The Wizard(Movie, 1989)

Name: The Wizard
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
Released: 1989
Duration: T01:40:00
Rating: 3

| 1h 40min | Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 130 votes)

The Wizard is a 1989 American adventure comedy-drama film directed by Todd Holland (in his directorial debut), written by David Chisholm, and starring Fred Savage, Jenny Lewis, Beau Bridges, Christian Slater, and Luke Edwards. It was also Tobey Maguire's uncredited film debut. The film follows three children, the youngest of whom is emotionally withdrawn but gifted at playing video games, as they travel to California to compete in a video game tournament. Known for its extensive product placement of Nintendo material, it also officially introduced Super Mario Bros. 3 to North America, which then became the best-selling standalone video game. Despite receiving generally negative reviews upon its initial release... ()

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About The Wizard

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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Trailer for The Wizard + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

The Wizard (1989) Trailer(Trailer, 1:49)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: California, Los Angeles (California)

Plays in: Los Angeles (California), California, Utah

Made by: Universal Pictures, Pipeline Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Italian (IT)

Translated into 13 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/15/1989

Cast: Fred Savage, Luke Edwards, Jenny Lewis, Christian Slater, Beau Bridges, Frank McRae, Beth Grant, Sam McMurray, Vince Trankina, Wendy Phillips, Tobey Maguire, Lee Arenberg

Director: Todd Holland

Producer: Ken Topolsky

Screenwriter: David Chisholm

Director of Photography: Robert Yeoman

Composer: J. Peter Robinson

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El campeón del videojuego"

"VideoKid - L'Enfant Genial"

"Wizard"

Keywords: nintendo, competition, california, on the road, brother, road movie, utah, video game

Budget: 6,000,000 USD

Revenue: 14,278,900 USD (= 238%)

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