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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)
Directed by Bill Corcoran
TV Movie · 2h 00m
This highly-rated television film covers the life of American movie/TV/pop music idol Annette Funicello. The movie starts with the move of her family from New York to California, where in 1955 shy Annette becomes one of the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. The movie covers her child stardom, her teen idol years, her singing career with big hits like "Tall Paul", her romance with Paul Anka, her classic beach party films with Frankie Avalon, and her first marriage. It also shows her large comeback in the late 1980s and her second marriage, and the day when she found out she had multiple sclerosis.
Cast
Eva LaRue
Annette Funicello
Len Cariou
Walt Disney
Frank Crudele
Joe Funicello
Rob Stewart
Jack Gilardi
David Lipper
Paul Anka
Don S. Davis
Glen Holt
Louis Ferreira
Young Frankie Avalon
Andrea Nemeth
Annette Funicello (age 12-15)
Frankie Avalon
Self
Annette Funicello
Self
Linda Lavin
Virginia Funicello
A
Ahnee Boyce
Gina Portman
Crew
- Director
- Bill Corcoran
- Director of Photography
- Jan Kiesser
- Original Music Composer
- George Blondheim
- Editor
- George Appleby
- Producer
- Ron French
Details
- Release date
- 1995-10-22
- Runtime
- 2h 00m
- Genres
- TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Production
- Cactus Pictures, Fireworks Entertainment