Fly Away Home (Special Edition)

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Starring: Jeff Daniels
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Type: DVD
Directed By: Carroll Ballard
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 2001-08-07
Running Time: 107 minutes
A family of orphaned geese who lost their way. A 14 year old kid who will lead them home. To achieve the incredible you have to attempt the impossible. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2004 Starring: Jeff Daniels Dana Delany Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Carroll Ballard

A great family movie: two wings up!
Thirteen-year-old Amy (Anna Paquin) is reunited with her father Tom (Jeff Daniels) in Canada after her mother's death. One day she discovers a nest of abandoned gooose eggs and starts to raise the birds when they hatch. The hatchlings need to migrate south for the winter, but have no adult birds to guide them. Luckily Tom is mechanically skilled and loves to tinker with things like gliders. Father and daughter train the birds to follow them in ultralights, and lead their winter migration, breaking more aviation rules and regulations than I could count.

This is a great family movie (except for a bit of language) for those who like nature, animals, or girl power. It's one of the few films with a direct reference to the Bernoulli principle. The flying scenes really make you feel like you're along for the ride. Two wings up.

Gorgeous, simple family film has so many perfect elements it's hard to accept it's a true story
Just like it's hard to remember that "Rudy" is based on a true story - what with the climactic scene being the sight of the ultimate long-shot being carried off the Notre Dame football field to resounding cheers, it's almost impossible to believe that "Fly Away Home" is based on a true story.

But it is.

The always-reliable Jeff Daniels plays Tom Alden, a Canadian inventor/tinkerer. His ex-wife is killed in car crash, but his precocious daughter Amy (Anna Paquin, also excellent) survives. Tom takes her in, and soon Amy becomes attached to a gaggle of orphaned Canadian Geese. They adopt her as her mother, and soon she can't walk anywhere without an adorable caravan of stumbling, bumbling goslings. Penguins may be the most adored birds, but these geese give them a run for their money.

Steadfastly refusing to clip their wings, the Aldens confront the fact that these are migratory birds. What to do, when Amy can't teach them to fly? The answer is simple - build two ultralights and guide them to a bucolic-yet-threatened bird sanctuary in North Carolina.

This is quite simply a wonderful family film where the heroes are straightforward, good-hearted people and the villains, if there are any, aren't all that bad either. Adapted from Bill Lishman's autobiography, the movie strikes true note after true note.

This shouldn't be a surprise - the director is Carroll Ballard, who directed the delightful "Black Stallion" and "Never Cry Wolf." Chief cameraman Caleb Deschanel creates a magical visual storyboard, replete with the most wonderful shots of flying birds this side of "Winged Migration."

Put "Fly Away Home" in the pantheon of Great Family Films - it will always have a home there.

Fly Away Home
Not only "Family Friendly" but a great classic to have in your collection.
Adults and children can enjoy this movie! A full five stars, indeed.


ASIN:B00005LK94 Fly Away Home (Special Edition)]]

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