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Release Date:
13 September 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
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.
Plot:
A father and daughter decide to attempt to lead a flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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4 nominations
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jeff Daniels | ... | Thomas "Tom" Alden | |
| Anna Paquin | ... | Amy Alden | |
| Dana Delany | ... | Susan Barnes | |
| Terry Kinney | ... | David Alden | |
| Holter Graham | ... | Barry Stickland | |
| Jeremy Ratchford | ... | DNR Officer | |
| Deborah Verginella | ... | Amy's Mother | |
| Michael J. Reynolds | ... | General Hadfield | |
| David Hemblen | ... | Dr. Killian | |
| Ken James | ... | Developer | |
| Nora Ballard | ... | Jackie | |
| Sarena Paton | ... | Laura | |
| Carmen Lishman | ... | Older Girl | |
| Christi Hill | ... | Older Girl | |
| Judith Orban | ... | Teacher |
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Rated PG for an opening accident scene and some mild language.
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107 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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SDDS (8 channels) |
Dolby Digital
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USA:PG (certificate no. 34000) |
Iceland:L |
Australia:PG |
South Korea:All |
Philippines:G |
Argentina:Atp |
Belgium:KT |
Canada:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Germany:o.Al. (bw) |
Netherlands:AL |
Portugal:M/6 |
Singapore:G |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
UK:U
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The song "10,000 Miles" is originally an 18th Century folk ballad. It was recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter specifically for this movie, and was subsequently released on her CD "Party Doll and Other Favorites" (1999)
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Thomas Alden runs outside in his underwear, a defect in the window pane looks like some kind of fake coverup.
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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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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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Soundtrack:
Yakety Axe
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People always seem to quote this movie as perfect family fair. I hate your typical Hollywood-produced family movie with ingratiatingly saccharine kids and perfect parents-with-a-message. Despite its plucked from the headlines (mostly) true story roots and workmanlike, rather than inspired scripting, this movie manages to transcend that due to a number of factors.
Beautiful cinematography of both the geese and southern Ontario. Decent supporting performances. But mostly due to the perfectly cast leads, Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin, as the estranged father and daughter.
Everyone says Daniels is underrated, so I guess that means he isn't. He manages to make the father eccentric without ever falling into caricature.
Paquin creates a believable teen character, never straying from truth in favour of evoking our sympathy by being cute. Her naturalistic style of acting sometimes seems out of place with other more studied actors (e.g. the almost unwatchable Hurlyburly) but here she and Daniels and the minimal dialogue of the script work so well. Its about time someone gave her another decent lead role.
Finally, the opening credits sequence is a masterclass in storytelling economy, giving us the plot background without words, and setting up the whole downbeat tone of the movie with Mary Chapin Carpenter's haunting version of 10,000 Miles.