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Annabelle's Wish

Annabelle's Wish
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Directed by Roy Wilson
Produced by Barbara Dunn-Leonard
Written by Dan Henderson (short story)
Jane Baer
John Bettis
Ken Blackwell
John Couch
Gary Edwards
Bruce Faulk
Kathy Grover
Riki Hobin
Jay Johnson
Jaime Barton Klein
George Larrimore
John Lewis
Barbara Dunn-Leonard
Sheryl Scarborough
Starring Randy Travis
Jay Johnson
Jerry Van Dyke
Jim Varney
Rue McClanahan
Cloris Leachman
Aria Curzon
James Lafferty
Charlie Cronin
Jennifer Darling
Clancy Brown
Stu Rosen
Jerry Houser
Brian Cummings
Mary Kay Bergman
Tress MacNeille
Kay E. Kuter
Kath Soucie
Steve Mackall
Hari Oziol
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Frank Welker
Nanci Griffith
Alison Krauss
Kevin Sharp
Narrated by Randy Travis
Music by Steve Dorff
Edited by Tom Gleason
Clay Iverson
Terry Moore
Production
company
Ralph Edwards Productions
Distributed by Hallmark Entertainment
Release date
21 October 1997
Running time
54 min.
Country United States
Language English

Annabelle's Wish is a 1997 American animated Christmas film that revolves around a young calf who aspires to learn to fly and become one of Santa Claus' reindeer. It is narrated by American country singer Randy Travis and stars veteran voice actress Kath Soucie. It originally aired on FOX.

The film takes place in a fictional rural farming community named Twobridge somewhere in Tennessee, where a young calf named Annabelle is born on Christmas Eve. Upon meeting Santa Claus, she becomes fascinated with reindeer and their ability to fly, and wishes to fly herself.

At the same time, having been granted the temporary ability to speak, she befriends the farmer's grandson, Billy, who suffered from muteness due to smoke inhalation caused by a terrible fire at the animals' barn one night. Throughout the course of the year, they learn the true value of friendship and learn that with faith and a willingness to overcome great odds, anybody can achieve their dreams. Once Annabelle loses her ability to talk, the ability is permanently given to Billy, who later finds out.

At the end of the movie, when Billy is now a grown man and in love with and married to his childhood friend, Emily, Santa Claus grants Annabelle's wish for flying by turning her into one of his reindeer, returning her ability to speak in the process.


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