Skyward (1980)
• November 20th, 1980 • 1h 40min
Drama, Family, TV Movie
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Rain Man
Released on: 1988-12-12
Drama
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincin...
The Imperfect Cradle
Released on: 2013-04-23
Drama
Two childhood friends grew up and face strange feelings now. One of them tries to explore that feeli...
Unbreakable
Released on: 2000-11-22
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers ...
Pumpkin
Released on: 2002-06-28
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenge...
My Name Is Khan
Released on: 2010-02-10
Drama, Romance
Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hin...
West of Zanzibar
Released on: 1928-11-24
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired wit...
Mrs. Munck
Released on: 1995-01-01
Drama, Comedy
A wronged woman takes revenge on her wheelchair bound father-in-law.
Freckles
Released on: 1917-05-28
Drama
Freckles, a one-armed orphan tired of being tormented by others runs away eventually finding a place...
If I Had Wings
Released on: 2013-12-01
Drama
Alex, blind since the age of two, dreams of running for his school's cross-country team. His father,...
Bittersweet Power
Released on: 2022-01-26
Drama
In one night, Lucas, Luiza and Bia remember the pains and delights of being who they are.
Monkey Shines
Released on: 1988-07-29
Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little mo...
The Bad Sleep Well
Released on: 1960-09-19
Crime, Drama, Thriller
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within...
Anna's Dream
Released on: 2002-09-20
TV Movie, Comedy, Drama
After a gymnastics accident leaves her paraplegic, 18-year-old Anna Morgan returns to high school. B...
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Released on: 2020-12-25
Animation, Drama, Romance
With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes h...
Being Heumann
Released on:
Drama
In 1977, Judy Heumann leads over a hundred disabled people to take over the San Francisco Federal Bu...
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Released on: 2019-08-09
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a pr...
Miffo
Released on: 2003-07-31
Comedy, Drama
Tobias is the new, idealistic priest in a suburb but he soon learns that his flock is quite unintere...
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Released on: 2002-03-29
Action, Drama, Thriller
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for ...
The Men
Released on: 1950-08-25
Drama
Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a ve...
Aaltra
Released on: 2004-06-23
Comedy, Drama
In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through ...