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Charlie and the Talking Buzzard

1979 · 66 min

A gentle, folksy small-town fable told with a quirky narrator's voice, easy and pleasant to watch.

Overview
Set to the narration of a talking buzzard, Charlie moves to a new town with his family. He wants to be friends with the popular kids at his local park, but they all play football and he doesn't because he's a nerd. Charlie vows to find the boys a football to play with, therefore endearing him to the town boys.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
fantasy
Directed by
Christopher Cain
Written by
Christopher Cain
Starring
Dean Cain, Bruce Kimball, John Dennis, Chris Penn, Ron Landry
Runtime
66 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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