Little Fugitive

Little Fugitive

Infobox_Film
name = Little Fugitive


image_size =
caption = DVD cover
director = Ray Ashley
Morris Engel
Ruth Orkin
producer = Ray Ashley
Morris Engel
writer = Ray Ashley
Morris Engel
Ruth Orkin
starring = Richie Andrusco
Richard Brewster
music = Eddie Manson
cinematography = Morris Engel
editing = Ruth Orkin Lester Troob
released = October 6 1953
runtime = 80 minutes
country = United States
language = English
amg_id = 1:99782
imdb_id = 0046004|

"Little Fugitive" (1953) is film written and directed by Raymond Abrashkin (under the pseudonym "Ray Ashley"), Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin. It stars Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams, and others. [imdb title|id=0046004|title=Little Fugitive.]

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story. In 1997, "Little Fugitive" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Plot

The film tells the story of a young boy who runs away to Coney Island after he is tricked into believing he has killed his older brother.

Background

The film was filmed on location at Coney Island and Brooklyn, United States.

Cast

* Richie Andrusco as Joey Norton
* Richard Brewster as Lennie Norton
* Winifred Cushing as Mother
* Jay Williams as Jay the Pony Ride Man
* Will Lee as Photographer
* Charlie Moss as Harry
* Tommy DeCanio as Charley

Critical reception

Film critic Dennis Schwartz liked the film and wrote, "A remarkable indy classic, made on a shoestring budget by a group of still photographers. It's an affecting lyrical comedy-drama that fully captures the flavor of urban childhood innocence of the 1950s. It's written/directed by the team of Morris Engel and Ray Ashley and Ruth Orkin...The dialogue was sparse, the story was unambitious, the film lacked drama, the children were very ordinary and their problem was only a minor one, nevertheless this beautifully realized film caught the world through the innocent eyes of a curious and scared child and left an impression that was hard to shake. It was uplifting to watch because the effort was so genuine." [ [http://www.sover.net/~ozus/littlefugitive.htm Schwartz, Dennis] . Film review, December 11 2003. Last accessed: February 15 2008.]

When the film was screened again in New York in 2005, film critic Joshua Land wrote, "Little Fugitive" shines as a beautifully shot document of a bygone Brooklyn—any drama here resides in the grainy black-and-white cinematography, with its careful attention to the changes in light brought on by the inexorably advancing sun...Filled with 'Aw, fellas!' period ambience and the mythic imagery of cowboys and horses, comics and baseball, it's a key proto-vérité slice of urban America." [ [http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0516,landf,63154,20.html Land, Joshua] . "The Village Voice," April 19 2005. Last accessed: February 15, 2008]

Remake

Joanna Lipper completed a remake of the movie in 2005 and used the same name. The film had its world premiere in the New American Cinema Competition at the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival. [ [http://wbff.org/films/detail.asp?cid=1&fid=565 Brooklyn International Film Festival] . Web site, 2008. Last accessed: February 15, 2008.]

Awards

Wins
* Venice Film Festival: Silver Lion, Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin; 1953.
* Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon, Best Foreign Film, Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin; 1954.

Nominations
* Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion, Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin; 1953.
* Writers Guild of America, East, USA: WGA Award, Best Written Screenplay American Drama, Ray Ashley; 1954.
* Academy Awards, USA: Oscar, Best Writing, Motion Picture Story, Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin; 1954.

Other honors
* 1997- National Film Registry.

References

Notes

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