The Wizard (movie)
The Wizard is a 1989 movie staring Fred Savage, Christian Slater, and Beau Bridges.
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.
Corey (Savage) lives with his father (Bridges) and his older brother (Slater). His younger brother, Jimmy, lives with Corey's mother and her new husband. Jimmy has some sort of learning disability — presumably autism, but this is never explicitly stated. Jimmy's mother has become frustrated with his treatment, so she decides to put him in a care facility. Corey decides to run away with Jimmy, and they set off for California with very little money and no idea how to get there.
Along the way, they meet Haley, another runaway, and discover that Jimmy has an incredible talent for video games when he scores 40,000 points at Double Dragon. (In actuality, a score of 40,000 in that game is not terribly impressive). Together, Corey, Jimmy, and Haley head for a video game tournament in California, while being pursued by Putnam (a bounty hunter), and their family. They also have a run in with Lucas Barton, who owns all 97 NES games. He tries to put the moves on Haley with his Power Glove, but Corey puts a stop to that.
The movie features footage from many classic NES games, but this footage contains many factual errors. It also features a "preview" of sorts for Super Mario Bros. 3, which was to be released the following year. Though critically panned, it remains popular among video game fans.
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