A Simple Wish

Name: A Simple Wish
Director: Michael Ritchie
Released: 1997
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Ruby Dee, Francis Capra

1997 · 86 MIN · IMDB 5.3 · 6,020 VOTES · DIR. Michael Ritchie

Overview

Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,430 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:55 WOMAN: The Fairy Godmother Final Qualifying Exam will now begin.

00:06:01 Giddyup.

00:08:46 Off to the Gallows.

00:13:03 (TOYS SQUEAKING)

00:15:50 Oh! One per customer.

00:19:16 What the...

00:22:16 No.

00:25:29 Give me back my wand.

00:28:52 Shaboom!

00:32:17 See The Plaza Hotel. Visualize it.

00:35:38 -There isn't? -Mmm-mmm.

00:38:35 Not so fast!

00:41:39 Need a lift to your dad? Hop in.

00:45:00 There's a pushy quality when he's awake that doesn't quite work.

00:48:22 Hortense, it's Murray.

00:51:09 HORTENSE: Stop right there.

00:54:25 (STUTTERING) Shaboom!

00:57:24 -I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse. -No!

01:00:47 Dancing all alone

01:03:56 Listen, Bootsie, I've known many witches in my day

01:07:42 But it's a perfectly good old shoe.

01:10:50 (BOTH SCREAMING)

01:15:18 (DUCHESS NEIGHING)

01:18:31 (GROANS)

Cast & Characters

Martin Short Murray Mara Wilson Anabel Robert Pastorelli Oliver Ruby Dee Hortense Francis Capra Charlie Jonathan Hadary Lord Richard Deborah Odell Jeri Amanda Plummer Boots Alan Campbell Tony Sable Kathleen Turner Claudia

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,430

Dialogue density16.6 lines / min

First line00:00:55

Final line01:18:31

Production Record

DirectorMichael Ritchie

LanguageEnglish

Budget$28,000,000

Revenue$8,345,056

IMDb votes6,020