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Fly Away Home
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1632
- IMDb #2524
- Rotten Tomatoes #1773
- Letterboxd #2110
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1394
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2578
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is IMDb on 69, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87. Critics average 87, everyone else 72.
See the most agreed on films →Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.
Details
- Director
- Carroll Ballard
- Writers
- Robert Rodat, Vince McKewin
- Released
- 13 September 1996
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $22.0M
- Box office
- $25.1M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →1 major award won · 5 wins from 10 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Awards 1996 | Best Family Film | Winner | |
| Academy Awards 1996 | Best Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 1996 | Best Child Performance | Anna Paquin | Nominee |
| American Society of Cinematographers Awards 1996 | Best Cinematography – Theatrical Release | Caleb Deschanel | Nominee |
| Christopher Awards 1996 | Best Family Film | Winner | |
| Environmental Media Awards 1996 | Feature Film | Winner | |
| Genesis Awards 1996 | Award for Feature Film | Winner | |
| Young Artist Awards 1996 | Best Family Feature – Drama | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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10 awards — Fly Away Home
×| Best Family Film | Winner | |
| Best Child Performance | Anna Paquin | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel | Nominee |
| Best Family Feature – Drama | Winner | |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress | Anna Paquin | Nominee |
| Best Family Film | Winner |
| Feature Film | Winner |
| Award for Feature Film | Winner |
| Best Cinematography – Theatrical Release | Caleb Deschanel | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film | Anna Paquin | Nominee |