WORDS UP • WonderWorks Four Emmy Nominations

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Actors: Kadeem Hardison, Andres Titus, Mista Lawnge, LaWanda Page, Richard Moll

If you are looking for a movie for the whole family to watch, then Word's Up should be your next choice! This family drama stars Kadeem Hardison as a 25-year-old high school dropout who is illiterate. Hardison plays Henry Brooks, a likable guy who needs a job but cannot get a one because he can't read. Henry becomes desperate after another failed job search where he surprisingly meets Vanna White, who portrays herself in a cameo appearance.

Henry decides to pretend he is 18 years old again so he can go back to high school to learn to read. Henry does a great job fooling everyone until one day his football coach asks why Henry did not read the play book he had been given. His coach finds out it was not that he didn't read it, it was that he couldn't read it. Finally Henry gets the help of a classmate played by David Faustino, of Married with Children fame, who helps Henry learn to read so he can pass his mid-term exam.

Wonderworks does a great job directing this film and bringing a real-life situation to your television screen.

48 Minutes VHS