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TITLE Simon Birch (1998)

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DISABILITY Dwarf Morquio's Syndrome

COUNTRY USA

LENGTH 113

GENRE Drama

DIRECTOR Mark Steven Johnson

CAST Ian Michael Smith
Joseph Mazzello
Ashley Judd


NOTES Another film for which I lost the notes. From memory it is an interesting film if not wholly satisfactory. Some have compared it unfavourably with Irving's book. A positive note is that Ian Michael Smith who plays Simon has a form of dwarfism ( Morquio's Syndrome ).
See the reviews at IMDB
After John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany"

 


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