Wide Awake (1998) on Netflix
Joshua Beal, a ten-year-old fifth grader, misses his grandfather, who has died. He begins a search for God, helped by his friend Dave and by Sister Terry, a nun at his school.
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Plot summary
Joshua A. Beal is ten years old and in the fifth grade at Waldron Mercy Academy, a Catholic boys' school in Philadelphia. He is small for his age, he gets picked on, and he misses his grandfather, who has died. The grown-ups in his life cannot settle his questions, so he begins looking for God himself. His best friend Dave, who finds ways to cut class, helps him, and so does Sister Terry, a nun at the school who loves the Philadelphia Phillies.
Cast
- Stefan Niemczykas Frank Benton
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Wide Awake (1998)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Shooting was completed in 1995, but Harvey Weinstein voiced his intention to recut Shyamalan's final cut. Shyamalan and Rosie O'Donnell confronted Weinstein about the decision, and the film was buried until 1998, when it got a very limited release after Shyamalan's high profile sale of the spec script for The Sixth Sense.
