The Blue Yonder

1986

The Blue Yonder

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Movie Info

In this youthful fantasy, a young boy, learns how to time travel and decides to try and save the life of his grandfather, a pilot who tragically died while attempting to fly across the Atlantic. The trouble is, the boy does not stop to think about the historical ramifications of his actions.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By:

Mark Rosman
Written By:

Mark Rosman
Runtime:

89 minutes
Studio:

Walt Disney Productions

Cast

Huckleberry Fox
as Jonathan Knicks

Peter Coyote
as Max Knickerbocker

Art Carney
as Henry Coogan

Joe Flood

Dennis Lipscomb
as Finch

Mittie Smith

Critic Reviews for The Blue Yonder

All Critics (1) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (1)

Writer-director Mark Rosman effectively extracts charm from the simplicity, focusing less on the novelty of whether changing the past would alter the present than on the warm relationship that develops between grandfather and grandson.

Sep 26, 2019 | Full Review…

Lee Margulies
Los Angeles Times
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