The Prince of Central Park

TV Movie
1977
1h 16m

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A teenage boy and his younger sister flee from an abusive foster mother into Central Park, where they make their home in a treehouse they find. Along the way, they butt heads against a young... Read allA teenage boy and his younger sister flee from an abusive foster mother into Central Park, where they make their home in a treehouse they find. Along the way, they butt heads against a young hoodlum and befriend a lonely elderly woman.A teenage boy and his younger sister flee from an abusive foster mother into Central Park, where they make their home in a treehouse they find. Along the way, they butt heads against a young hoodlum and befriend a lonely elderly woman.

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10nortonphil

One of my favourite movies of all time

Super movie. Well acted, nicely paced. On of my favourite movies of all time.

clysaj

This movie

I thought the first description given was very nice, but that's the wrong movie, because this movie is about a boy who runs away from his foster mother, because she's abusive and ends up living in Central Park where he goes through the "Journey to Manhood." He's also trying to find his mother. He's helped along the way by his social worker, a lady who wants him as her son, because he reminds her of her dead son, and "the guardian."

10nortonphil

I loved this movie

We watched this movie on TV when I visited Miami as a kid in 1977.

I remember it to this day and would love to find a copy.

The two main characters hide out in central park (which as a child I had no idea how big it actually was) and create their own reality.

Along the way they encounter threats to their secret hiding place.

They also have to make a decision as to whether they keep their secret and watch an injustice or defend someone and be exposed.

A brilliant family film.

As the other reviewers have noted - this film is about the love between the brother and sister.

If anyone finds a copy - let me know - would love to watch this with my kids.

cardfan

I remember this film from long ago

In response to the last comment, this is the movie that was previously described. You are thinking of a late 90s film of the same name. This charming film shows the young and old as disenfranchised kindred spirits. It develops into quite a tear-jerker. If you ever get a chance to see this film, I would think you would agree it's a nice little story.

10slick-ultra

Fantastic childhood memories

I am so pleased to be able to finally track this title down by searching 'keywords' on this site I have been trying to locate this for many years now. I have fond memories of this as being one of the first films I watched on television almost 40 years ago. It inspired many happy dreams for me when my family life was not always so great and wished that I too could escape and hide away from the world. I hope to now find a copy of this film so that I can revisit my childhood dreams and I hope my own children will also appreciate this beautiful story even though all aspects of their upbring and family life has been completely different to mine. Truly lovely story that I would recommend to all.