The Boy Who Could Fly

The Boy Who Could Fly is a 1986 film written and directed by Nick Castle. It was produced by Lorimar Productions for 20th Century Fox, and released theatrically on September 26, 1986.

Fourteenyearold Amelia Milly Michaelson Deakins and her family move into a new suburban home shortly after the death of her father. Milly makes friends with her new neighbor Geneva, and Milly and her eightyearold brother Louis Savage have difficulty adjusting to their new schools, while their mother Charlene Bedelia copes with a demotion at work and her inability to learn how to use a computer. Louis is also plagued by bullies down the street who wont let him get around the block. During the first night at the house, Charlene tells Milly she will need her help to make this work. Milly returns to her bedroom and is talking to her pet bird when something flies past the window, but when Milly goes to investigate she sees nothing.Milly and Geneva observe Eric Gibb Underwood, an autistic boy living next door with his alcoholic uncle Hugo Gwynne. Eric has never spoken a word in his life, doesnt like to be around people and exhibits bizarre behavior related to flying, such as balancing on the roof of his house with his arms spread out like an airplane. Milly hears that Erics parents died in a plane crash, and that somehow, in the instant of their death, he knew and that he did the only thing he could think of to try to save them, which was to become an airplane. Later that night, Milly and her family watch as Eric along with Millys teacher Mrs. Sherman and three adults appear outside with Eric in a straitjacket and being restrained by two men, with Mrs. Sherman arguing with a woman there about what is best for Eric. Milly later reveals to Geneva one night when Millys mother is out for the evening that she finds Eric attractive. ........

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