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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Watch With Your Kids, Scary Moments Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 04/30/1997 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Drama, Children's/Family, Animal Picture, Family-Oriented Adventure, Family Drama, Coming-of-Age See Also: Fly Away Home [Widescreen] [Special Edition], Fly Away Home [Widescreen] [Blu-ray]

Inspired by a true story, Fly Away Home is a family drama about Amy Alden (Anna Paquin), a 13-year-old girl who, after the tragic death of her mother, is sent to live with her father Thomas (Jeff Daniels), a sculptor. Amy misses her mother and has never enjoyed a very warm relationship with her father, so the first few months in her new home are very difficult for her. However, one day Amy finds a nest full of eggs, which was tossed away by land developers clearing a wooded area. Amy brings the eggs home and builds a makeshift incubator; a few weeks later, a flock of tiny Canadian Geese are hatched. While caring for her new pets makes Amy happier, a problem soon presents itself -- young geese "imprint" on the first creature they see after hatching and follow it, as if it's their mother. Without a mother to show them how to fly south for the winter, how will they learn normal migratory patterns? Thomas comes up with a solution to the problem: as a hobby, he flies Ultralights, lightweight aircraft that look like gliders with engines. If he puts Amy in an Ultralight and has her fly the migratory route to the South, perhaps the birds will follow her and learn the route their mother would normally teach them. Amy's adventures help her learn about independence as she tries to teach it to the birds, bringing her closer to her father. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Jeff Daniels - Thomas Alden
Anna Paquin - Amy Alden
Dana Delany - Susan Barnes
Terry Kinney - David Alden
Holter Graham

An orphaned flock of geese bring together a 13-year-old girl and her estranged father as they learn the values of family while attempting to teach them to fly in this touching release for the whole family from Columbia/TriStar Video. Presented in standard 1.33:1 full-screen pan-and-scan and featuring a variety of audio options, including closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 as well as English, Spanish, and French Dolby Digital Stereo, this release also offers optional Spanish subtitles. Aside from the standard interactive menus, extra features are nonexistent. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide