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Genres:
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Family /
Adventure /
Fantasy /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Frank Oz
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Actors:
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Lindsay Crouse,
Nestor Serrano,
Vincent Kartheiser,
Hal Scardino,
Litefoot,
Rishi Bhat,
Ryan Olson,
Leon Tejwani,
Lucas Tejwani,
Christopher Conte,
Cassandra Brown,
Richard Jenkins,
Steve Coogan,
David Keith,
Sakina Jaffrey
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Duration:
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96 min.
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Rating:
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(5.7/10)111
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Plot Summary:
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On his ninth birthday a boy receives assorted presents. Two of them first seem to be less important: an lasting cupboard from his brother and a little Indian figure made of plastic from his overcome friend. But these two presents equip manifest to be much more magic than the rest...
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Indian in the Cupboard, The
A review from someone nearer the age of this film's nine-year-old hero Omri (Scardino) would be necessary to judge the true success of this adaptation of a successful children's book. Adults will like its clever effects and the moral tone as original opponents - Little Bear, the Indian brave (Litefoot) and the Texas cowboy (Keith) - grow to like each other. They will take issue with the over-emphatic music and find it over-long at times. But the real audience has to warm to the two youngsters, especially Omri, who turns his modest present of a cupboard into a plaything of magical emotion. The reasonable commercial success suggests that the creators scored on most counts.
Indian in the Cupboard, The
A delightful adaptation of Lynne Reid Banks' children's ageless: Omri (Scardino), whose parents (Crouse and Jenkins)...
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