The Indian in the Cupboard
- Original title
- The Indian in the Cupboard
- Year
- 1995
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Melissa Mathison. Novel: Lynne Reid Banks
- Cast
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- Hal Scardino
- Litefoot
- Lindsay Crouse
- Richard Jenkins
- Rishi Bhat
- Steve Coogan
- David Keith
- Sakina Jaffrey
- Vincent Kartheiser
- Nestor Serrano
- Ryan Olson
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Fantasy. Kids | Family-friendly. Dolls
- Synopsis
- On his ninth birthday a boy receives many presents. Two of them first seem to be less important: an old cupboard from his brother and a little Indian figure made of plastic from his best friend. But these two presents turn out to be much more magic than the rest...
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1995: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): 3 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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"It is the kind of film that enables adults to get in touch with their inner child - but more important, gets children in touch with their inner adult"
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"These lessons in multiculturism and tolerance should fall easily on young viewers only expecting to be entertained"
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"Unlike Omri's plastic toys, The Indian in the Cupboard never comes to life"
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"Like many of the classic works for children, it is finally about the rough passage to adulthood (...) In a year of wonders for children this quiet film still manages to impress."
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"The Indian in the Cupboard unfolds with absorbing logic to tell a tale in the best of children's story tradition"
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