Ordinary Magic (1993)
When his father dies, Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging, a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
- Date of release
- 1993-10-20
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Giles Walker
Casting
- Ryan Reynolds — Ganesh / Jeffrey
- Glenne Headly — Charlotte
- David Fox — Father / Warren
- Anver Jameel — Running Boy
- Kamalini Selvarajan — Indian Teacher
- Denavaka Hamine — Vani
- Sillaiyoor Selvarajan — Doctor
- Heath Lamberts — Mayor
- Joe Roncetti — Tom
- Les Rubie — Pinky
- Ron White — Rick
- Mark Wilson — Teacher
Interesting facts
Ordinary Magic is a 1993 Canadian drama film directed by Giles Walker and produced by Paul Stephens. It is based on the 1981 novel Ganesh by Malcolm Bosse. The film is notable for being the feature film debut of actor Ryan Reynolds.
Filming locations
The production was filmed in two main locations:
Canada: Scenes in the town of "Paris" were filmed on location in Paris, Ontario. The town's historic architecture and the Grand River served as the backdrop for the protest sequences.
Sri Lanka: The India sequences were filmed in the Hikkaduwa region of Sri Lanka. (in 2023, Ryan Reynolds stated that Hikkaduwa remains his "favourite movie shooting location of all time.")
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