The Land of Faraway
A 1987 Swedish fantasy film for children, fraught with uncomfortable Freudian plot elements, child endangerment, laughable special effects, and a little-known child actor called Christian Bale as Jum Jum. Also features the legendary Christopher Lee, Timothy Bottoms, and a scene where a giant flying head rescues a child from his hellish existence by flying him into space, nestled in the tangles of his newspaper beard while a mewling Europop song tries its best to be "The Neverending Story."
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Forest of Toys TV
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This was on of 5 films we had available to watch as kids in our bomb shelter (I wish I was joking) This movie is so ridiculously bad even as kids we made fun of it. But it’s the giant floating old man head that makes the movie for me.
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Anonymous commented
The Mio my Mio movie! I remember watching this as a kid and thinking that at the end, the kid didn't look as happy as you'd expect a child to be, once they discovered that they're the son of a king.
I remember it by that name because that freaking song chorus got stuck in my head.
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Anonymous
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It’s also based on a book by Astrid Lindgren (author of Pippi Longstocking and Ronia the ******’s Daughter), just to add a little to the insanity.