A Wish for Wings That Work (1991)
A Wish for Wings That Work was the link movie connecting Tangled and Forrest Gump.
Linked through Michael Bell and Joe Alaskey.
Both Michael Bell and Joe Alaskey appeared in A Wish for Wings That Work.
About A Wish for Wings That Work
Opus the Penguin struggles to achieve his seemingly impossible dream to be able to fly.
Directed by Skip Jones
Written by Berkeley Breathed
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Movie trivia
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Berkeley Breathed's 1991 children's book A Wish for Wings That Work was adapted that same year into an animated television special featuring characters from his Bloom County and Outland comics.
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Opus assembles a flying machine and plans to test it by jumping off a three-mile-high cliff, but at the last minute chooses to go home and bake anchovy Christmas cookies instead of making the leap.
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On Christmas Eve Santa loses his reindeer and crashes into a lake; Opus uses his natural swimming skills to pull Santa out and a group of ducks later rewards him by carrying him through the air.
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The half-hour special aired on CBS on December 18, 1991; it was directed by Skip Jones, produced by Peggy Regan for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Universal Cartoon Studios, and was released on DVD November 6, 2007.
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The voice cast includes Michael Bell as Opus, Joe Alaskey as Truffles and the Ducks, John Byner, Tress MacNeille, Alexaundria Simmons, Andrew Hill Newman, Frank Welker as Santa Claus, Robin Williams credited as "Sudy Nim" as George the Kiwi, and Dustin Hoffman appearing uncredited as Milquetoast the Cross-Dressing Cockroach.
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Although Variety gave the special a positive review, praising its action, intelligence, animation and vocal performances, creator Berkeley Breathed publicly expressed disappointment, citing poor ratings, his own lack of TV-writing experience, and a director he felt was "way over his head.
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