A Simple Wish (1997)

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PG | 1 hr 35 mins | Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Released: 7/11/1997 |Box Office Total: $8.1M

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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 behind, creating a battle between the "ex-communicated evil fairies lead by Claudia who wish to steal all the magic wands and the good fairies who want to make sure the world remains a place where a simple wish can come true.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
7/11/1997

Director	Credit
Michael Ritchie	Director
Michael Russo	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Martin Short	Murray
Kathleen Turner	Claudia
Mara Wilson	Anabel
Robert Pastorelli	Oliver
Amanda Plummer	Boots
Francis Capra	Charles
Ruby Dee	Hortense
Teri Garr	Rena
Alan Campbell	Tony Sable
Jonathan Hadary	Lord Richard
Deborah Odell	Jeri
Lanny Flaherty	Duane
Clare Coulter	Ms Bramble
Neil Foster	Manny
Jaime Tirelli	Joe
Jack McGee	Officer O'York
Lillian Ritchie	Schoolgirl
Miriam Ritchie	Schoolgirl
H D Trayer	German Tourist
Sabine Thomson	German Tourist
Peter Linari	German Tourist
Maja Niles	German Tourist
David Crean	Tony's Agent
Kwok Wing-leung	Grocer
Bunty Webb	Fairy Godmothers
Valerie Boyle	Fairy Godmothers
Barbara Stewart	Fairy Godmothers
Kathryn Kirkpatrick	Fairy Godmothers
Adam David	Sable's Chauffeur
Rick Fox	Pianist
Derek Carkner	Shaw's Assistant
Henry Gomez	Investor
Frank Cee	Vendor
John Douglas Williams	Paperboy
Production Credits	Credit
Michael S Glick	Co-Producer
Sid Sheinberg	Producer
Amy Jupiter	Executive Producer - executive producer television & film
Bill Sheinberg	Producer
Brad Lewis	Executive Producer
Jeff Rothberg	Co-Producer
Jon Sheinberg	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Bubble Factory, The	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Jeff Rothberg	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Judy Pursley	Production Auditor - assistant auditor
Camille Mansfield	Accountant - accounting clerk
Rebecca Gray	Assistant Accountant
John Gaskin	Production Accountant
Loretta Van Hart	Accountant - payroll accountant
Gail Barringer	Accountant - payroll accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Richard Parker	Animal Wrangler
Rudy Ugland	Animal Wrangler
Art Department	Credit
Dorene Haver	Graphics Coordinator - computer graphics coordinator
Jacob Hendrickson	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Stephen Hendrickson	Production Designer
Tim Murton	Scenic Artist - key scenic artist
James Oswald	Assistant Art Director
John Rose ('Butch')	Lead Person - leadman
Doug Stewart	Painter
Jacques-Alexander Veilleux	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Todd Tucker	Art Department - key artist
Peter Grundy	Art Director
Jaro Dick	Set Decorator
Margie Arnott	Art Department Coordinator
Beth Kushnick	Set Decorator
Rick Butler	Art Director
Roberto Ramacciotti	Scenic Artist
Steve Prouty	Art Department - key artist
Samantha Melvin	Art Department Coordinator
Barry Isenor	Assistant Art Director
Paul Gaily	Set Dresser
Christopher DeTitta	Lead Person - leadman
Joseph Garzero	Scenic Artist - chargeman scenic artist
John Oates Jr	Set Dresser
John J Flugel	Set Dresser
Mitch Towse	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Eyde Belasco	Casting Associate
Donna Dupere-Taylor	Extras Casting
Richard Pagano	Casting
Sylvia Fay	Extras Casting - atmosphere casting
Ross Clydesdale	Casting - Toronto casting
Film Camera	Credit
Paul Varrieur	Photography - 2nd unit photography (2nd Unit)
Chris Alexander	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 1st assistant
Ralf D Bode	Director of Photography
Phil Hetos	Color Timer
Andrew Casey	Steadicam Operator
Andy Chmura	Camera Operator
Tim Nordquist	Video - video editor
Jackie Pelle	Camera Trainee
Christopher Raucamp	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Chirayouth Saysana ('Jim')	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Martin Protat	Camera Trainee
Jim Passon	Color Timer
George Kraychyk	Photography - still photographer
John Dorst	Video - video editor
