Annabelle's Wish | |
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Directed by | Roy Wilson |
Produced by | Barbara Dunn-Leonard |
Written by | Dan Henderson (short story) Jane Baer John Bettis Ken Blackwell John Couch Gary Edwards Bruce Faulk Kathy Grover Riki Hobin Jay Johnson Jaime Barton Klein George Larrimore John Lewis Barbara Dunn-Leonard Sheryl Scarborough |
Narrated by | Randy Travis |
Starring | Randy Travis Jay Johnson Jerry Van Dyke Jim Varney Rue McClanahan Cloris Leachman Aria Curzon James Lafferty Charlie Cronin Jennifer Darling Clancy Brown Stu Rosen Jerry Houser Brian Cummings Mary Kay Bergman Tress MacNeille Kay E. Kuter Kath Soucie Steve Mackall Hari Oziol Beth Nielsen Chapman Frank Welker Nanci Griffith Alison Krauss Kevin Sharp Robin Williams |
Music by | Steve Dorff |
Editing by | Tom Gleason Clay Iverson Terry Moore |
Studio | Ralph Edwards Productions |
Distributed by | Hallmark Entertainment |
Release date(s) | 21 October 1997 |
Running time | 54 min. |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Annabelle's Wish is a 1997 animated Christmas film that revolves around a young calf who aspires to learn to fly and become one of Santa Claus' reindeer. It is narrated by Randy Travis and stars veteran voice actress Kath Soucie. It originally aired on FOX
The story of the film is based on an old legend, that Santa Claus (or God in the original legend) gives animals the ability to speak on Christmas. The film takes place in a fictional rural farming community named Twobridge somewhere in Tennessee where a young calf named Annabelle is born on Christmas Eve. Upon meeting Santa Claus, she becomes fascinated with reindeer and their ability to fly, and wishes to fly herself. At the same time, having been gifted with the temporary ability to speak, she befriends her farmer's grandson Billy, who suffers from muteness due to smoke inhalation after a fire in the barn. Throughout the course of the year, they learn the true value of friendship and learn that with faith and a willingness to overcome great odds, anybody can achieve their dreams. Once Annabelle loses her ability to talk, the ability is permanently given to Billy, who later finds out. At the end of the movie, when Billy is a grown man married to his best friend Emily, Santa Claus grants Annabelle's wish of flying by turning her into one of his reindeer.