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The Wizard

  • 6.1 /10

  • 339

  • 29%

Plot

A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video-game championship.

Cast

Luke Edwards as Jimmy
Luke Edwards

as Jimmy

Vince Trankina as Tate
Wendy Phillips as Christine
Wendy Phillips

as Christine

Dea McAllister as Counselor
Dea McAllister

as Counselor

Sam McMurray as Bateman
Sam McMurray

as Bateman

Beau Bridges as Sam
Beau Bridges

as Sam

Fred Savage as Corey
Fred Savage

as Corey

Will Seltzer as Putnam
Will Seltzer

as Putnam

Roy Conrad as Bus Clerk
Roy Conrad

as Bus Clerk

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 15, 1989

Production Companies

  • Universal Pictures

  • Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Italiano

Budget

  • $6,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $14,278,900.00

Runtime

  • 1.67 hrs

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Reviews

Has some heart at times, almost ruined by the blatant and, hate to use this word, cringe-worthy product placement from Hostess to Nintendo to Universal Studios (which makes sense since this was one of their movies). The acting and writing is bad and I'm not quite sure who this movie was made for (there is a joke about a teenage girl accusing a grown man of grabbing her breast) but there are some …