A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995)


  • Genre: TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1995-10-22
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Cactus Pictures
  • Director: Bill Corcoran
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Summary

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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  • Eva LaRue

    as Annette Funicello

  • Len Cariou

    as Walt Disney

  • Frank Crudele

    as Joe Funicello

  • Rob Stewart

    as Jack Gilardi

  • David Lipper

    as Paul Anka

  • Don S. Davis

    as Glen Holt

  • Louis Ferreira

    as Young Frankie Avalon

  • Andrea Nemeth

    as Annette Funicello (age 12-15)

  • Frankie Avalon

    as Self

  • Annette Funicello

    as Self

  • Linda Lavin

    as Virginia Funicello

  • Ahnee Boyce

    as Gina Portman

  • Austin Basile

    as Jack Gilardi Jr.

  • Jay Brazeau

    as Uncle Pete

  • Victoria Brooks

    as Jill

  • Stephania Ciccone

    as Grandma Albano

  • Demetri Goritsas

    as Jimmie Dodd

  • Elysa Hogg

    as Annette Funicello (age 4)

  • Gary Jones

    as Production Assistant

  • Lorraine Landry

    as Young Shelley Fabares

  • Hrothgar Mathews

    as Plastic Surgeon

  • Alexandra Purvis

    as Heather

  • Claire Riley

    as Neurologist

  • Suzanne Ristic

    as Aunt Irene

  • Greg Rogers

    as Al Gilbert

  • Nina Roman

    as Fortune Teller

  • Domenico Sansalone

    as Young Joey

  • Michelle Skalnik

    as Cissy

  • Blair Slater

    as Jason Gilardi

  • Kavan Smith

    as Young Dick Clark

  • George Touliatos

    as Grandpa Albano

  • Scott Augustine

    as Mouseketeer

  • Kim Bailey

    as Mouseketeer

  • Talia Derksen

    as Mouseketeer

  • Laura Jenkins

    as Mouseketeer

  • Ben Newcombe

    as Mouseketeer

  • Kelli Stewart

    as Mouseketeer

  • Rene Tardle

    as Mouseketeer

  • Kimberly Wallace

    as Mouseketeer

  • Virginia Funicello

    as Self

  • Joe Funicello

    as Self

  • Glen Holt

    as Self

  • Gina Portman

    as Self

  • John Portman

    as Self

  • Jason Gilardi

    as Self

  • Jack Gilardi Jr.

    as Self

  • Jack Gilardi

    as Self

  • Dick Clark

    as Self (uncredited)

  • Shelley Fabares

    as Self (uncredited)
Directing Bill Corcoran Director
Production Jay Firestone Co-Executive Producer
Camera Jan Kiesser Director of Photography
Art Linda Del Rosario Production Design
Art Richard Paris Production Design
Editing George Appleby Editor
Sound George Blondheim Original Music Composer
Production Ron French Producer
Writing John McGreevey Teleplay
Writing PJ Torokvei Teleplay
Writing Annette Funicello Book
Writing Patricia Romanowski Book
Production Stanley M. Brooks Executive Producer
Production Ron French Unit Production Manager
Directing Richard Flower First Assistant Director
Directing Julia Done Second Assistant Director
Production Ellen Lubin Sanitsky Casting
Crew Maddalena Acconci Choreographer
Costume & Make-Up Maya Mani Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Linda Lee Langdon Assistant Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Janet Sala Hairstylist
Art Richard Paris Art Direction
Art Linda Del Rosario Art Direction
Art David Chiasson Set Decoration
Art Faye Thorp Assistant Set Decoration
Production Paul D. Goldman Executive In Charge Of Production

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