A Simple Wish
“Anabel made a wish. Murray made a mess.”
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
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Cast
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Martin Short
Murray
Known for
Only Murders in the Building
Frankenweenie
Kathleen Turner
Claudia
Known for
Marley & Me
Romancing the Stone
Mara Wilson
Anabel Greening
Known for
Matilda
Mrs. Doubtfire
Robert Pastorelli
Oliver Greening
Known for
Dances with Wolves
Eraser
Deborah Odell
Jeri
Known for
Interstate 60
The Time Shifters
Francis Capra
Charlie Greening
Known for
Veronica Mars
A Bronx Tale
Ruby Dee
Hortence
Known for
The Stand
Do the Right Thing
Amanda Plummer
Boots
Known for
Ratched
Pulp Fiction
Teri Garr
Rena
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Dumb and Dumber
Jonathan Hadary
Lord Richard
Known for
Intolerable Cruelty
Girls5eva
Alan Campbell
Tony Sable
Known for
Jake and the Fatman
Lanny Flaherty
Duane
Known for
Lonesome Dove
Signs
Michael Ritchie Director · Jeff Rothberg Screenplay Bruce Broughton Composer
Worldwide gross $8.3M · Budget $28M · United States release July 11, 1997
Box office
Budget
$28,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,345,056
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
The Bubble Factory
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · July 11, 1997
Theatrical
United States · July 11, 1997
Theatrical
France
July 8, 1998 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 17, 1997 · Theatrical
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