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1175. the WIZARD
Imagine Santa Claus, Einstein
and Merlin the magician rolled
into one. There you have Simon McKay (David Rappaport), the Wiz-
ard, a pint-sized toy maker who invents amazing contraptions. Simon
used to design hardware for the Government and still does an oc-
casional job for it. That's why the brass has assigned Alex Jagger
(Doug Barr) and Darcy Stafford (Cheryl McFadden) to make sure Si-
mon doesn't fall into the wrong hands. As one such schemer says to
his henchman: "You procure heem for me and I will pair-suade heem
to use his technology for more importanht theengs than toysss ...."
To Simon, the importanht theeng is to use his wondrous powers to
help others—like the little boy who will die of leukemia unless he can
get a bone marrow transplant from his brother, who's somewhere in
South America. Will Simon find him? Will the boy be saved? Fear
not, dear viewer. The Wizard may be small, but he never comes up
short. CBS. TV Debut. 9/9/86
2. THE REUNION. 9/16/86
3. HAUNTING MEMORIES. 9/23/86
4. HORSE RACE. 9/30/86
5. NOBODY'S PERFECT. 11/8/86
6. IT TAKES A CHIMP. 11/15/86

1176. The Wizard (1989)
The Wizard ★ (Tues., CBS), also osten-
sibly about runaway kids, is really a prime
example of Hollywood cloning big hits with
new markets in mind. Thus: "Rain Man"
for kids. The Wonder Years' Fred Savage
is the pre-pubescent Tom Cruise in this
1989 road film, springing his Nintendo-
playing brother from a mental institution
and taking him to California for the big
video-game championships. Beau Bridges
costars in the only movie ever to give
prominent screen credit to a "Power
Glove Advisor." W/ Jenny Lewis &
Christian Slater.
PUMP UP THE VOLUME. (1990)
w/Christian Slater
TILT. (1979)
w/Ken Marshall, Brooke Shields
& Charles Durning.

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1177. AVALON. 11/3/91
Avalon (HBO, SHO, TMC)
is Barry Levinson's 1990
★★★ elegy to the American
Dream and the role of
TV in our lives. As were
"Diner" and "Tin Men," this
is Ballimore-based Levinson's
semiautobiography, telling
of the Krychinsky family's
path, off the boat and into
the middle class, from
idealism to reality. Though
Jewish, the family is oddly
de-ethnicized, which
broadens its viewer appeal
but, de-flavorizes the film.
w/Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn,
Eliz. Perkins & Joan Plowright.
family pictures 3/21/93
A MOVING SAGA OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY. 3/22/93
w/Anjelica Huston, Sam Neill, Jamie
Harrold & Dermot Mulroney.
FAMILY PICTURES, PART 1
Anjelica Huston (pictured) and Sam Neill star in this
finely crafted drama about a suburban clan and the
strains caused by heroic efforts to meet the needs of
a mentally impaired child.
The two-part 1993 TV-movie opens in early-1950s
Seattle, where Lainey and David Eberlin (Huston,
Neill) live with their two young children. As the years
pass the Eberlins have four more children, including a
son named Randall (Jamie Harrold), who is autistic.
Although raising Randall at home proves stressful
for the Eberlins, Lainey is determined not to put him in
an institution. But her virtually single-minded devotion
to Randall's welfare leaves the rest of the family feel-
ing isolated and resentful.
Based on the novel by Sue Miller. (2:00)

1178. RADIO FLYER. (1991))
w/Lorraine Bracco, John Heard, Adam
Baldwin & Ben Johnson.
A TIME TO HEAL. 4/18/94
w/Nicollette Sheridan, Gary Cole,
Mara Wilson, Loraine Toussaint, Ken
Jenkins, Ben Masters & Tim Ransom.
LOVE POTION No. 9. (1992)
w/Tate Donovan, Sandra Bullock, Mary
Mara, Dale Midkiff, Anne Bancroft