🎬 Drama, Family, TV Movie

Skyward

"A touching drama of a handicapped teenager and her quest for the freedom of the skies."

⭐ 7.1/10 1980 1h 40m Dir. Ron Howard

About this movie

Billie Dupree 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. Dupree teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Koup Trenton runs an aircraft repair service and is 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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7.1/10 6 votes

Quick facts

Year
1980
Runtime
1h 40m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.1/10
Votes
6
Genre
Drama, Family, TV Movie
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 Family 🎭 TV Movie 🎬 Ron Howard 👤 Bette Davis 👤 Howard Hesseman 👤 Suzy Barbieri
wheelchair user disability new student physical disability pilot training

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Skyward has a runtime of 1h 40m (1 hour and 40 minutes).
Skyward was directed by Ron Howard and released in 1980.
Skyward is a Drama, Family, TV Movie film (1980).
The cast of Skyward includes Bette Davis, Howard Hesseman, Suzy Barbieri, Marion Ross, Clu Gulager.
Skyward has a TMDB rating of 7.1/10 based on 6 votes.

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