A Wish for Wings That Work

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A Wish for Wings That Work
Book front
Author	Berkeley Breathed
Illustrator	Berkeley Breathed
Cover artist	Berkeley Breathed
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Children's
Publisher	Little Brown & Co
Publication date	1991
Pages	32
ISBN	0316106917

A Wish for Wings That Work: An Opus Christmas Story was a children's book by Berkeley Breathed that was published in 1991. It was made into an animated television special that same year. The story is 30 pages long, and contains large color pictures every other page, and small black and white ones over the writing.

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The story centers on Opus the Penguin (who was at the time one of the main characters in Breathed's comic strip Outland). Opus is downhearted because as a mere penguin he is denied the ability to fly. He longs to be able to soar in the air with the other birds, and his heart grows cold with the reality that he can't. Even the pigeons look down upon Opus, so Opus decides that one way or another he will learn how to fly. He orders a machine off the TV, and assembles it (maybe not correctly, the directions were in a different language). When it comes time to test the machine by jumping off a three mile high cliff, Opus decides to do something less dangerous, and goes home to make anchovy Christmas cookies. He doesn't give up on his dream though, and makes a Christmas wish to Santa for "wings that will go!". Happily for Opus, his dream of flying comes true, though not quite in the manner he expected.

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A Wish for Wings that Work
DVD cover
Directed by	Skip Jones
Produced by	Peggy Regan
Written by	Berkeley Breathed
Starring	Michael Bell Robin Williams
Music by	Thomas Chase Steve Rucker
Editing by	Larry C. Cowan
Distributed by	Amblin Television
Country	United States
Language	English

The animated special, which was directed by Skip Jones and produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio for Universal Studios, featured the voices of Michael Bell as Opus the Penguin, John Byner as Bill the Cat, and Alexaundria Simmons as Ronald-Ann Smith. It also featured the voices of Robin Williams (credited under a pseudonym) and Dustin Hoffman.

The special was released on DVD for the first time ever on November 6, 2007.

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v • d • e Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County series

Comic strips	The Academia Waltz • Bloom County • Outland • Opus

Picture books	A Wish for Wings that Work • The Last Basselope • Goodnight Opus

Collections	Loose Tails • Toons For Our Times • Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things • Bloom County Babylon • Billy and the Boingers Bootleg • Tales Too Ticklish to Tell • The Night of the Mary Kay Commandos

Characters	Bill the Cat • Michael Binkley • Milo Bloom • Cutter John • Steve Dallas • Lola Granola • Bobbi Harlow • Hodge-Podge • Oliver Wendell Jones • Milquetoast the Cockroach • Opus the Penguin • Portnoy • Ronald-Ann Smith • others

v • d • e Steven Spielberg filmography

1970s	The Sugarland Express (1974) · Jaws (1975) · Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) · 1941 (1979)

1980s	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) · The Color Purple (1985) · Empire of the Sun (1987) · Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) · Always (1989)

1990s	Hook (1991) · Jurassic Park (1993) · Schindler's List (1993) · The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) · Amistad (1997) · Saving Private Ryan (1998)

2000s	A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) · Minority Report (2002) · Catch Me If You Can (2002) · The Terminal (2004) · War of the Worlds (2005) · Munich (2005) · Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

2010s	The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011)

Future projects	Lincoln (2011) · Interstellar (TBA) · The 39 Clues (TBA) · Oldboy (TBA) · Chocky (TBA) · Pirate Latitudes (TBA)

