A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
(1995)

Released: 1995-10-22

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This highly-rated television film covers the life of American movie/TV/pop music idol Annette Funicello. The movie starts with the move of her family from New York to California, where in 1955 shy Annette becomes one of the cast of The Mickey Mouse Club. The movie covers her child stardom, her teen idol years, her singing career with big hits like "Tall Paul", her romance with Paul Anka, her classic beach party films with Frankie Avalon, and her first marriage. It also shows her large comeback in the late 1980s and her second marriage, and the day when she found out she had multiple sclerosis.

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Eva LaRue

as Annette Funicello

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Len Cariou

as Walt Disney

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Frank Crudele

as Joe Funicello

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Rob Stewart

as Jack Gilardi

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David Lipper

as Paul Anka

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Don S. Davis

as Glen Holt

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Louis Ferreira

as Young Frankie Avalon

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Andrea Nemeth

as Annette Funicello (age 12-15)

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Linda Lavin

as Virginia Funicello

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Ahnee Boyce

as Gina Portman

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Austin Basile

as Jack Gilardi Jr.

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Jay Brazeau

as Uncle Pete

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Demetri Goritsas

as Jimmie Dodd

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Elysa Hogg

as Annette Funicello (age 4)

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Gary Jones

as Production Assistant

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Lorraine Landry

as Young Shelley Fabares

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Jay Firestone

Co-Executive Producer

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Jan Kiesser

Director of Photography

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Linda Del Rosario

Production Design

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George Blondheim

Original Music Composer

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Stanley M. Brooks

Executive Producer

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Ron French

Unit Production Manager

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Richard Flower

First Assistant Director

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Julia Done

Second Assistant Director

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Maya Mani

Costume Designer

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Linda Lee Langdon

Assistant Costume Designer

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