A Simple Wish

A Simple Wish is a 1997 childrensfantasycomedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, and starring Martin Short, Mara Wilson, and Kathleen Turner. The film about a bumbling male fairy godmother named Murray Short, who tries to help eightyearold Annabel Wilson fulfill her wish that her father, a carriage driver, wins the leading role in a Broadway musical.

Oliver Greening is rejected from a coveted performance in a musical version of A Tale of Two Cities for simply not being a bankable performer. After Olivers daughter Annabel attempts to get her brother Charlie to believe that the tooth fairy exists, Murray, a clumsy fairy godmother, appears after Charlie has gone to sleep. Annabel wants to wish for her father to get the role, but Murray suddenly remembers he is late for an important engagement and promises to return to grant her wish later.Hortence Ruby Dee, the head of all fairy godmothers, is holding the annual meeting of the North American Fairy Godmothers Association NAFGA. Due to Hortences rule, all the fairy godmothers must check in their wands before the meeting. Murray arrives late and is therefore locked out of the meeting. ........

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