radio flyer

Director: richard donner,david mickey evans

Actor: lorraine bracco,john heard,adam baldwin,elijah wood

Data Published: Fri Feb 21 1992

Genres: Drama

Key Words: radio flyer,physical abuse,stepfather stepson relationship,told in flashback,mother son relationship

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105211/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Flyer_(film)

Description: Radio Flyer is a movie starring Lorraine Bracco, John Heard, and Adam Baldwin. A father recounts a dark period of his childhood when he and his little brother lived in the suburbs.

Plot: Mike observes his two sons fighting; with one insisting that a promise doesn't mean anything. To make them understand that a promise does mean something, he tells them the story of his youth. Mike, his little brother, Bobby, their mother, Mary, and their German Shepherd, Shane, all move to a new town after their father/husband leaves them. There, Mary marries a new man, Jack, who likes the others to call him "The King". Unbeknownst to Mary, the King is an alcoholic who often gets drunk and beats Bobby. The two boys, seeing that Mary has found happiness at last with the King, are reluctant to tell either her or the police about the abuse. They instead try to avoid the King by exploring and having adventures amidst the turmoil and traumatic experiences. In the process, the two devise a plan for Bobby to escape the King once and for all. Inspired by the urban legend of a boy named Fisher who attempted to fly away on his bicycle, the two convert their eponymous Radio Flyer toy wagon into an airplane. With it, Bobby flies away. Though Mike never sees him again, he continues to receive postcards from him from places all over the world.