Annabelle's Wish

Annabelle's Wish.

Annabelle's Wish is a 1997 animated film based on the short story by Dan Henderson.

Cast

Singing roles

• Jerry Van Dyke - Grandpa Baker
• Cloris Leachman - Aunt Agnes
• Beth Nielsen Chapman - Emily
• Aria Noelle Curzon - Young Emily
• Randy Travis - Billy Baker
• Hari Oziol - Young Billy

Non-singing roles

• Kath Soucie - Annabelle
• Jim Varney - Mr. Gus Holder
• Kay E. Kuter - Santa Claus

Plot

The film takes place in a fictional rural farming community named Twobridge somewhere in Tennessee, where a young calf named Annabelle is born on Christmas Eve. Upon meeting Santa Claus, she becomes fascinated with reindeer and their ability to fly, and wishes to fly herself.

At the same time, having been granted the temporary ability to speak, she befriends the farmer's grandson, Billy, who suffered from muteness due to smoke inhalation caused by a terrible fire at the animals' barn one night. Throughout the course of the year, they learn the true value of friendship and learn that with faith and a willingness to overcome great odds, anybody can achieve their dreams. Once Annabelle loses her ability to talk, the ability is permanently given to Billy, who later finds out.

At the end of the movie, when Billy is now a grown up man and in love with and married to his childhood friend, Emily, Santa Claus grants Annabelle's wish for flying by turning her into one of his reindeer, returning her ability to speak in the process.

Musical numbers

• "Deck the Halls" - Emily and Young Billy
• "The World From Way Up Here" - Alison Krauss
• "Silent Night" - Dolly Parton
• "Friends Like Us" - Billy and Emily
• "Tiny Dreamer" - Nanci Griffith
• "If You Believe" - Kevin Sharp
• "There's No Place Like Home" - Aunt Agnes and Grandpa Baker
• "Something Bigger Than Me" - Dolly Parton
• "The World From Way Up Here" (Reprise) - Alison Krauss