The Mighty ( Freak the Mighty ) ( My Friend Memory )

The Mighty (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: Freak the Mighty
Alternate Title: My Friend Memory
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Music Video
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1998 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Peter Chelsom

Written By:
Rodman Philbrick
Charles Leavitt

Actors:
Harry Dean Stanton ..... Grim
Gena Rowlands ..... Gram
Elden Henson ..... Maxwell Kane
Douglas Bisset ..... Homeless Man
Joseph Perrino ..... Blade
Dov Tiefenbach ..... Doghouse Boy #1
Michael Colton ..... Doghouse Boy #2
Daniel Lee ..... Doghouse Boy #3
Eve Crawford ..... Mrs. Donelli
Kieran Culkin ..... Kevin Dillon
Sharon Stone ..... Gwen Dillon
John Bourgeois ..... Mr. Sacker
Bruce Tubbe ..... Officer
Rudy Webb ..... Mr. Hampton
Ron Nigrini ..... Man in Diner
Nadia Litz ..... Girl in Diner
Gillian Anderson ..... Loretta Lee
Meat Loaf ..... Iggy
Serena Pruyn ..... Girl in Hall
Telmo Miranda ..... Boy in Hall
Jordan Hughes ..... Denardo
Jenifer Lewis ..... Mrs. Addison
Bryon Bully ..... Fat Boy
Chalaine Porter ..... Girl with Limp
James Gandolfini ..... Kenny Kane
Lisa Marie Chen ..... Girl in Cafeteria
Lisa Mininni ..... Cashier
Ann Chiu ..... Nurse
Carl Marotte ..... Doctor
Nora Sheehan ..... Police Woman
Sophie Bennett ..... Little Girl
William Van Allen ..... Laundry Worker

Synopsis:

In the tradition of My Left Foot (1989), Peter Chelsom directed this emotional drama of outcasts, adapted from the Rodman Philbrick's popular young-adult novel Freak the Mighty. Although burly, slow-paced eight-grader Maxwell Kane (Elden Hensen), who narrates, is learning disabled, he nevertheless has a poetic soul, as evidenced when he meets the bright and brainy Kevin Dillon (Kieran Culkin), crippled by a birth defect. The physically deformed Kevin, who wears leg braces and uses crutches, suffers from Morquio's Syndrome, which causes physical growth to stop after the age of six. Illiterate Max gets Kevin as a reading tutor, and the two misfits soon become friends, sharing a vision of life as a contemporary Camelot. Gena Rowlands and Harry Dean Stanton appear as Max's grandparents and guardians. Max is portrayed by 19-year-old Emerson College filmmaking student Henson, while Sharon Stone has the role of Gwen Dillon, Kevin's mother. Boston-born author Philbrick, who winters in Key West, otherwise resides in Seacoast, New Hampshire (the setting of the book). The movie was filmed at a soundstage in Toronto, the University of Toronto, Cincinnati, and Covington, Kentucky. Exhibited out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.

This is the heart-warming story of a unique friendship shared by two seventh grade boys, Kevin and Max. Kevin, afflicted with a rare physical disability that prevents him from living a normal childhood, is an extremely intelligent boy who lives in the world of his imagination. Max on the other hand, is an over-weight boy who suffers from a learning disability and has failed the seventh grade several times. Fate brings the boys together when Kevin is assigned to tutor Max in his reading skills; here their magical journey begins. These two boys, who appear on the surface to have nothing in common, find they share many painful realities of being outcasts, and of being abandoned by their fathers early in life. Kevin's enchanting world of knights and their quest for justice is brought into reality through his exciting journey with Max. Through their adventures, they find a friendship providing completeness of self and an unbreakable bond of love.

This tells the story of a strong friendship between a young boy with Morquio's syndrome and an older boy who is always bullied because of his size. Adapted from the novel, Freak the Mighty, the film explores a building of trust and friendship. Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not allowed out unauthorized. Being the social outcasts of the town, Kevin and Maxwell come to realize that they are similar to each other and accept that they are 'freaks' and nothing will stop them.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 29 July, 2011.