I remember seeing the 1986 film The Boy Who Could Fly in theaters when it came out and on television after that. After just viewing it again for the first time in awhile, I have some thoughts.
1. It is much cheesier than I remember, and kind of tedious in parts.
2. Milly wears a LOT of layers. In the sun. And not always in matching colors. I think Benetton designed her costumes.
3. This movie has a terrific collection of actors: Colleen Dewhurst, Fred Gwynne, Bonnie Bedelia, Louise Fletcher, Mindy Cohn, Fred Savage, Lucy Deakins, and Jay Underwood. (Jason Priestley also had a tiny part in it but was hard to see.)
4. While the special effects look a bit silly now, at 8 years old I was pretty impressed by them.
5. The line Fred Savage says toward the end of the film is still darn funny.
6. Jay Underwood seemed to do most of the talking during the commentary.
7. The writer and director Nick Castle has a very interesting resume. He also co-wrote Escape from New York, Escape from L.A., and August Rush. He also directed The Last Starfighter, of which I believe a sequel is in development. And he played The Shape in Halloween.
8. There is a part where teenagers Milly and Geneva (Lucy Deakins and Mindy Cohn) are getting drunk and watching a music video by the The Coupe De Villes. This is a made up band including members played by Nick Castle and John Carpenter.
9. I need to have flying dreams again. Those were fun.
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You stopped having flying dreams? You were the only person I knew and still know who had lucid dreaming. I was always envious of how you could know in the middle of your dreams that you could just fly away because you knew you were dreaming.
Man did I think that main character in this movie was cute when I was little.
I haven’t had a flying dream for awhile, but I want to again. I haven’t had many memorable dreams for awhile.
Stephanie always has these detailed dreams where she is in relationships with celebrities.
Whoa! You just blew my mind with thought #7. One guy directed The Last Starfighter, wrote Escape from New York, and played Michael Meyers. How did I not know that? He’s basically my hero.