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The Wizard

Cast

Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges View All


Crew

Todd Holland (Director), David Chisholm (Writer) View All

Release: Dec. 15th, 1989
Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Corey refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl, who notices that Jimmy has a special talent: he is a "wizard" at video games and can achieve the high score on absolutely everything he plays. Evading their parents and a sinister bounty hunter, the trio head for a climactic showdown at the national video game championships in California.
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