Maniac Magee (2003)
Maniac Magee (2003)
Plot.
An orphaned runaway with many extraordinary and athletic talents arrives in a town divided with racial conflict.
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Cast & Crew.
Jada Pinkett Smith
Narrator
Michael Angarano
Maniac (Jeffrey Lionel) Magee
Melissa Bickerton
Dottie Freeze
Garrett Morris
Mr. Cobble
Orlando Brown
Mars Bar
Caylen Clark
Maniac's Mother
Shannon Collis
Jump Rope Girl
Bob Clark
Director
Jerry Spinelli
Writer
Brandon de Paul
Russel McNab
Michael Nolin
Writer
Shan Elliot
Bump Gilliam
Mark Zaslove
Writer
Adam Hendershott
Big John McNab
Jim Latham
Composer
Isaiah Griffin
Piper McNab
Details.
Wiki.
Maniac Magee is a television film made for the Nickelodeon network, based on the novel of the same name by Jerry Spinelli. The story follows twelve-year-old Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee, an orphaned runaway with many extraordinary and athletic talents, who arrives in a town divided with racial conflict. Developed as early as 1999, the film was filmed in 2001 and broadcast on Nickelodeon on February 23, 2003.The teleplay was a finalist for a Humanitas Award in the Children's Live Action program category in 2003, though the award was ultimately won by A Ring of Endless Light.