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Paper Parachutes

May 19, 2011

★ 6.0

Overview

Paper Parachutes is a children's fantasy short film about obsessively ordered nine year old Miles, who receives his birthday presents via parachute from his high flying Uncle Ed. From his 9th birthday onward, Miles is on a year long mission to complete the 10 perfect paper airplanes in order to have his hero Uncle return by parachute on his 10th birthday. Miles creates such a strong imagined world about his Uncle that he almost entirely fails to see the efforts his hopeless disorganized parents make to keep his dreams alive.

Genres

Drama

Family

Adventure

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Cast

Uncle Ed

Vincent van Ommen

Mom

Bonnie Williams

Miles

Cody Peereboom

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