The Indian in the Cupboard

A youngster befriends an American Indian figurine that comes to life when placed in a magic cabinet. Complications arise as the boy’s friend joins in on the fun and brings his cowboy toy to life. Based on the novel by Lynne Reid Banks., This magical family film is based on a popular children’s novel of the same name and tells the story of a little boy who receives a very special gift on his ninth birthday–it is a wooden cupboard that can bring his inanimate dolls to life. Omri is delighted by his gift and after experimenting with figures of RoboCop, Darth Vader, and a dinosaur, he brings to life a three-inch tall Indian named Little Bear with whom he gradually becomes friends. Omri is the only one privy to the cupboard’s secret, but he decides to share it with his best friend Patrick, who places a cowboy within it. Naturally Little Bear and Boone, the rather surly cowboy, do not hit it off at first. Eventually though, they become close friends. Omri learns much about life and Native American culture from Little Bear and together they have many adventures until at last the boy realizes that Little Bear cannot survive in his big world and he must send his diminutive friend home., Based on the award-winning novel by Lynne Reid Banks, the story follows the adventures of a young boy who magically brings life to his three-inch toy Indian, Little Bear.