Joseph E Gallagher	Steadicam Operator
Ken Withers	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Jeremy Tabarrok	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 2nd assistant
Todd R Smith	Photography - model photography supervisor
Tom Weston	Camera Operator
Lindsay Jamieson Gallagher	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 2nd assistant
David Perkins	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Carolyn Cox	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jamie Silverstein	Camera Operator
Myles Aronowitz	Photography - still photographer
Don Miernecki	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Angelo Digiacomo	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
James Bartolomeo	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Douglas C Hart	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Lorenzo Spirit Buffalo	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Music	Credit
David Slonaker	Orchestrations
Lucy Simon	Song - songs
Ken Watson	Music Contractor - orchestra contractor
Bruce Broughton	Music
Bruce Broughton	Music Arranger - orchestration
Peter Samuels	Song Performer
Richard A Harrison	Music Editor
Buddy Rich	Song Performer
Nick Meyers	Music Editor
Julian Bratolyubov	Music - music preparation
Michael Ritchie	Song - songs
The Chords	Song Performer
Patricia O'Keefe	Music - orchestration assistant
Sammy Heyward	Song
Massie Patterson	Song
Buddy Rich	Song
Claude Feaster	Song
Carl Feaster	Song
Floyd McRae (Buddy)	Song
James W Edwards	Song
James Keyes	Song
Stephen Sondheim	Song
Jule Styne	Song
Aram Khachaturian	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Allison Reid	Stunt Coordinator
Bryan Renfro	Stunts
Danny Aiello III	Stunt Coordinator
Matt Birman	Stunts
Suzanne Smith	Stunts
C J Fidler	Stunts
Dan Belley	Stunts
Dwayne McLean	Stunts
Paul Rutledge	Stunts
Mary-Anne Boyles	Stunts
Robert Hannah	Stunts
Bobby Makin	Stunts
Cotton Mather	Stunts
Patrick Mark	Stunts
Lloyd Adams	Stunts
Bill Davidson	Stunts
Richard Parker	Stunts
Sue Parker	Stunts
Errol G Farquharson	Stunts
David Rigby	Stunts
Bill Anagnos	Stunts
John Centiempo	Stunts
Pete Corby	Stunts
A R Duppin	Stunts
Stracy Diaz	Stunts
Peter Epstein	Stunts
Elizabeth Fulcher	Stunts
Tim Gallin	Stunts
Nicholas J Giangiulio	Stunts
Jery Hewitt	Stunts
Joyce Korbin	Stunts
Jennifer Lamb	Stunts
B W Miller	Stunts
Eddie Mulder	Stunts
Connie Picard	Stunts
Keith Siglinger	Stunts
Rudy Ugland	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Michael S Glick	Unit Production Manager
Melissa Warry-Smith	Location Manager
Susanna David	Script Supervisor
Jason Heapy	Line Producer
Laney Gradus	Production Manager
ALex Fulton	Assistant Location Manager
Tim Pedegana	Post-Production Supervisor
Trisha Papas	Assistant Production Coordinator
Isabelle Kostic-Crosley	Location Assistant
Alexandra MacKenzie	Production Coordinator
Thomas J Mack	Assistant Director
Keri Lynn Lederman	Assistant Production Coordinator
Megan Monaghan	Location Manager
Lori T Doherty	Script Supervisor
Brian Campbell	Unit Production Manager - unit production manager/Toronto
Irka Seng	Production Coordinator
Paul Bernard	Assistant Director
Andrei Anson	Location Assistant
Tom Benz	Unit Production Manager
Patrick Tidy	Assistant Director - assistant director/Toronto
Jennifer Teves	Production Coordinator
Alex Cohn	Location Manager
Patricia Doherty Hess	Unit Production Manager
Jill Girling	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Cathy Yost	Production Coordinator
Monica Levinson	Production Coordinator
Stephen Morrison	Assistant Director
Rose Tedesco	Assistant Director
Gregory G Hale	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Karen Pidgurski	Unit Publicist
Publishing	Credit
Putnam Books	Publisher publisher
Sound	Credit
Carolyn Tapp	Foley Recordist
Harry Snodgrass	Sound Designer
Reynald Trudel	Boom Operator
Samuel Webb	Assistant Sound Editor
Richard LeGrand Jr	Sound Editor
Douglas Ganton	Sound Mixer - production sound mixer
Marilyn Graf	Foley Editor
Rick Canelli	ADR - ADR recordist
Thomas J O'Connell	ADR Mixer
John Roesch	Foley Artist
Steve Maslow	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Robert McNabb	ADR Editor
