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 Gleening (Wilson) fulfill her wish that her father, aspiring actor Oliver (Robert Pastorelli), 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 broadway broadway theatre 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 |