Production credits	I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) · Used Cars (1980) · Continental Divide (1981) · Poltergeist (1982) · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) · Gremlins (1984) · Back to the Future (1985) · The Goonies (1985) · Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) · The Color Purple (1985) · An American Tail (1986) · The Money Pit (1986) · batteries not included (1987) · Harry and the Hendersons* (1987; uncredited) · Innerspace (1987) · Empire of the Sun (1987) · Three O'Clock High (1987; uncredited) · The Land Before Time (1988) · Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) · Back to the Future Part II (1989) · Always (1989) · Dad (1989) · Arachnophobia (1990) · Back to the Future Part III (1990) · Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) · Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) · An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) · Cape Fear (1991) · We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) · Schindler's List (1993) · The Flintstones (1994) · Casper (1995) · Balto (1995) · Twister (1996) · Men in Black (1997) · Amistad (1997) · Deep Impact (1998) · The Mask of Zorro (1998) · Saving Private Ryan (1998) · The Last Days (1998) · The Prince of Egypt (1998; uncredited) · The Haunting (1999; uncredited) · Evolution (2001; uncredited) · A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) · Jurassic Park III (2001) · Shrek (2001; uncredited) · Men in Black II (2002) · Catch Me If You Can (2002) · The Terminal (2004) · The Legend of Zorro (2005) · Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) · Munich (2005) · Monster House (2006) · Flags of Our Fathers (2006) · Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) · Disturbia (2007; uncredited) · Transformers (2007) · Eagle Eye (2008) · Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) · The Lovely Bones (2009) · Hereafter (2010) · The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011)

Television	Night Gallery (1970) · Amazing Stories (1985–1987) · Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992) · A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) · Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) · Family Dog (1993) · seaQuest DSV (1993–1995) · Animaniacs (1993–1998) · ER (1994) · Pinky and the Brain / Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1995–1999) · Freakazoid! (1995–1997) · Toonsylvania (1998–1999) · Band of Brothers (2001) · Taken (2002) · Into the West (2005) · On the Lot (2007) · United States of Tara (2009) · The Pacific (2010)

Games	Boom Blox (2008) · Boom Blox Bash Party (2009)

Short films	Tummy Trouble (1989; played with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) · Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990; played with Dick Tracy) · Trail Mix-Up (1993; played with A Far Off Place) · I'm Mad (1994; played with Thumbelina)

See also	Firelight (1964) · Amblin' (1968) · Duel (1971) · Kick The Can (1983) Filmography · Amblin Entertainment · DreamWorks · USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education

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v • d • e Steven Spielberg productions

1970s/1980s	I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) · Used Cars (1980) · Continental Divide (1981) · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) · Poltergeist (1982) · Gremlins (1984) · Back to the Future (1985) · The Goonies (1985) · Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) · An American Tail (1986) · The Money Pit (1986) · batteries not included (1987) · Harry and the Hendersons* (1987; uncredited) · Innerspace (1987) · Three O'Clock High (1987; uncredited) · The Land Before Time (1988) · Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) · Back to the Future Part II (1989) · Dad (1989)

1990s	Arachnophobia (1990) · Back to the Future Part III (1990) · Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) · Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) · An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) · Cape Fear (1991) · We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) · The Flintstones (1994) · Casper (1995) · Balto (1995) · Twister (1996) · Men in Black (1997) · Deep Impact (1998) · The Mask of Zorro (1998) · The Last Days (1998) · The Prince of Egypt (1998; uncredited) · The Haunting (1999; uncredited)

2000s	Evolution (2001; uncredited) · Jurassic Park III (2001) · Shrek (2001; uncredited) · Men in Black II (2002) · The Legend of Zorro (2005) · Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) · Monster House (2006) · Flags of Our Fathers (2006) · Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) · Disturbia (2007; uncredited) · Transformers (2007) · Eagle Eye (2008) · Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Television	Amazing Stories (1985–1987) · Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992) · A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) · Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) · Family Dog (1993) · seaQuest DSV (1993–1995) · Animaniacs (1993–1998) · ER (1994) · Pinky and the Brain / Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1995–1999) · Freakazoid! (1995–1997) · Toonsylvania (1998–1999) · Band of Brothers (2001) · Taken (2002) · Into the West (2005) · On the Lot (2007) · United States of Tara (2009) · The Pacific (2010)

Games	Boom Blox (2008) · Boom Blox Bash Party (2009)

Short films	Tummy Trouble (1989; played with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) · Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990; played with Dick Tracy) · Trail Mix-Up (1993; played with A Far Off Place) · I'm Mad (1994; played with Thumbelina)

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