A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
movie
Released October 22, 1995
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Overview
This highly-rated television film covers the life of American movie/TV/pop music idol Annette Funicello. The movie starts with the move of her family from New York to California, where in 1955 shy Annette becomes one of the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. The movie covers her child stardom, her teen idol years, her singing career with big hits like "Tall Paul", her romance with Paul Anka, her classic beach party films with Frankie Avalon, and her first marriage. It also shows her large comeback in the late 1980s and her second marriage, and the day when she found out she had multiple sclerosis.
Cast
Eva LaRue
as
Annette Funicello
Len Cariou
as
Walt Disney
Frank Crudele
as
Joe Funicello
Rob Stewart
as
Jack Gilardi
David Lipper
as
Paul Anka
Don S. Davis
as
Glen Holt
Louis Ferreira
as
Young Frankie Avalon
Andrea Nemeth
as
Annette Funicello (age 12-15)
Frankie Avalon
as
Self
Annette Funicello
as
Self
Linda Lavin
as
Virginia Funicello
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Ahnee Boyce
as
Gina Portman
Crew
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George Blondheim
as
Original Music Composer
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Richard Paris
as
Production Design
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Patricia Romanowski
as
Book
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Jay Firestone
as
Co-Executive Producer
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Ron French
as
Producer
Annette Funicello
as
Book
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PJ Torokvei
as
Teleplay
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Linda Del Rosario
as
Production Design
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Jan Kiesser
as
Director of Photography
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George Appleby
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Editor
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John McGreevey
as
Teleplay
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Ellen Lubin Sanitsky
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Casting