Maniac Magee (film)

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Maniac Magee
Directed by Bob Clark
Written by Jerry Spinelli
Michael Nolin
Jack Zurla
Mark Zaslove
Starring Michael Angarano
Orlando Brown
Kyla Pratt
Music by Jim Lathan
Cinematography Marshall Adams
Editing by Kevin D. Ross
Distributed by Nickelodeon
Release date(s) 2003
Country USA
Language English
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In 2003, a television film of Maniac Magee was made on the Nickelodeon network.

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Main article: Maniac Magee

Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, an orphan who is homeless and is a baseball superstar, can run very fast on railroad tracks, and is able to soothe racial tensions in his town of Two Mills as he tries to find a home. Two Mills is divided between the African-Americans and whites by Hector Street (Blacks on East End, Whites on West End). The racial tensions in this film are very strong. Maniac is very confused about the color of his skin and is blind in a way.

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