Watch: The Indian in the Cupboard 1995 123movies, Full Movie Online – Omri (Hal Scardino), a young boy growing up in Brooklyn, receives an odd variety of presents for his birthday: a wooden cabinet from his older brother, a set of antique keys from his mother Jane (Linsday Crouse), and a tiny plastic model of an Indian from his best friend Patrick (Rishi Bhat). Putting them all together, Omri locks the Indian inside the cabinet, only to be awoken by a strange sound in the middle of the night. Omri opens the cabinet to discover that the tiny Indian has come to life; it seems that he’s called Little Bear (Litefoot), and he claims to have learned English from settlers in 1761. Omri hides this remarkable discovery from his mother but shares it with Patrick; as an experiment, Patrick locks a toy cowboy into the cupboard, and soon Little Bear has a companion, Boone (David Keith), though predictably, the cowboy and the Indian don’t get along well at first. Omri comes to the realizations that his living and breathing playthings are also people with lives of their own, and he begins to wonder how much control he should really have over their lives..
Plot: A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
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Agreeable family film filled with imagination and in which adventure comes to life
On his ninth birthday a young boy (Hal Scardino) named Omri (it means “The Lord is my life” and was the name of a Hebrew king whose story is told in I Kings 16) receives various presents from his parents (Richard Jenkins , Lindsay Crouse) and brothers . Two of them first seem to be less important : an old cupboard -a wooden medicine cabinet – from his brother and a little Indian figure made of plastic . Then there happens the biggest adventure of his childhood , the magical cupboard brings his toy action figures to life and Omri watches him become flesh and blood ; there also appear a soldier (Steve Coogan) from WWII . Three-inch plastic Indian named Little Bear (Lifefoot) undertaking several adventures and teaching him important lessons . Thing go worse , however , when the boy’s best friend brings a toy gunfighter (David Keith) to life and pursuit starts . Events turn nasty and might be frightened for young children , by some scenes involving a rather vicious mouse .Enjoyable and well-intentioned film plenty of good feeling , marvelous adventure , fantasy and sense of wonder . This is a nice movie with heart that amuses and has something to tell . The picture is pretty good but suffers of claustrophobic scenario , as it is mostly set in room , exception some brief scenes in courtyard . Intelligent as well as sensitive screenplay by Melissa Matheson , Harrison Ford’s real-life first wife , based on the best-selling children’s book by Lynne Reid Banks who wrote her original novel as a bedtime story for her son , Omri . Cool special effects , as blue screen techniques allow them to appear together-on-screen although they were really filmed together only once . Emotive as well as evocative musical score by Randy Edelman . Colorful and adequate cinematography by Russell Carpenter .
The motion picture well produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall was professionally directed by Frank Oz , though he stated he was reluctant to direct this movie, as he doesn’t think he’s a children’s director. Frank began forming team with the great Jim Henson filming known titles such as ¨The Dark Crystal¨ and ¨Muppets take Manhattan¨. Frank subsequently directed a lot of comedies as ¨Little shop of horrors¨, ¨Dirty rotten scoundrels¨, ¨What about Bob?¨, ¨House sitter¨, ¨In and out¨, ¨Bowfinger¨and a thriller titled ¨The score¨. And this ¨Indian in cupboard¨, it results to be one of his most sensitive films . Rating : 6’5/10 . Better than average . Well worth watching .
An excellent film exploring complex themes lightheartedly
This film was special. It’s not to say it ranks high amongst the worlds films technically (which is not to say it fails in this regard it simply does not depend upon special effects), but the underlying theme is gentle and beautifully presented. The child actors’ performances are solid. Especially the lead ‘Omri’, and his friend (whom I really liked and really disliked respectively – (hence his acting ability)). It’s an innocent story with great imagination, and doesn’t take itself too seriously. The relationship and growth that the main character develops with Little Bear (the Indian in the cupboard) is special. It eventually takes on a father/son dynamic after a role reversal or sorts from the Creator/created dynamic the boy has with Little Bear at first. I was touched by this relationship and by Omri’s innocence. Frank Oz imagination is conveyed well through this work. I can easily imagine being in Omri’s shoes and enjoy this film each time I watch it. Whether you watch this with kids or not, odds are you’ll enjoy it.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min)
Budget 45000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Drama, Family, Fantasy
Director Frank Oz
Writer Lynne Reid Banks, Melissa Mathison
Actors Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 6 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby, Dolby Digital, SDDS (uncredited), DTS
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Gold II, Panavision Primo Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length 2,736 m
Negative Format 35 mm (also horizontal) (Eastman EXR 50D 5245, EXR 200T 5293, EXR 500T 5298)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2015 Blu-ray release), Spherical, VistaVision (visual effects)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Eastman)