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Skyward (TV)

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Original title

Ron Howard's 'Skyward'

Year

1980

Running time

100 min.

Country

United States

Director

Ron Howard

Screenwriter

Nancy Sackett. Story: Anson Williams

Cast

Music

Lee Holdridge

Cinematography

Robert C. Jessup

Producer

Anson Productions, Major H Productions

Genre

Drama | TV Movie

Synopsis

An aging Bette Davis is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Davis teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Howard Hessman is a aircraft repair service trying desperately to get an old airplane back in the air. The three, together, put the young girl and the old plane up in the air.

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Skyward (TV)

1980

Ron Howard