Simon Birch
Destiny has big plans for little Simon Birch.
Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs.Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests.Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf whose outsize personality belies his small stature.
- Director
- Mark Steven Johnson
- Worldwide
- $18M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
17 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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Simon Birch and Joe Wenteworth are boys who have a reputation for being oddballs. Joe never knew his father, and his mother, Rebecca, is keeping her lips sealed no matter how much he protests. Simon, meanwhile, is an 11-year-old dwarf whose outsize personality belies his small stature. Indeed, he often assails the local reverend with thorny theological questions and joins Joe on his quest to find his biological father.
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Box Office & Release
Simon Birch returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $18M
- Release date
- Sep 11, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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