Faint memory of a kid's movie driving me crazy!
May 30, 2011 9:37 AM Subscribe
Kid's movie/T.V. show? Trying to rediscover some sort of kid's show or movie, possibly misremembered.
This has been driving me crazy for years. Pretty sure it was a live action movie with some sort of old CGI type special effects.
1. Some sort of wizard, I think, takes this boy (or a boy and a girl) up into a tower or attic of a library/old stone school/church.
2. There, they find some sort of apparatus, I'm pretty sure it was a harp, which, when played, causes a ribbon of color/light to flow up....
3. And allows the children/young teens to change into animals. I remember a dog, and maybe an owl but I'm less sure about that.
4. I'm fairly sure this is NOT the Animorphs series. I swear I saw this before the Animorphs. I just especially remember music as being the gateway for these kids to change their form.
If this is a flight of childish fancy or a dream I had, I apologize, but I just....-swear- I watched this on T.V. at some point when younger.
This has been driving me crazy for years. Pretty sure it was a live action movie with some sort of old CGI type special effects.
1. Some sort of wizard, I think, takes this boy (or a boy and a girl) up into a tower or attic of a library/old stone school/church.
2. There, they find some sort of apparatus, I'm pretty sure it was a harp, which, when played, causes a ribbon of color/light to flow up....
3. And allows the children/young teens to change into animals. I remember a dog, and maybe an owl but I'm less sure about that.
4. I'm fairly sure this is NOT the Animorphs series. I swear I saw this before the Animorphs. I just especially remember music as being the gateway for these kids to change their form.
If this is a flight of childish fancy or a dream I had, I apologize, but I just....-swear- I watched this on T.V. at some point when younger.
Response by poster: United States (Ohio), sometime between 1991 (I was born '88 but I'll be safe and guesstimate too early) and 1995, I think (aka, sometime between when I was 3 and 7 years old).
I know that the Animorphs (books) came out in 1996, and the show in 1998. I'll admit the books made a rather big impression on me (I still wish I had this as a superpower), and I -do- dream very vivid dreams, but I really think I remember this show/movie. I also saw the movie Labyrinth in the age/time-frame, and clearly remember the impression it made on me, so I'm hoping this memory is just a little more faded but just as real.
posted by DisreputableDog at 1:20 PM on May 30, 2011
I know that the Animorphs (books) came out in 1996, and the show in 1998. I'll admit the books made a rather big impression on me (I still wish I had this as a superpower), and I -do- dream very vivid dreams, but I really think I remember this show/movie. I also saw the movie Labyrinth in the age/time-frame, and clearly remember the impression it made on me, so I'm hoping this memory is just a little more faded but just as real.
posted by DisreputableDog at 1:20 PM on May 30, 2011
The Shaggy Dog? It's a 1994 remake, not the new one. A boy turns into a dog because of a ring he got from a museum. No harps, though. :(
posted by tatma at 2:59 PM on May 30, 2011
posted by tatma at 2:59 PM on May 30, 2011
Response by poster: I know it's not The Shaggy Dog.
And no, there weren't any muppets that I know of.
posted by DisreputableDog at 8:40 AM on May 31, 2011
And no, there weren't any muppets that I know of.
posted by DisreputableDog at 8:40 AM on May 31, 2011
Ah, I didn't figure. I'm not well-versed in movies. I really want to know this too, now.
This probably isn't it either, but Ladyhawke? A man becomes a wolf and a woman becomes a, well, hawk, because of a curse.
Or The Water Babies?
Do you remember what happened after they were turned into animals?
posted by tatma at 11:21 AM on May 31, 2011
This probably isn't it either, but Ladyhawke? A man becomes a wolf and a woman becomes a, well, hawk, because of a curse.
Or The Water Babies?
Do you remember what happened after they were turned into animals?
posted by tatma at 11:21 AM on May 31, 2011
Response by poster: I've seen Ladyhawke (no) and it wasn't The Water Babies (o.O I've never ever heard of that, but it doesn't fit because it seems to be mostly cartoonish).
I just remember a scene of the boy/girl running down the street (behind a hedge?) and turning into the dog to keep running. Something about being pressed for time, for some reason.
Other than that, no, I can't really remember much else. I just swear it was mostly live action with some sort of CGI / special effects.
posted by DisreputableDog at 3:19 PM on May 31, 2011
I just remember a scene of the boy/girl running down the street (behind a hedge?) and turning into the dog to keep running. Something about being pressed for time, for some reason.
Other than that, no, I can't really remember much else. I just swear it was mostly live action with some sort of CGI / special effects.
posted by DisreputableDog at 3:19 PM on May 31, 2011
I know you said it wasn't animated, but:
Rockadoodle? - Owl + cat + dog + music. No harp, tower, or wizard. Has some live-action.
One of the old Sinbad movies?
Woof?
Are You Afraid of the Dark's "Tale of the Mystical Mirror"? Mirror turns girl into dog by a female witchy woman.
Hope you get an answer! I'm really curious.
posted by tatma at 8:17 PM on May 31, 2011
Rockadoodle? - Owl + cat + dog + music. No harp, tower, or wizard. Has some live-action.
One of the old Sinbad movies?
Woof?
Are You Afraid of the Dark's "Tale of the Mystical Mirror"? Mirror turns girl into dog by a female witchy woman.
Hope you get an answer! I'm really curious.
posted by tatma at 8:17 PM on May 31, 2011
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