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18 Again! is a 1988 American fantasy - comedy film directed by Paul Flaherty and starring George Burns and Charlie Schlatter. The plot involves a college student switching souls with his grandfather by means of an accident. The film is based on the song "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" written by Sonny Throckmorton and recorded by Burns in 1979. Plot.
Directed by Paul Flaherty. With George Burns, Charlie Schlatter, Tony Roberts, Anita Morris. In this feel-good body-switchers comedy, aging worldly-wise businessman Jack Watson swaps bodies with his grandson David in the wake of an automobile accident. George Burns shines in his final leading role.
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- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Paul Flaherty
- 1988-04-08
18 Again! (1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
At Burns’s 81st birthday party, he closes his eyes and makes a wish. He’d like to be 18 again, with all the power and energy he remembers. He opens his eyes and his wish somehow has been granted: He inhabits his grandson’s body, and the grandson (Charlie Schlatter) inhabits his.
Directed by: Paul Flaherty. When 81-year-old Jack and his 18-year-old grandson, David, end up in a bizarre car accident, they switch souls, allowing Jack to be young again.
- Paul Flaherty
- January 1, 1988
- 100 min
Jack Winston, a swinging 81-year-old bachelor with everything but youth, blows out his birthday candles with the wish that he could be 18 again. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
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Jack Watson is an eighty-one-year-old businessman, who is not exactly liked by his son, and who is pushing his meek grandson, David to excel in athletics as he did. At his birthday party, before blowing out the candles he's asked to make a wish and his wish is to be eighteen again.
