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The Planet of Junior Brown
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Wikipedia article
'The Planet of Junior Brown', retitled 'Junior's Groove' in some releases, is a 1997 Canadian drama film. Directed by Clement Virgo, the film was written by Virgo and Cameron Bailey as an adaptation of Virginia Hamilton's 1971 novel 'The Planet of Junior Brown'."The 10th planet: Clement Virgo explores new worlds in The Planet of Junior Brown". 'The Globe and Mail', August 2, 1997.
The film stars Martin Villafana as the titular Junior Brown, an overweight and schizophrenic child prodigy studying piano from music teacher Miss Peebs (Margot Kidder). The film's cast also includes Rainbow Sun Francks, Clark Johnson, Lynn Whitfield, Sarah Polley, Richard Chevolleau, Denis Akiyama and Dan Lett.
The film premiered at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 1997, but was distributed primarily as a CBC Television film airing in November of that year."CBC airs a fairy tale too good to be true". 'Vancouver Sun', November 29, 1997. The film aired on Showtime and Fox Family Channel in the United States in 1999,"Lynn Whitfield's Double Premiere". 'Washington Post', February 7, 1999. following which Whitfield won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Series or Special in 2000."Lynn Whitfield goes to Washington in 'Head of State'". 'Westside Gazette', April 2, 2003.
See also
* List of films featuring diabetes
References
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