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Release Date: 1996

Cast: Carmen Lishman, Anna Paquin, Judith Orban, Holter Graham, Jeff Daniels, Michael J. Reynolds, David Hemblen, Jeremy Ratchford, Deborah Verginella, Nora Ballard, Sarena Paton, Dana Delany ...MORE

Cast: Carmen Lishman, Anna Paquin, Judith Orban, Holter Graham, Jeff Daniels, Michael J. Reynolds, David Hemblen, Jeremy Ratchford, Deborah Verginella, Nora Ballard, Sarena Paton, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney, Joe Pantoliano, Ken James ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Family Film, Family Drama, Coming of age, Adventure

Fly Away Home is a 1996 drama and comedy film directed by Carroll Ballard, the director of The Black Stallion (1979). The film stars Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels and Dana Delany. The story follows a young girl from New Zealand who survives a car crash that results in the death of her mother. The young girl is sent to live with her father on an Ontario farm, where she adopts a brood of baby Canada geese. When the birds are imprinted with her as their Mother Goose, she realizes that unless she and her father can teach the birds a migration route from Ontario to North Carolina, the birds will... MORE

Fly Away Home is a 1996 drama and comedy film directed by Carroll Ballard, the director of The Black Stallion (1979). The film stars Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels and Dana Delany. The story follows a young girl from New Zealand who survives a car crash that results in the death of her mother. The young girl is sent to live with her father on an Ontario farm, where she adopts a brood of baby Canada geese. When the birds are imprinted with her as their Mother Goose, she realizes that unless she and her father can teach the birds a migration route from Ontario to North Carolina, the birds will not be able to survive the winter. The solution comes in the form of ultralight aircraft that is used to guide the birds to sanctuary. The story was based on the actual experiences of Bill Lishman, who in 1986 started training geese to follow his ultralight and succeeded in leading their migration in 1993. The film has mostly positive critical reviews, receiving an 85% approval rating from Rotten Tomatoes. In New Zealand, 13-year-old Amy Alden (Anna Paquin) is involved in a car accident with her mother, which results in her mother’s death. Amy is taken back to her new home in Ontario by her inventor LESS