A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story

October. 22,1995      
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

This highly-rated television film covers the life of American movie/TV/pop music idol Annette Funicello. The movie starts with the move of her family from New York to California, where in 1955 shy Annette becomes one of the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. The movie covers her child stardom, her teen idol years, her singing career with big hits like "Tall Paul", her romance with Paul Anka, her classic beach party films with Frankie Avalon, and her first marriage. It also shows her large comeback in the late 1980s and her second marriage, and the day when she found out she had multiple sclerosis.

Eva LaRue as  Annette Funicello
Len Cariou as  Walt Disney
Frank Crudele as  Joe Funicello
Rob Stewart as  Jack Gilardi
David Lipper as  Paul Anka
Don S. Davis as  Glen Holt
Louis Ferreira as  Young Frankie Avalon
Andrea Nemeth as  Annette Funicello (age 12-15)
Frankie Avalon as  Self
Annette Funicello as  Self

Reviews

Evengyny
1995/10/22

Thanks for the memories!

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AniInterview
1995/10/23

Sorry, this movie sucks

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FeistyUpper
1995/10/24

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Voxitype
1995/10/25

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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