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Big Apple Birthday

Big Apple Birthday

Alice in Wonderland

19780h 23m

Overview

Every day is boring and the same to Amy, even her birthday. All the evidence her family puts forth that each day is different she rebuts with well-thought out responses of sameness. She is supposed to visit her Aunt Lucy to pick up her present from her, and instead meets weird characters who insist that her aunt has a beagle named Charlie and that she has turned into a butterfly. Eventually she encounters fairytale folk who thought their lives were normal before the events in their stories occurred.

Directed by Nick De Noia
Written by David Wolf, Lewis Carroll
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Top Cast

K

Kelly Ellen Collins

Amy Patterson

L

Lea Collins

Mrs. Patterson

B

Bill Drew

The Doorman

W

Warren Ball

The Elevator Man

I

Ira Lee Collings

The Picnickers

R

Ronald Kienhuis

The Picnickers

W

Warren Parker

The Picnickers

A

Anthony Ventresca

Gordon Patterson

T

Thomas Tierney

Mr. Patterson

M

Maria Malfitano

Aunt Lucy

Themes & Keywords

short film

About Big Apple Birthday

Big Apple Birthday is a music, fantasy, family film released in 1978 exploring themes of short film. Directed by Nick De Noia, it stars Kelly Ellen Collins, Lea Collins, Bill Drew. Every day is boring and the same to Amy, even her birthday. All the evidence her family puts forth that each day is different she rebuts with well-thought out responses of sameness. She is supposed to visit her Aunt Lucy to pick up her present from her, and instead meets weird characters who insist that her aunt has a beagle named Charlie and that she has turned into a butterfly. Eventually she encounters fairytale folk who thought their lives were normal before the events in their stories occurred.

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