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Ron Howard’s enchanting sci-fi fantasy about a group of resident senior citizens in a Florida rest home who discover a fountain of youth from another planet is close to being the ultimate in feel good movies. Their lives turned upside down when they meet some bizarre and not-so-human beings who are visitors from a distant galaxy. They have come to Earth on a rescue mission to retrieve a secret, which has lain hidden on the ocean floor for thousands of years. They share a wondrous adventure and learn more about love and friendship than they ever imagined. Cast includes Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gifford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware and Tahnee Welch.
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ACMI Identifier
317344
Languages
Croatian
Czech
Danish
English
English
Finnish
French
German
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Icelandic
Italian
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture trailers
Fantasy & Science Fiction → Fantasy
Fantasy & Science Fiction → Science fiction films
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)