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Danny McIlravey
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sam leaves home for the mountains after being told that the family trip has been canceled, preventing him from doing the algae experiments he had planned for. The film chronicles his struggle for independence, and his battle with the forces of natures. *"A slender, honest study of a boy learning to be a man in his own way." - Howard Thompson, **The New York Times***
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
The Borrowers tells the story of the inches-tall Clock family, led by patriarch Pod (Eddie Albert, best remembered from TV's Green Acres) and Homily (Tammy Grimes). Judith Anderson plays Aunt Sophie, an invalid, whose eight year old nephew comes to live in her Victorian mansion. While peeking under the floorboards, what should he see, but the 'Borrowers', so named because of their propensity to live of bits and pieces 'borrowed' from the big people....