Fly Away Home
– Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an e..
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest is torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South...
13 Sep 1996
English
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Carroll Ballard
Bill Lishman (autobiography), Robert Rodat (screenplay), Vince McKewin (screenplay)
Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed in an auto wreck in New Zealand. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life...that is until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when developers began tearing up a local forest. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". The young birds must fly south for the winter, but who will lead them there? With a pair of ultralight airplanes, Amy, her dad and their friends must find a way to do it.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 6 nominations.
Columbia TriStar