A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story
120 mins
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.
Ahnee Boyce
Gina Portman
Austin Basile
Jack Gilardi Jr.
Victoria Brooks
Jill
Stephania Ciccone
Grandma Albano
Elysa Hogg
Annette Funicello (age 4)
Greg Rogers
Al Gilbert
Nina Roman
Fortune Teller
Domenico Sansalone
Young Joey
Michelle Skalnik
Cissy
Scott Augustine
Mouseketeer
Kim Bailey
Mouseketeer
Talia Derksen
Mouseketeer
Laura Jenkins
Mouseketeer
Ben Newcombe
Mouseketeer
Kelli Stewart
Mouseketeer
Rene Tardle
Mouseketeer
Kimberly Wallace
Mouseketeer
Joe Funicello
Self
Glen Holt
Self
Gina Portman
Self
John Portman
Self
Jason Gilardi
Self
Jack Gilardi Jr.
Self
Jack Gilardi
Self
George Blondheim
Original Music Composer
Richard Paris
Production Design
Jay Firestone
Co-Executive Producer
Ron French
Producer
PJ Torokvei
Teleplay
Linda Del Rosario
Production Design
Jan Kiesser
Director of Photography
George Appleby
Editor
John McGreevey
Teleplay
Ellen Lubin Sanitsky
Casting
Ron French
Unit Production Manager
Julia Done
Second Assistant Director
Richard Flower
First Assistant Director
Maddalena Acconci
Choreographer
Maya Mani
Costume Designer
Janet Sala
Hairstylist
Linda Lee Langdon
Assistant Costume Designer
David Chiasson
Set Decoration
Linda Del Rosario
Art Direction
Richard Paris
Art Direction
Faye Thorp
Assistant Set Decoration
Paul D. Goldman
Executive In Charge Of Production
