The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

5.8	Rating (66 ratings)
6.5	IMDB rating

Add to favorites

Edit page

Buy at Amazon

Directed by

Nick Castle

Starring (View all)

Lucy Deakins
Milly

Jay Underwood
Eric

Bonnie Bedelia
Charlene

Fred Savage
Louis

Colleen Dewhurst
Mrs. Sherman

Fred Gwynne
Uncle Hugo

Mindy Cohn
Geneva

Janet MacLachlan
Mrs. D'Gregario

Written by

Nick Castle
(written by)

Lists

175 votes

Films Featuring Mental Illness (192 items)
list by C!pH3r

Published 13 years, 7 months ago

34 comments

63 votes

It's all about the L-O-V-E (52 items)
list by Chani

Published 14 years, 4 months ago

12 comments

59 votes

Autistic characters. (29 items)
list by Lex

Published 12 years, 4 months ago

16 comments

46 votes

An autistic view on movies involving autism (24 items)
list by Nick

Published 12 years, 10 months ago

13 comments

29 votes

Back to School (113 items)
list by Elfflame

Published 15 years, 8 months ago

6 comments

View all The Boy Who Could Fly lists (37 more)

The Boy Who Could Fly Videos

The Boy Who Could Fly - Trailer (HD/SD) (1986)

9 Views

Added 3 months ago

View all The Boy Who Could Fly videos

Cover art, photos and screenshots

View all The Boy Who Could Fly pictures (7 more)

Description: The Boy Who Could Fly begins when Milly and Lewis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him. The film is about a teenager who cares deeply about another person and, in the process, experiences the renewal of her mind and spirit. The sweet, uplifting and thoroughly spellbinding finale of the film reminds us of the unsuspected resources residi ... (more)

Release date: 15 August 1986
UPC: 085392752423

Tags: Fantasy (6), Drama (6), 1980s (6), Family (4), 1986 (3), 1980's (2), Journeying (2), Relationships (2), Disney (2), Bullying (2), Illness (2), Innocence (2), Dog Hit By Car (1), Water Gun (1), 20th Century Fox (1), Non-verbal (1), Dreaming (1), Sort (1), Corny (1), Awful Dialogue (1)

My tags:

Add tags

Update feed

Leo posted a video 3 months, 1 week ago

The Boy Who Could Fly - Trailer (HD/SD) (1986)

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 3 months, 1 week ago

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1473 movies items)

" Jay Underwood plays an autistic boy who provides a source of fascination to a new family in town. Never uttering a sound, Underwood spends hours in his backyard, attempting to fly like the birds. Lucy Deakins, the daughter of the new family, befriends Underwood; she is encouraged by teacher Colleen Dewhurst to try to draw the boy out of his shell, and to keep a journal on the subject. Rendered unconscious in a fall, Deakins dreams that Underwood can fly. The boy is suddenly whisked away to"

Watchman posted 3 images 9 months ago

Agent Kermit D. Fonz posted a image 11 months ago

cteddiesgirl added this to a list 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Movies/Titles I Have (7076 movies items)

ScPetit added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago

Ranking the Films of 1986 (105 movies items)

Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 2 years, 10 months ago

Favorite Drama Films: 1986-1987 (90 movies items)

" Directed by: Nick Castle Produced by: Gary Adelson, Brian E. Frankish, and Richard Vane Written by: Nick Castle Cinematography: Adam Holender and Steven Poster Edited by: Patrick Kennedy Music by: Bruce Broughton Distributed by: 20th Century Fox"

Leo added this to a list 3 years, 10 months ago

Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes (1980s) (439 movies items)