Mary Jo Lang	Foley Mixer - foley re-recording mixer
Gregg Landaker	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Alan Nineberg	ADR Editor
Michael Ferdie	Assistant Sound Editor
John Fundus	Boom Operator
Hilda Hodges	Foley Artist
Kim Ornitz	Sound Mixer
David Farmer	Sound Editor
William Hooper	Sound Editor
Lisa J Levine	ADR Editor
David Grimaldi	Sound Editor
Tim Gedemer	Sound Editor
David Van Slyke	Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Tim Healey	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Morgan Trotter	Graphics - computer graphics modeler
J C Brotherhood	Special Effects
Craig Barron	Visual Effects Supervisor
Caroleen Green	Miniatures - miniature set artist
Daniel Gibson	Special Effects Assistant
Michael DeFeo	Chief Modelmaker - modeler
Hillary Covey	2-D Artist - 2-D paint artist
Danielle Cambridge	Effects Assistant - technical assistant
Hilmar Koch	Effects Supervisor - digital effects supervisor
Tim Lidstone	Special Effects Foreman
Martin Malivoire	Special Effects Coordinator
Nina Rappaport	Animator - computer animation producer
Lutz Muller	Animator - technical animator
Richard Chuang	Visual Effects Supervisor
Ben Barron	Graphics - computer graphics modeler
Tom Bisogno	Chief Modelmaker - modeler
John Siczewicz	Visual Effects - digital artist
Jeremy Squires	2-D Artist - 2-D paint artist
Nina Bafaro	Animator
Konrad Dunton	Graphics - computer graphics modeler
Ted Fay	2-D Artist - 2-D paint artist
John Lesko	Visual Effects - cineon artist
Alexander Levenson	Chief Modelmaker - modeler
David Mei	Chief Modelmaker - modeler
Joshua D Rose	Graphics - computer graphics producer
Doug Dooley	Animator
Steve Blevins	Visual Effects - digital artist
Michael Turoff	Visual Effects - digital artist
Ed Gavin	Animator
Dan Whiting	Animator
Sam Edwards	Visual Effects - digital artist
John Warner	Visual Effects - digital artist
Jeffrey K Joe	Animator
Linda J Caldwell	Visual Effects - digital artist
Aimee Whiting	Animator
Krystyna Demkowicz	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Dean Lennert	Animator
David Esneault	Animator - technical animator
Christopher Evans	Visual Effects - digital matte artist
Brett Northcutt	Visual Effects - digital matte artist
David Walvoord	Animator - technical animator
Cameron Noble	Visual Effects - digital artist
Rob Cavaleri	Animator - technical animator
Rhett Collier	Animator - technical animator
Rick Anderson	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Tony Sommers	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Kristi Hansen	Animator - technical animator
Sam Richards	Animator - technical animator
Kelly Lepkowsky	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Joe Martinez	Visual Effects - modelmaker
Clifford Bohm	Animator - technical animator
Keith Vanderlaan	Visual Effects - effects producer
Rachel Cohen	Animator - technical animator
Sean Curran	Animator
Larry Bafia	Animator
Don Venhaus	Animator
Jin Liou	Animator
Chanda Cummings	Animator - assistant animator
Kristi Higgins	Animator - assistant animator
Judy Kriger	Animator - assistant animator
David Gainey	Animator - assistant animator
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Gail Filman	Wardrobe Supervisor
Gerri Gillan	Tailor
Patricia Green	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Cori Burchell	Wardrobe - wardrobe mistress
Jennifer O'Halloran	Hair Stylist - key hair stylist
Mark Boley	Hair - key hair artist
Madeleine Stewart	Assistant Costume Designer - assistant costume designer/wardrobe supervisor
Luke Reichle	Costume Designer
Greg Cannom	Makeup - makeup and creature effects
Inge Klaudi	Makeup Artist
Janice Miller	Hair Stylist
Graham Docherty	Wardrobe - assistant wardrobe
Lisa Frucht	Wardrobe Supervisor
Cindy Flowers	Wardrobe - Kathleen Turner's dresser
Judi Cooper-Sealy	Hair Stylist - Martin Short's hair stylist
Beverley Schetman	Makeup Artist - Martin Short's makeup artist
Benjamin Wilson	Wardrobe Supervisor
John D Quaglia	Hair Stylist - key hair stylist
Nadia Ongaro	Wardrobe - seamstress
Kymbra Callaghan	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist

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