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Limb & Spinal Major 
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TITLE |
Hector's Bunyip (1986) |
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DISABILITY |
Limb Leg
brace |
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NOTES |
Steve
Carroll writes:
"This movie takes place in Australia, where a slightly poor couple
have
adopted six children, including Hector, who wears a full-leg brace. An
unscrupulous businessman who doesn't like the fact that Hector's dad
is
raising so many children even though he is pretty much out of work,
sends word to Social Services. A lady comes out and almost immediately
gets the idea that it is not "proper" for a "boy like Hector" to be
"living in such conditions". Not ready to give up without a fight,
they hide Hector in a tunnel underneath the house (it is his hiding
place anyway) and the rest of the family claims Hector was abducted by
a "Bunyip", which, from the script I gather to be some sort of
Australian legend. Reporters and tourists flock to the area, totally
confounding the Social Servies worker and angering the business man.
Eventually family love wins out, and Hector returns, and is allowed to
stay with his family. " |
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