Wishin' and Hopin'

Wishin' and Hopin'

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Based On Novel Or Book | Small Town

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Colin Theys
  • Cast(s): Wyatt Ralff, Chevy Chase, Molly Ringwald, Annabella Sciorra, Conchata Ferrell See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 27min
  • Music: Matthew Llewellyn
  • Award(s): IFMCA 2015 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Alex Strangelove, Who Gets the Dog?
  • Story:
    Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by award winning author Wally Lamb. A vivid slice of 1960s life, Wishin' and Hopin' is a wise-and-witty holiday tale that celebrates where we've been-and how far we've come. In the small town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, we go straight into the halls of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School with Felix Funicello, a Catholic school fifth-grader in 1964, whose claim to fame is his cousin Annette Funicello, the famous Mouseketeer and teen movie queen. But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova. While Felix learns the meaning of French kissing, cultural misunderstanding, and tableaux vivants, Wishin' and Hopin' barrels toward one outrageous Christmas!
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STORY

Story
Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by award winning author Wally Lamb. A vivid slice of 1960s life, Wishin' and Hopin' is a wise-and-witty holiday tale that celebrates where we've been-and how far we've come. In the small town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, we go straight into the halls of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School with Felix Funicello, a Catholic school fifth-grader in 1964, whose claim to fame is his cousin Annette Funicello, the famous Mouseketeer and teen movie queen. But grammar and arithmetic move to the back burner this holiday season with the sudden arrivals of substitute teacher Madame Frechette and feisty Russian student Zhenya Kabakova. While Felix learns the meaning of French kissing, cultural misunderstanding, and tableaux vivants, Wishin' and Hopin' barrels toward one outrageous Christmas!

AWARDS

Nominations
IFMCA Award

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film | 2015 | Matthew

TRIVIA

Trivia

Molly Ringwald speaks fluent Parisian French, and learned her French-Canadian accent for the film. Siobhan Cohen also learned her Russian, and her Russian accent for the film.

Ranger Andy (1957) was a real program, airing on WFSB in Hartford. WFSB allowed the filmmakers to use the show, and clips from the program appear inter-cut with footage shot for the film.

This is the first adaptation of a Wally Lamb novel for the screen. He collaborated with the crew through the entire production, and makes a cameo as the janitor in the opening scene.

The location for the Funicello home was a house that Wally Lamb rented for years as his office. He wrote the novel in the room that appears as Ma and Pa's bedroom. The house contains numerous references to "Bunny", the owner and landlady, who passed away before filming began.

No Catholic church was available for filming, with St. Patrick's Cathedral falling through during the shoot, so Christ Episcopal Church was made to look like a Catholic church, and the confessional scene filmed on the stage, later used for the pageant. Christ Episcopal was very friendly to the production.