A Simple Wish
A Simple Wish is a 1997 American children's-fantasy-comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, and starring Martin Short, Mara Wilson, and Kathleen Turner. The film is about Murray (Short), a bumbling male fairy godmother who tries to prove himself capable by helping a young girl named Annabel (Wilson) fulfill her wish that her father, an aspiring actor, wins the leading role in a Broadway musical.
Plot
Carriage driver Oliver Greening aspires to perform on Broadway and, despite an outstanding audition for a new musical based on A Tale of Two Cities, he loses out to the seasoned Tony Sable, who is considered more bankable than the unknown Oliver.
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| author | Jeff Rothberg |
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| director | Michael Ritchie |
| editor | William S. Scharf |
| genre | comedy fantasy |
| keywords | a tale of two cities beg cast central park evil witch fairy godmother magic mirror meet nebraska north america rabbi shock sing statue than the understudy wand witch witchcraft young daughter |
| musicBy | Bruce Broughton |
| producer | Sidney Sheinberg |
| productionCompany | The Bubble Factory |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | children's children's comedy coming-of-age fantasy-comedy wish fulfillment |