthur Beniker |
 | Jennifer Dundas | ... | Cassie Beniker |
| Charles Fields | ... | Edmund Beniker |
 | Jeff Alan-Lee | ... | James Beniker |
 | Danny Pintauro | ... | Ben Beniker |
| George Martin | ... | Judge Pink |
| Will Patton | ... | Forest Ranger |
 | J.T. Walsh | ... | Principal Stoddard |
| Mary Hamill | ... | Edith Stamwick |
| William Duell | ... | Postmaster Greaves |
 | Anthony Heald | ... | Mr. Uldrich |
 | Richmond Hoxie | ... | Attorney |
| Peter McRobbie | ... | Mr. Millhauser |
| Paddy Croft | ... | Mrs. O'Malley |
| Joyce Reehling | ... | Miss Nickerson |
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Dear Lola, or How to Start Your Own Family
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87 min
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The "notebook", the cover of which is eaten during class, was fabricated from an edible paste colored with food dye to make it look like the real thing.
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MONSTER MASH
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I thought this was a good film with an emotional storyline based on a 'family' of five orphans. The five realise they have a special bond together, and see themselves as a family. Arthur, the leader of the family is 18 and has an unusual job but it pays the bills. There are two teen boys, one teenage girl and a six year old boy. They all decide to leave their orphanage so they won't be fostered and then separated from each other. On the run, they eventually find their dream house and have the time of their lives finally living as a family at last. However, they encounter problems when their neighbours suspect that they are runaways without parents and Arthur and the rest of them have to fight to stay together. There is a great bond between these orphans which makes it a good film to watch, especially for the family.