It's a high-flying adventure when Louie, a mute trumpeter swan, is given the gift of a trumpet, and finds his voice.
Directors: Terry L. Noss, Richard Rich
Stars: Jason Alexander, Mary Steenburgen, Reese Witherspoon.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206367/
Watched online, mediocre print.
5 songs in the Soundtracks.
At the beginning, when the swans hatched, they were named Ella, Billie and Louie, meaning Fitzgerald, Holiday and Armstrong, but the naming was based on the signets' voices, except the male's, who is mute.
So the film delves into solutions for the muteness, because this is how swans woo a mate.
Louie realizes humans read and write, so he goes off to school to learn, and comes back with a chalk tablet around his neck, but of course the other swans don't read, so that was pointless.
The father seeks a device for his son to make sound, and takes a trumpet from a music shop. Afterward he realizes it was theft, so he feels guilty. Louie learns to play the trumpet, and earns enough $$ to pay for it and the damage to the store.
I recognized JA and MS as the parents. The father was pretty obnoxious, and I see JA when I hear him. MS was more tolerable.
I can't say that I was awake for the whole thing. Not worth a second view.
Rated 5.0 (865)
TriStar & more, dir. Noss & Rich; 6-
