Second Chances (1998)

A little girl's physical and emotional reawakening after an accident claims her father and her spirit.

Director:

James Fargo

Writers:

Daniel A. Adams, Arthur Martin Jr.

Stars:

Tom Amandes, Isabel Glasser, Kelsey Mulrooney

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Amandes	...	Ben Taylor
Isabel Glasser	...	Kathleen Matthews
Kelsey Mulrooney	...	Sunny Matthews
Terry Moore	...	Dallas Judd
Stuart Whitman	...	Buddy
Madeline Zima	...	Melinda Judd
Charles Shaughnessy	...	Dr. Hugh Olson
Erica Hess	...	Susan (as Erica Nicole Hess)
Theodore Bikel	...	Dutch John Hathaway
Hans Howes	...	Johnny Dobson
Charles Napier	...	Craig Hardy
Allan Miller	...	Dr. Rasmussen
Grant Cramer	...	Dr. Dale Janssen
Lee Benton	...	Therapist Jesse
Jesse L. Upchurch	...	Dr. Upchurch (as Jesse Upchurch)

Storyline

A little girl's physical and emotional reawakening after an accident claims her father and her spirit.

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Plot Keywords:

girl | accident | disability | starting over | child's point of view | 

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Taglines:

A Story Of Understanding, Giving, And Love... Everyone Needs A Second Chance.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 September 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Le ranch de l'amour

Company Credits

Production Co:

Second Chance, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Several not-quite-identical horses are used throughout the movie.

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Quotes

Sunny Matthews: [crying] I'll buy her
Ben Taylor: What?
Sunny Matthews: [still crying] I'll buy Ginger.
Ben Taylor: Well, what's your offer?
Sunny Matthews: [sniffling] 4 dollars?
Ben Taylor: Now Sunny, why would I sell Ginger to you for four dollars when this man is offering me 400 dollars?
Sunny Matthews: Because, I love her.

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Soundtracks

"You Gotta Believe"
Written by Geoff Levin, Steve Horwich & Terry Moore
Performed by Eddie Cunningham
Produced by Geoff Levin

User Reviews

i really wanted to like this movie

I am actually a fan of some of the stars of this movie...I love both the actors from "the nanny" and had seen the main character "Sunny" of this movie in "A Little Princess." I guess if you don't technically get into the horse issues or the riding issues, it is a cute movie it was acted pretty well for a "B" movie. I did have two problems with it though:

Why do they insist on using adult riders? I think it would have been just as happy to see trained kids doing the riding so it at least looked better. I don't need to see world record breaking speed or technique, they are supposed to be little girls riding, so why not let little girls do the riding? Girl barrel racers would have been cute to see.

I know that in cases like these it is impossible not to use more than one horse, but I don't understand why they would use an <obviously> male horse for a great deal of the riding and racing when it is supposed to be a mare? I do have contact with horses, and can tell when they used many many horses for Ginger, but you'd think they could at least use a mare! :)