| | | It's More Than a Game...It's the Chance of a Lifetime.
Features: DVD, Dolby, Digital Audio, English, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
Fred Savage stars in this warm-hearted family adventure that features the excitement and thrills of video game competition. Corey (Savage) refuses to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother Jimmy (Luke Edwards) be institutionalized, and the two run away together. They soon join forces with a resourceful girl (Jenny Lewis), who notices that Jimmy has a special talent: he is a 'wizard' at video games and gets 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 video game championships in California. Co-starring Beau Bridges and Christian Slater, it's an inside look at the world of video gamers that will have you cheering the whole way!
"Lots of fun..." Clint Morris, MovieHole
Editor's Note
Refusing to let his emotionally disturbed younger brother be put in an institution, Corey grabs Jimmy and the two brothers run off together. Joining forces with a resourceful girl, they discover Jimmy's uncanny knack for video games and the trio set off for the video games championship, eluding parents and a sinister bounty hunter.
Plot Summary
13-year-old Corey Woods is like almost every other kid his age: he practically eats, sleeps, and drinks videogames. When Corey discovers that his autistic brother is an idiot savant who's a wiz with a joystick, the two runaway to Los Angeles just to participate in a $30,000 videogame championship. But before it's all over, Corey and Jimmy will have their parents, their brother and a vicious bounty hunter on their tail.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 8/22/2006 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1989 | | Catalog ID: 29324 | | UPC: 00025192932427 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | The Onion A.V. Club 6 of 10
Made during a time when Super Mario and his video-game ilk seemed poised for multimedia stardom, 1989's The Wizard stars Nintendo as a video-game dynamo with the magical ability to heal a troubled family...The Wizard alternates between shilling for Universal Studios and crassly hawking the then-new Super Mario Bros. 3, which figures prominently in its climax. As a shameless feature-length advertisement for Nintendo, The Wizard did its job almost too well, quickly fading into oblivion while its subject's popularity continued unabated. - Nathan Rabin
Chicago Sun-Times 5 of 10
"The Wizard" is one of those movies that provokes the Hey, Wait a Minute Syndrome - you know, the kind where you keep saying things like, "Hey, wait a minute. How could a 9-year-old boy walk miles along a desert highway without being noticed?" Or "Wait a minute. Do you mean to say a trucker wouldn't even stop if he saw two little kids coasting down an interstate highway on a skateboard?" Or "Wait a minute. Do businessmen on their lunch hours really gamble on video games with little kids?"...But wait a minute. I know, I know, "The Wizard" is only a silly Christmas kiddie movie, and we aren't supposed to ask questions like that. - Roger Ebert
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