DVD Review: Opus and Bill in A Wish for Wings That Work

Opus and Bill in A Wish for Wings That Work (1991)
Directed by Skip Jones
Starring Joe Alaskey, Michael Patrick Bell
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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Originally released in as a TV special in 1991 and based on the acclaimed 30-page children’s book about characters created by Pulitzer Prize-winning Berkeley Breathed released the same year, A Wish For Wings That Work -- directed by Skip Jones (The Oblongs) -- should be among the animated holiday canon, along with typical Christmas fare such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman. Despite Breathed’s own distaste for the holiday feature, A Wish For Wings That Work accomplishes the dreams of many a Bloom County and Outland fans to see the artist’s work in full-motion. (Only one other Breathed title, which also was based on a children’s book, has been made into an animated feature -- Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big)...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!