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Mood:
- HumorousSentimentalTouching
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Plot:
- Single ParentYoung HeroesComing of AgeHuman SpiritInnocence LostSelf DiscoveryFriendshipParents and Children more...
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- ComedyDrama
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Time/Period:
- 90s
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Place:
- PhiladelphiaSchool
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- Semi SeriousSemi FantasticSlow
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Wide Awake, 1998
English
USA
Profile of Wide Awake
Wide Awake can be described as sentimental, touching, and humorous. The plot revolves around , a single parent, and the human spirit. The main genres are drama and comedy. Wide Awake is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, at a school. It is located in Philadelphia. Wide Awake takes place in the 1990s.
Summary of Wide Awake
In M. Night Shyamalan's first Hollywood feature, WIDE AWAKE, 10-year-old Joshua (Joseph Cross) embarks on a spiritual quest after his beloved grandfather (Robert Loggia) succumbs to bone marrow cancer. The determined child is resolved to find out--from God or other sources--what happens to the spirits of the dead. Joshua's sports-loving teacher, Sister Terry (Rosie O'Donnell), advises him to approach a cardinal who is coming to visit the nearby girls school. While there, he meets a young girl and falls for her. As the school year progresses, Joshua continues his search for answers and finds them in very unexpected places. Though markedly different from Shyamalan's moody (and more well-known) films, THE SIXTH SENSE and UNBREAKABLE, the movie does involve a search for truth and a meditation on death--themes present in all of his projects.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 20 March 1998 |
| Runtime: | 88 min |
Cast and Crew
as Joshua Beal
as Dave O'Hara
as Mrs. Beal
as Sister Terry
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- 20.March.2009
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