Film Wishin' And Hopin'
Wishin' and Hopin' is a 2014 American coming of age comedy film starring Wyatt Ralff, Molly Ringwald, Chevy Chase and Annabella Sciorra based on the 2009 novel Wishin' and Hopin': A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb.
Filmed in and around Norwich, Connecticut, and Willimantic, CT. film received a limited theatrical release at the Garde Arts Center on November 23, 2014 and premiered on Lifetime on December 6, 2014. It was the final television film appearance of Meat Loaf before his death in January 2022.
| Wishin' and Hopin' | |
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| Directed by | Colin Theys |
| Written by | John Doolan |
| Starring | Wyatt Ralff Molly Ringwald Chevy Chase Annabella Sciorra |
| Cinematography | Catherine Goldschmidt |
| Music by | Matthew Llewellyn |
| Distributed by | Synthetic Cineyma International |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot summary
Fifth-grader Felix Funicello (Ralff), the cousin of famous Mickey Mouse Club Mousekteer and teen idol/movie actress Annette Funicello, lives in the fictional small town of Three Rivers, Connecticut. In 1964, he and his classmates at St. Aloyius Gonzaga Parochial School have a momentous fall semester after lay substitute teacher Madame Frechette (Ringwald) and Zhenya (Cohen), a new student from Russia, arrive. Madame Frechette implements a new concept for the school's Christmas pageant and competition for key roles ensues. The story is narrated in the present day by Felix as an adult (Chase).
Cast
- Wyatt Ralff as Felix Funicello
- Chevy Chase as Adult Felix
- Molly Ringwald as Madame Frechette
- Annabella Sciorra as Ma
- Conchata Ferrell as Sister Agrippina
- Cheri Oteri as Sister Dymphna
- Danny Nucci as Pop
- Meat Loaf as Monsignor Muldoon
- Jesse James as Chino
- Sosie Bacon as Frances Funicello
- Siobhan Cohen as Zhenya
- Quinn McColgan as Rosalie Twerski
- Krysta Rodriguez as Annette Funicello
- Blanche Baker as Mother Filomena
- Camila Banus as Simone Funicello
- Shawn Ervin as Lonny
- Ken Lamothe as Schoolbus Driver
- Brianna Denski as Jackie Durham
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