Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back.
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| Mathew Mackay | ... | Michael | |
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Siluck Saysanasy | ... | Conrad (Connie) (as Siluk Saysanasy) |
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Alison Darcy | ... | Suzie (as Alison Podbrey) |
| Michael Hogan | ... | Billy | |
| Michel Maillot | ... | Sergio (The Signor) | |
| Helen Hughes | ... | Mary | |
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Griffith Brewer | ... | Tom |
| Harry Hill | ... | Dr. Epstein | |
| Edgar Fruitier | ... | Arthur (The Rabbit) | |
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Pat Thompson | ... | Miss Prume |
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Terrence Labrosse | ... | Mr. Gingras |
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Doug Smith | ... | Owner / Art Supply |
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Nick Manekas | ... | Nickie |
| Patrick St-Pierre | ... | Little William (as Patrick Saint-Pierre) | |
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Jeremy Spry | ... | Jeremy |
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Peanut butter is the secret ingredient for magic potions made by two friendly ghosts. Eleven-year-old Michael loses all of his hair when he gets a fright and uses the potion to get his hair back, but too much peanut butter causes things to get a bit hairy. Written by Josh Brown (and the BBV crew)
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Country:
CanadaRelease Date:
2 October 1987 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
Contes pour tous #2 See more »Edit
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Budget:
CAD2,270,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Les Productions La Fête Inc., Téléfilm Canada, Société Générale du Cinéma du Québec See more »
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Performed by Céline Dion
Lyrics by Eddy Marnay
Music by Lewis Furey
Arranged by Jimmy Tanaka
Published by Les Éditions La Fête
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Producer Rock Demers has said when he and director Michael Rubbo began the film, their goal was to create a "gentle, frightening film." He felt the theme was "If something frightens you, find out why. In most cases you'll discover it wasn't so frightening after all." See more »Soundtracks
Magic ManPerformed by Céline Dion
Lyrics by Eddy Marnay
Music by Lewis Furey
Arranged by Jimmy Tanaka
Published by Les Éditions La Fête
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I just was cleaning out our basement and came across our old betamax movie collection.
Aahh memories....
Anyways one of the movies was Peanut Butter Solution...it immediately brought back forgotten memories, but sadly, since we no longer own a beta machine, I cant watch it.
Now, I haven't seen this movie since I was a (young) kid, but one thing I do remember about this movie was that it FREAKED ME THE HELL OUT! (Along with another movie we has on Beta, ET, but thats another story)
I'm reading here its a comedy? I don't remember the complete story, except for the fact that the peanut butter stuff grew hair (sounds funny) but I don't remember laughing at all, I remember my sister loving this movie but I hated it cause it scared the hell out of me, and creeped me out big time, I really am looking forward to finding this somewhere and watching it now that I'm older....And although ET still freaks me out to the point of not being able to watch it, maybe this will be different.