Fuzz Bucket is a 1986 television film written and directed by Mick Garris

Mick Garris

Mick Garris is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California.-Biography:He is best known for his adaptations of Stephen King stories, such as directing the horror film Sleepwalkers starring Madchen Amick and is the creator of the Showtime series Masters of Horror...

 starring Chris Hebert

Chris Hebert

Chris Hebert is an American former child actor who has appeared in a number of television series, commercials, and a few feature films.-Early life:...

 as a young Michael Gerber and Phil Fondacaro

Phil Fondacaro

Phil Fondacaro is an American actor. A dwarf actor at , Fondacaro began acting in 1981, with the film Under the Rainbow....

 as his invisible friend, Fuzzbucket. The films also stars Joe Regalbuto

Joe Regalbuto

Joe Regalbuto is an American actor and director known for his role as Frank Fontana on the CBS television comedy Murphy Brown. He also starred in the 1986 TV movie Fuzz Bucket and the short-lived series Street Hawk. He played a supporting role in the critically acclaimed film Missing in 1982...

 as Michael's dad, Wendy Phillips

Wendy Phillips

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 as his mother, Robyn Lively

Robyn Lively

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 as his older sister, and John Vernon

John Vernon

John Keith Vernon was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada.-Early life:...

as the Principal.

Plot

In a world where 12 year old Michael Gerber has no friends, he finds that sometimes, the best friendships come from within. Michael is an awkward young boy who is about to start junior high and has no real friends. His only companion is an imaginary friend he calls Fuzzbucket. In the first act of the film, both the viewer and every character except Michael is left to make the assumption that Fuzzbucket is an imaginary friend. When Michael cooks up a strange, green concoction for his friend to drink, Fuzzbucket turns visibile again. Astonished to see Fuzzbucket for the first time, young Michael becomes overjoyed. His newly visible friend exuberantly leaps around Michael's treehouse in celebration. The two friends share a heartfelt moment in his treehouse when Fuzzbucket traces their hands with crayons, a ceremony that makes them blood brothers. At Fuzzbucket's urgent request for "Toons! Toons!" Michael switches on his television and the two sit together watching classic cartoons, and they soon drift off to sleep. Hours later, Fuzzbucket wakens and insists on knowing the time. He urgently cries to Michael, "How many clocks? How many clocks!?" Fearing that if he doesn't make it back home in time he will turn invisible again, only this time it will be forever. Fuzzbucket leaps out of the treehouse and to escapes into the woods. Michael, afraid of losing his one and only friend, takes off after him.

Characters

Fuzzbucket is hairy little creature that lives in the swamps of Dead Man's marsh with many other fuzzbuckets. The character is called Fuzzbucket by Michael, but also is a fuzzbucket. It is not known whether all fuzzbuckets have different names or are strictly called fuzzbuckets.

DVD Release

Disney released a DVD-on-Demand version of this film as part of their "Disney Generations Collection" line of DVDs on July 5, 2011.

External links

• Fuzzbucket DVD
• TV.com