Andrew Steel
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Wish Man. Wish Man is a 2019 American biographical drama film written and directed by Theo Davies and starring Andrew Steel, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Tom Sizemore, Frank Whaley, Bruce Davison, Robert Pine, Fay Masterson, Dale Dickey and Danny Trejo. [1] El Ride productions helped bring the film to fruition with late funding which made the final ...
- Theo Davies
- Greg S. Reid, Marc Gold, Theo Davies
- Tony Morales
Frank Shankwitz, an Arizona motorcycle cop with a troubled past, survives a near-fatal accident during a high-speed pursuit. As part of Frank's rehabilitation, police chief Sgt. Eddie Newman asks him to spend time with a terminally ill little boy, Michael, whose dying wish is to be a Highway Patrol motorcycle officer. To Michael, Frank is his ...
Jun 7, 2019 · Wish Man: Directed by Theo Davies. With Andrew Steel, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo. One boy's wish changed a man. One man's wish changed the world.
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- Biography, Drama, Family
- Theo Davies
- 2019-06-07
Jul 26, 2019 · July 25, 2019 5:02 PM PT. “Wish Man,” writer-director Theo Davies’ biopic of Make-a-Wish Foundation co-creator Frank Shankwitz, is affecting, absorbing and inspiring enough to make you wish ...
Jul 23, 2019 · The story of Frank Shankwitz, a former Arizona motorcycle cop who created the Make-A-Wish Foundation, would seem a promising subject for an uplifting movie.
Our review: Parents say: ( 3 ): Kids say: Not yet rated Rate movie. This is a well-meaning and sentimental biopic that genuinely pulls at the heartstrings, eventually. But Wish Man is too long, often getting bogged down by extensive flashbacks and side stories that slow things down instead of enhancing the story.
