| Tuck Everlasting | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Frederick King Keller |
| Produced by | Howard Kling Frederick King Keller |
| Written by | Natalie Babbitt (novel) Fred A. Keller Frederick King Keller |
| Starring | Margaret Chamberlain Paul Fleesa Fred A. Keller James McGuire Sonia Raimi |
| Music by | Malcolm Dalglish Grey Larsen |
| Cinematography | Michael Mathews |
| Release date(s) | June 5, 1981 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tuck Everlasting is a 1981 American film based on Natalie Babbitt's 1975 children's book of the same title.
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The story involves the Tucks, a family who drank from a magic spring from The Foster's little forest and became immortal (hence the name "Tuck Everlasting").
In the novel, set in the late 19th century, the protagonist is ten-year-old Winifred Foster. She comes from a well-bred, straight-laced family and becomes lost in the woods one day during an attempt to escape her smothered lifestyle. In the woods, she encounters Jesse Tuck, a boy of immortals due to a spring from which he and his family drank water from years ago. The novel ultimately puts up an argument for mortality and why it is necessary by using the Tucks as an example.