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38% Rotten Tomatoes Music by Donald Devor Initial release 27 September 1973 Screenplay Blanche Hanalis Production company Troma Entertainment | 6.2/10 IMDb Cinematography Victor J. Kemper Director Fielder Cook Story by E. L. Konigsburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Charles G. Mortimer Jr. Written by Blanche HanalisE. L. Konigsburg (novel) Starring Ingrid BergmanSally PragerJohnny Doran Cast Similar Movies about statues, Children's literature movies, Adventure movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (released as: The Hideaways in Home video releases) is a 1973 American children's film based on E. L. Konigsburg's novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. It tells the story of a girl and her brother who run away from home to live in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and discover what they think is a lost treasure. For home video releases, the film was retitled The Hideaways.
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Synopsis
The movie, following the plot of the book by the same name, starts with young teenager Claudia Kinkaid (Sally Prager) feeling unappreciated at her home in New Jersey, so she decides to run away, taking along her younger brother Jamie (Johnny Doran). They run away to New York City, and end up at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They stay in the museum for several nights, sleeping in beds featured in the museum, hiding from museum guards, and bathing in the fountain. For money, they grab coins out of the bottom of the fountain and use them to get food out of the vending machine. Eventually, Claudia finds a statue of an angel she believes was carved by Michelangelo, so she decides to find the previous owner of the statue. This owner, named Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Ingrid Bergman), tells Claudia and Jamie that she will leave them the secret of the angel statue in her will if they give her a full account of their adventure.
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Reception
IMDb gave the movie 5.6 out of 10, with a three star rating.
Other adaptations
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was also adapted into a 1995 television movie starring Lauren Bacall.