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Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture | 1993 | Elijah
Best Actor Under Ten in a Motion Picture | 1993 | Joseph
Best Family Motion Picture | 1993
Budget 35,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 4,651,977 USD
Adam Baldwin has stated he will never do a role like The King ever again.
John Mazzello, the younger brother of Joseph Mazzello, appears as a school boy extra and Hannah Wood, the younger sister of Elijah Wood, appears as a school girl extra.
When Mike is reading the postcard from Bobby (at 105:19), you see that their last name is Wright - as in the "Wright Brothers". Also, the envelope from Magic Spell, Inc., (at around 54 mins) is addressed to "Mike and Bobby Wright".
Writer David Mickey Evans has stated that the script was much darker than the final film, and the child abuse angle was more prominent. When the film was taken over by Richard Donner, those elements were toned down. He also felt that the studio marketing "Radio Flyer" as a family film was a factor for the film's failure at the box-office.
The original script called for more fantasy sequences involving a worm man and zombies. These ideas were scrapped when Richard Donner replaced David Mickey Evans as the director.
"Older Mike: History is all in the mind of the teller. Truth is all in the telling."
"Older Mike: There are seven lost secret fascinations and abilities. They are that: animals can talk; your favorite blanket is woven from a fabric so mighty, that once pulled over your head, it becomes an impenetrable force field, nothing is too heavy to lift with the aid of a cape; your hand, held forefinger out and thumb up, actually fires bullets; jumping from any height with an umbrella is completely safe; monsters exist and can be both seen an done battle with; and the greatest, most special and regrettable loss of all: the ability to fly."
