A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)
2h
Running Time
October 22, 1995Release Date
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)
2h
Running Time
October 22, 1995Release Date
Plot.
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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Currently A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee
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Cast & Crew.

Eva LaRue
Annette Funicello

Len Cariou
Walt Disney

Frank Crudele
Joe Funicello

Rob Stewart
Jack Gilardi

David Lipper
Paul Anka

Don S. Davis
Glen Holt

Louis Ferreira
Young Frankie Avalon

Andrea Nemeth
Annette Funicello (age 12-15)

Frankie Avalon
Self

Annette Funicello
Self / Book

Linda Lavin
Virginia Funicello

Ahnee Boyce
Gina Portman

Austin Basile
Jack Gilardi Jr.

Jay Brazeau
Uncle Pete

Victoria Brooks
Jill

Peter Torokvei
Writer

Stephania Ciccone
Grandma Albano

Demetri Goritsas
Jimmie Dodd

Elysa Hogg
Annette Funicello (age 4)

Gary Jones
Production Assistant

Lorraine Landry
Young Shelley Fabares

Hrothgar Mathews
Plastic Surgeon

Alexandra Purvis
Heather

Claire Riley
Neurologist

Suzanne Ristic
Aunt Irene

Greg Rogers
Al Gilbert

Nina Roman
Fortune Teller

Domenico Sansalone
Young Joey

Michelle Skalnik
Cissy

Blair Slater
Jason Gilardi

Kavan Smith
Young Dick Clark

George Touliatos
Grandpa Albano

Scott Augustine
Mouseketeer

Kim Bailey
Mouseketeer

Talia Derksen
Mouseketeer

Laura Jenkins
Mouseketeer

Ben Newcombe
Mouseketeer

Kelli Stewart
Mouseketeer

Rene Tardle
Mouseketeer

Kimberly Wallace
Mouseketeer

Virginia Funicello
Self

Joe Funicello
Self

Glen Holt
Self

Gina Portman
Self

John Portman
Self

Jason Gilardi
Self

Jack Gilardi Jr.
Self

Jack Gilardi
Self

Dick Clark
Self (uncredited)

Shelley Fabares
Self (uncredited)

Jay Firestone
Co-Executive Producer

Jan Kiesser
Director of Photography

Linda Del Rosario
Production Design / Art Direction

Richard Paris
Production Design / Art Direction

George Appleby
Editor

George Blondheim
Original Music Composer

Ron French
Producer / Unit Production Manager

John McGreevey
Teleplay

PJ Torokvei
Teleplay

Patricia Romanowski
Book

Stanley M. Brooks
Executive Producer

Richard Flower
First Assistant Director

Julia Done
Second Assistant Director

Ellen Lubin Sanitsky
Casting

Maddalena Acconci
Choreographer

Maya Mani
Costume Designer

Linda Lee Langdon
Assistant Costume Designer

Janet Sala
Hairstylist

David Chiasson
Set Decoration

Faye Thorp
Assistant Set Decoration

Paul D. Goldman
Executive In Charge Of Production

Bill Corcoran
Director
Details.
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