Freaky Friday (1995 film)

Freaky Friday is a 1995 television film made for ABC, starring Shelley Long and Gaby Hoffmann. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Mary Rodgers, in which mother and daughter switch bodies and get a taste of each other's lives.

Plot

A mother, Ellen, (Shelley Long) and daughter Annabelle (Gaby Hoffmann) find it difficult to get along with each other, each professing that the other has no idea what her life is like. A pair of magical amulets causes the two of them to switch bodies for a day, after which they have reached a better understanding of each other.

Among many changes from the original, this version of the story has diving instead of waterskiing as Annabelle's main hobby, which again plays a big role in the film's climax. Also, in the original (and the book), Ellen and Bill are marital partners and Bill is Annabelle's dad, whereas in this adaptation, Ellen is a single mom and Bill is her new boyfriend

Cast

• Shelley Long As Ellen Andrews
• Gaby Hoffmann as Annabelle Andrews
• Catlin Adams as Dana 'Dinky' Barb
• Sandra Bernhard as Frieda Debny
• Andrew Bilgore as Mr. Sweet
• Eileen Brennan as Principal Handel
• Drew Carey as Stan Horner
• Carol Kane as Leanne Futterman
• Kevin Krakower as Herbie
• Taylor Negron as Cary
• Alan Rosenberg as Bill Davidson
• Katherine Cortez as Mrs. Tarr
• Joe Costanza as Construction Worker
• E.J. De La Pena as Bully Kid
• Mandy Douglas as Ninth Grader

Production Credits

• Directed by Melanie Mayron
• Mary Rodgers (earlier screenplay)
• Stu Krieger (teleplay)
• Release Date:6 May 1995
• Runtime: 86 min

Remake

The 2003 film Freaky Friday. It stars Lindsay Lohan as Anna Coleman and Jamie Lee Curtis as her mother. In the film their bodies are switched due to an enchanted Chinese fortune cookie.

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