Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
Acting
Haley Joel Osment before Sixth Sense—already devastatingly good.
Production
Practical magic effects that aged weirdly but charmingly.
Director
Norman Jewison
Whoopi Goldberg
Harriet Franklin
Gérard Depardieu
Bogus
Haley Joel Osment
Albert
Denis Mercier
Monsieur Antoine
Andrea Martin
Penny
Nancy Travis
Lorraine Franklin
Ute Lemper
Babette
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Ruth Clark
Barbara Hamilton
Mrs. Partridge
Al Waxman
School Principal
Elizabeth Harpur
Ellen
Fiona Reid
School Teacher
Kevin Jackson
Bob Morrison
Richard Portnow
M. Clay Thrasher
Mo Gaffney
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Haley Joel Osment's film debut at age 7, filmed before his iconic Sixth Sense role three years later.
Norman Jewison directed this right after Moonstruck and In the Heat of the Night—his only foray into family fantasy, and it shows in the earnest, slightly dated sincerity.
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