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Directors: Jenny Bowen Actors:
Lukas Haas Lea Thompson Steve Hendrickson Dylan Baker Alan Wright Jeffrey Dreisbach Anne Pitoniak

The Wizard of Loneliness 1988

111 minutes

'Sometimes needing someone is the bravest thing you can do.'

After his mother dies and father goes to fight in World War II, a young boy moves in with his aunt and uncle who live in the countryside. Lonely and unhappy, he starts believing he has super powers. Then a "dead" man shows up.

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