The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2003)
Directed by Steven Ramirez
Genres - Action, Adventure, Children's/Family |
Sub-Genres - Family-Oriented Adventure |
Release Date - Aug 29, 2003 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 91 min. |
Countries - New Zealand, United States |
MPAA Rating - G
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Synopsis by Michael Hastings
When a small boy is mythically delivered to a remote Polynesian island and named Tama, he's received with equal amounts of joy and fear -- the former from the island tribe's chief, the latter from the chief's wife, who notes that the new boy is taking favored status away from their own, biological son. Thus, Tama is ostracized and cast away from his beloved adoptive island, but makes it his goal in life to return to reclaim his true childhood love, Mahana. The Legend of Johnny Lingo was brought to the screen in part by producer John Garbett.
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abandonment, child, desertion, exile, island-tropical, orphan, ostracism, return