How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
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| How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes |
| Teleplay by | Bruce Harmon |
| Directed by | Joan Micklin Silver |
| Starring | |
| Music by | David Frank |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Frank Doelger |
| Producer | Mark R. Gordon |
| Cinematography | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Editor | Jay Freund |
| Running time | 58 minutes |
| Production company | Learning Corporation of America |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | October 8, 1984 |
How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days is a 1984 American television family comedy film directed by Joan Micklin Silver and written by Bruce Harmon, based on the 1982 children's book Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes. It stars Wallace Shawn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Hermione Gingold.
The film first aired on PBS on October 4, 1984,[1] as part of the series WonderWorks, and was regularly shown on The Disney Channel in the mid-1980s.
Plot[edit]
The film depicts a twelve-year-old boy named Milo, a hopeless klutz who happens upon a mysterious advertisement in the paper for becoming a perfect person. On offer is a three-day course devised by a peculiar man, Dr. Silverfish. Milo enrolls and manages to complete the strange tasks. Only after completing the course does Milo realize that perfection is not all it's cracked up to be.
Cast[edit]
- Wallace Shawn as Professor Silverfish
- Ilan Mitchell-Smith as Milo Crimpley
- Hermione Gingold as Miss Sandwich
- Sarah Boyd as Jenny Hillard
- Kate McGregor-Stewart as Mrs. Crimpley
- Lenny Von Dohlen as Erik Crimpley
- Ned Boyd as Frankie Crimpley
- B.J. Barie as Norbert Sandhill
- John Rothman as Contest Judge
- Joey Ginza as Mr. Yamata
- Jodi Long as Mrs. Yamata
References[edit]
- ^ "How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days". TV Guide. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
External links[edit]
- How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days at IMDb
- How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days at AllMovie
- How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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