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Summaries. A bumbling fairy godfather tries to grant a girl's wish that her cabby father lands a Broadway role. Male fairy godmother Murray ties to help 8-year-old Anabel fulfill her "simple wish" that her cabby father, Oliver, wins the leading role in a Broadway musical.
When Murray (Martin Short), the first-ever male fairy godmother, is sent to help Annabel, he bungles the wish badly and turns her dad into a statue in Central Park.
Jun 8, 2023 · A bumbling fairy godfather tries to grant a girl's wish that her cabby father lands a Broadway role. Director: Michael Ritchie Writer: Jeff Rothberg Stars: Robert Pastorelli, Ruby Dee, Francis ...
Brief Synopsis. Anabel Greening is the daughter of a Broadway actor who is threatening to move the family to Nebraska if he does not receive a part in a new musical. When a "fairy godmother" - actually an absent-minded man - attempts to grant Anabel her wish to stay in New York, he accidentally leaves his wand beh.
Jul 11, 1997 · A Simple Wish. Roger Ebert July 11, 1997. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. “A Simple Wish” has assembled all the trinkets and effects necessary for its story, without bothering to tell one. Here are the ingredients for a funny family movie about an incompetent fairy godperson ( Martin Short ), but there's nothing much to ...
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 a bumbling male fairy godmother named Murray (Short), who tries to prove himself capable by helping a young girl named Annabel (Wilson) fulfill her wish that her father, an ...
Jul 11, 1997 · 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.
