A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
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A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story 1995 Directed by Bill Corcoran

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.

Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere TV Movie
Production Companies Fireworks Entertainment , Cactus Pictures
Release Date 22 October 1995
120 mins
Cast
Eva LaRue
Eva LaRue Annette Funicello
Len Cariou
Len Cariou Walt Disney
Frank Crudele
Frank Crudele Joe Funicello
Rob Stewart
Rob Stewart Jack Gilardi
David Lipper
David Lipper Paul Anka
Don S. Davis
Don S. Davis Glen Holt
Louis Ferreira
Louis Ferreira Young Frankie Avalon
Andrea Nemeth
Andrea Nemeth Annette Funicello (age 12-15)
Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon Self
Annette Funicello
Annette Funicello Self
Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin Virginia Funicello
Ahnee Boyce
Ahnee Boyce Gina Portman
Austin Basile
Austin Basile Jack Gilardi Jr.
Jay Brazeau
Jay Brazeau Uncle Pete
Victoria Brooks
Victoria Brooks Jill
Stephania Ciccone
Stephania Ciccone Grandma Albano
Demetri Goritsas
Demetri Goritsas Jimmie Dodd
Elysa Hogg
Elysa Hogg Annette Funicello (age 4)
Gary Jones
Gary Jones Production Assistant
Lorraine Landry
Lorraine Landry Young Shelley Fabares
Hrothgar Mathews
Hrothgar Mathews Plastic Surgeon
Alexandra Purvis
Alexandra Purvis Heather
Claire Riley
Claire Riley Neurologist
Suzanne Ristic
Suzanne Ristic Aunt Irene
Greg Rogers
Greg Rogers Al Gilbert
Nina Roman
Nina Roman Fortune Teller
Domenico Sansalone
Domenico Sansalone Young Joey
Michelle Skalnik
Michelle Skalnik Cissy
Blair Slater
Blair Slater Jason Gilardi
Kavan Smith
Kavan Smith Young Dick Clark
George Touliatos
George Touliatos Grandpa Albano
Scott Augustine
Scott Augustine Mouseketeer
Kim Bailey
Kim Bailey Mouseketeer
Talia Derksen
Talia Derksen Mouseketeer
Laura Jenkins
Laura Jenkins Mouseketeer
Ben Newcombe
Ben Newcombe Mouseketeer
Kelli Stewart
Kelli Stewart Mouseketeer
Rene Tardle
Rene Tardle Mouseketeer
Kimberly Wallace
Kimberly Wallace Mouseketeer
Virginia Funicello
Virginia Funicello Self
Joe Funicello
Joe Funicello Self
Glen Holt
Glen Holt Self
Gina Portman
Gina Portman Self
John Portman
John Portman Self
Jason Gilardi
Jason Gilardi Self
Jack Gilardi Jr.
Jack Gilardi Jr. Self
Jack Gilardi
Jack Gilardi Self
Dick Clark
Dick Clark Self (uncredited)
Shelley Fabares
Shelley Fabares Self (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Bill Corcoran
Bill Corcoran
Producer
Ron French
Ron French
Executive Producers
Stanley M. Brooks
Stanley M. Brooks
Jay Firestone
Jay Firestone
Cinematography
Jan Kiesser
Jan Kiesser
Composer
George Blondheim
George Blondheim
Editor
George Appleby
George Appleby
Production Design
Richard Paris
Richard Paris
Linda Del Rosario
Linda Del Rosario
Original Writers
PJ Torokvei
PJ Torokvei
John McGreevey
John McGreevey
Patricia Romanowski
Patricia Romanowski
Annette Funicello
Annette Funicello
Art Direction
Linda Del Rosario
Linda Del Rosario
Richard Paris
Richard Paris
Set Decoration
David Chiasson
David Chiasson
Costume Design
Maya Mani
Maya Mani
Hairstylist
Janet Sala
Janet Sala
Casting
Ellen Lubin Sanitsky
Ellen Lubin Sanitsky
Assistant Directors
Richard Flower
Richard Flower
Julia Done
Julia Done