Fly Away Home (1996)

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PG | 1 hr 40 mins | Drama, Adventure, Family | Released: 9/13/1996 |Box Office Total: $24.5M

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Following the death of her mother, thirteen-year-old Amy is bundled off to the Ontario farm to live with her estranged father, Thomas, an artist/inventor who has shaped his environment to reflect his eclectic interests. One day, Amy's travels through the farm's woods lead to a discovery that touches her: a nest of orphaned goose eggs. She nurtures the eggs until they hatch and, since geese imprint on whoever they see first, Amy becomes Mother Goose. Seeing his daughter's happiness, Thomas does not have the heart to deny her family of goslings. The young geese thrive but their idyll is disturbed when an officious wildlife officer tells Thomas that it is illegal to raise wild geese without clipping their wings. Thomas knows that nature will compel the geese to migrate south, but they've never learned to fly and with no other geese to show them how, they seem doomed. Thomas, however, has found a cause and decides to use his modest flying skills and hang glider experience to teach the geese to fly.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
9/13/1996

Director	Credit
Carroll Ballard	Director
Gary Capo	Director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Jeff Daniels	Thomas Alden
Anna Paquin	Amy Alden
Dana Delany	Susan Barnes
Terry Kinney	David Alden
Holter Graham	Barry Strickland
Jeremy Ratchford	Glen Seifert
Deborah Verginella	Amy's Mother
Michael Reynolds	General
David Hemblen	Dr Killian
Ken James	Developer
Nora Ballard	Jackie
Sarena Paton	Laura
Carmen Lishman	Older Girl
Christi Hill	Older Girl
Judith Orban	Teacher
Jeff Braunstein	Chairman
John Friesen	Smalltown Businessman
Chris Benson	Farmer
Kevin Jubinville	Military Police
Philip Akin	Air Force Reporter
Gladys O'Connor	Farm Woman
Geoff McBride	Clerk
Dick Callahan	Customs Inspector
Cheryl MacInnis	Reporter
Mark Wilson	Reporter
J Craig Sandy	Reporter
Wendy Walsh	Television Anchor
Larry McCormick	Television Anchor
Richard Saxton	Television Anchor
Linden Chiles	Television Anchor
Timm Zemanek	Husband
Diane Douglass	Wife
Azura Bates	Bratty Sister
Jonathan Bates	Bratty Brother
Michael Vollans	Bratty Brother
Michael Copeman	Gun Shop Owner
John Nelles	Tower Supervisor
Jeffrey W Poulis	Tower Operator
Christopher Lorenz	Tower Operator
Melissa Tanti	Dune Woman
Production Credits	Credit
John Veitch	Producer
John M Eckert	Associate Producer
Sandy Gallin	Executive Producer
Carol Baum	Producer
Stephen Price	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Branti Film Productions	Production Company
Sandollar Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Writer	Credit
Robert Rodat	Screenplay
Bill Lishman	Book as Source Material - from autobiography
Vince McKewin	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Elizabeth Tompkins	Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Geordie Lishman	Animal Wrangler - goose wrangler
Greg Wells	Animal Wrangler - goose wrangler
Wayne Bezner-Kerr	Animal Wrangler - goose wrangler
Florence MacGregor	Animal Wrangler - goose wrangler
Art Department	Credit
Norma Rose	Assistant Art Director
Christina Luescher	Art Director - art direction
David Watts	Scenic Artist
Seamus Flannery	Production Designer
Sean Flannery	Set Dresser
Dan Conley	Set Decorator
Casting	Credit
Reuben Cannon	Casting
Ivan Sutton	Extras Casting
Deirdre Bowen	Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Maribeth Board	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Ian Scott	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Takashi Seida	Photography - still photographer
Scotty Allan	Lighting Technician
David Orr	Color Timer
John Platt	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Caleb Deschanel	Director of Photography
Mark Hryma	Camera Equipment - Westcam technician
Angelo Colavecchia	Camera Operator
Yvonne Collins	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Gary Capo	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Hans Bjerno	Camera Operator - Westcam operator
Larry Blanford	Camera Operator - Westcam operator
Michael Hall	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Ciaran Copelin	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Russell Bowie	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jacqueline Hampton	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Music	Credit
Craig Pettigrew	Music Editor
Mark Isham	Music
Ken Kugler	Music Conductor - conductor & orchestrator
Joe E Rand	Music Editor
Physical Effects	Credit
Allan Angus	Stunts - stunt driver
Bill Lishman	Stunt Man - pilot double
David Woodhouse	Stunt Man - pilot double
Jack Sanderson	Stunt Man - pilot double
Jack Sanderson	Stunt Man - bi-wing stunt double
Joseph Duff	Stunt Man - pilot double
Michael Robertson	Stunt Man - glider stunt double
Shane Cardwell	Stunt Man - car crash stunt double
Production Management	Credit
John M Eckert	Unit Production Manager
David MacDonald	DGA Trainee
Laurence Wiese	Location Assistant
Elizabeth Senyi	Assistant Production Coordinator
Howard Rothschild	Location Manager
Blanche McDermaid	Script Supervisor
Keith Large	Unit Location Manager
Lori Greenberg	Production Coordinator
Will Hoddinott	Assistant Location Manager
John Houston	Assistant Director
Christopher Ball	Assistant Director
Sara Fillmore	Production Coordinator
Michael J McKinnell	Script Supervisor
Kayla Popp	Assistant Director
Lewin Webb	Assistant Director
Jill Samson	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Lee Anne Muldoon	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Kim B Christensen	Sound Effects Editor
Patrick Dodd	Sound Editor
Malcolm Fife	Foley Editor
Douglas Ganton	Sound - production mixer
David Parker	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Margie O'Malley	Foley Artist
Lisa Storer	Assistant Sound Editor
Reynald Trudel	Boom Operator
Marnie Moore	Foley Artist
Frank Eulner	Sound Effects Editor
Mark Berger	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Stephen Krause	Sound - recording engineer
Ann Kroeber	Sound Effects Editor
Rick Kline	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Doug Murray	Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Martin Malivoire	Special Effects Coordinator
John Mariella	Visual Effects Supervisor - digital visual effects supervisor
Kyle Menzies	Visual Effects - Goose modeling & textures
Billy Hansard	Special Effects - projection special effects provider
Alan Kapler	Animator
Bill Lishman	3-D Models - sculptures creator
Richard Vanheuvelen	3-D Models - sculptures creator
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Donald J Mowat	Makeup - key makeup
Linda Petty	Wardrobe Supervisor
Marie-Sylvie Deveau	Costume Designer
David R Beecroft	Hair Stylist

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