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Director:
Paul Schneider
Writers:
Jim Cruickshank (story) &
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Release Date:
6 March 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
Danny is hopelessly in love with his teacher Peggy Noble. Of course she doesn't even notice him while... more | add synopsis
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Pretty good fantasy, from mindswap genre. more (2 total)

Cast

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Steven Eckholdt ... Forndexter (adult Danny) (as Steve Eckholdt)

Daphne Ashbrook ... Peggy Noble
Adam Carl ... Lloyd Duffy

Gabriel Olds ... Danny O'Neil (as Gabey Olds)
Irene Tedrow

Patrick Duffy
Harry Morgan
Loretta Swit

Alan Thicke ... The real Forndexter

Dick Van Patten
Rick Rossovich ... Roy 'Jackjaw' Kelton
Kit McDonough ... Danny's Mom

Richard McGonagle ... Danny's Dad
John Ingle ... Mr. Thomby

Sal Viscuso ... Mr. Lloyd
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Also Known As:
Fast Forward (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:G | Iceland:L
Company:
Walt Disney Television more

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12 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Pretty good fantasy, from mindswap genre., 6 March 2001
Author: Psyche-8 from Milton Keynes, UK

If you ask me, this film fits firmly into the "Vice Versa", "Like Father, Like Son", child-magically-becoming-adult movies. It is perhaps most similar in style to "Big", when a young boy makes a wish on a fairground arcade game to "be big", and then when he wakes up the next morning, he's Tom Hanks!

I saw this movie as a child and really enjoyed it. Anyone who has had an unrequited crush on someone completely unreachable, ie teacher, much older adult, will find this movie particularly moving. As will many high school students, who would love to have been given the prospect of running their school for a week - changing uniforms, abolishing homework, introducing half days etc. Danny is hopelessly in love with one of his teachers, but knows he could never have her, not just because of the age gap and the fact that he is her pupil, but because she is dating the high school coach. Magically, he becomes an adult (but still with the brain of a 14 year old) and sets about wooing her. It is a non-demanding, sweet, enjoyable little fantasy which I have never forgotten, even though I have only seen it a couple of times.

Just don't set about trying to analyse the plot and just sit back and suspend your disbelief for a while.

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