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Title

How to be a perfect person in just three days [motion picture] / Mark R. Gordon.

Publication

New York : Learning Corporation of America, 1984.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Silver, Joan Micklin
• Shawn, Wallace
• Gingold, Hermione, 1897-1987
• Manes, Stephen, 1949-

Description

2 film reels (54 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.

Summary

An amusing story about a twelve-year-old boy's attempt to become perfect. Milo Crimpley's life consists of one disaster after another. He breaks his alarm clock, tries unsuccessfully to tame his unruly hair and spills milk on his older brother. A major mishap occurs when he drives his brother's car through the garage wall. Milo enlists the aid of Dr. K. Pinkerton Silverfish, an eccentric who lives in a house filled with gadgets. In the end, Milo gains confidence and maturity but discovers that he is still not perfect. Dr. Silverfish explains: "Perfect is never doing anything wrong- which means never doing anything at all. Perfect is boring!"

Subjects

• Comedy films
• Identity (Psychology) > Fiction

Note

• Based on the book, Be a perfect person in just 3 days, by Stephen Manes.

Credits (note)

• Director, Joan Micklin Silver.

Performer (note)

• Wallace Shawn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Hermione Gingold.

Title

How to be a perfect person in just three days [motion picture] / Mark R. Gordon.

Imprint

New York : Learning Corporation of America, 1984.

Credits

Director, Joan Micklin Silver.

Cast

Wallace Shawn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Hermione Gingold.

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Added Author

Silver, Joan Micklin, film director.

Shawn, Wallace, actor.

Gingold, Hermione, 1897-1987, actor.

Manes, Stephen, 1949- Be a perfect person in just three days.

Branch Call Number

M16 3778 H