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Fly Away Home (1996) 6.7
A father and daughter decide to attempt to lead a flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air. Director:Carroll Ballard |
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Thomas "Tom" Alden
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David Alden
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Barry Stickland
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Glen Seifert
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Deborah Verginella | ... |
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Dr. Killian
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Ken James | ... |
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Jackie
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Laura
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Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed in an auto wreck in New Zealand. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life...that is until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when developers began tearing up a local forest. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". The young birds must fly south for the winter, but who will lead them there? With a pair of ultralight airplanes, Amy, her dad and their friends must find a way to do it... Written by Martin Lewison <lewison+@pitt.edu>
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A family of orphaned geese who lost their way. A 14 year old kid who will lead them home. To achieve the incredible, you have to attempt the impossible.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for an opening accident scene and some mild language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 September 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Father Goose See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
JPY 44,470,850 (Japan) (13 December 1996)Gross:
£3,121,394 (UK) (28 February 1997)Company Credits
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Thomas Alden: Amy? It's your dad.
Amy Alden: Dad?
Thomas Alden: I came down from Canada. I've come to take you home.
Amy Alden: Where's Mom?
Thomas Alden: Um...
Amy Alden: Mum died, didn't she?
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Produced by Mark Isham, John Jennings, and Mary Chapin Carpenter
Performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Courtesy of Columbia Records
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Nine years after they played father and daughter in Fly Away Home, Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin filmed a sex scene together for The Squid and the Whale. Daniels said in interview at the time that the way they coped with filming the sex scene was by trying "not to think about...you know, geese." See more »Goofs
Near the end of the movie, when Amy is about to land, the shadows of both Amy's plane and the crew's helicopter are visible. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Thomas Alden: Amy? It's your dad.
Amy Alden: Dad?
Thomas Alden: I came down from Canada. I've come to take you home.
Amy Alden: Where's Mom?
Thomas Alden: Um...
Amy Alden: Mum died, didn't she?
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Crazy Credits
Amy's birds return the following year to Amy's surprise as she wakes up one morning. See more »Soundtracks
"10,000 Miles"Produced by Mark Isham, John Jennings, and Mary Chapin Carpenter
Performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Courtesy of Columbia Records
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Following Toy Story comes Fly Away Home, another string to the increasingly large bow of children's films that adults can also enjoy. The story follows Amy, a 13-year-old New Zealand girl who is forced to live with her estranged father in Canada following a car crash that kills her mother. Amy becomes increasingly withdrawn and upset until she finds a collection of similarly orphaned goslings that she takes care of, nurturing them until they are ready to migrate to the southern United States.
The film could easily have fallen into the sappy ‘family film' category. However, it never lets itself, choosing to concentrate more on characters than moments. Amy's character, played with breathtaking maturity by Anna Paquin, is better developed and more complex than characters in most films aimed at adults. The supporting cast also flesh out their strong characters to make the whole film much more believable.
The cinematography is beautiful, the dusky-autumnal scenes are captured in an explosion of reds and yellows and oranges that seem to wash over you time and time again, and the final flight sequence is a wonderful closing to an incredibly refreshing film.