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How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days

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How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Based onBe a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!
by Stephen Manes
Teleplay byBruce Harmon
Directed byJoan Micklin Silver
Starring
Music byDavid Frank
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerFrank Doelger
ProducerMark R. Gordon
CinematographyBarry Sonnenfeld
EditorJay Freund
Running time58 minutes
Production companyLearning Corporation of America
Original release
NetworkPBS
ReleaseOctober 8, 1984 (1984-10-08)

How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days is a 1984 American television family comedy film directed by Joan Micklin Silver and written by Bruce Harmon, based on the 1982 children's book Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes. It stars Wallace Shawn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Hermione Gingold.

The film first aired on PBS on October 4, 1984,[1] as part of the series WonderWorks, and was regularly shown on The Disney Channel in the mid-1980s.

Plot

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The film depicts a twelve-year-old boy named Milo, a hopeless klutz who happens upon a mysterious advertisement in the paper for becoming a perfect person. On offer is a three-day course devised by a peculiar man, Dr. Silverfish. Milo enrolls and manages to complete the strange tasks. Only after completing the course does Milo realize that perfection is a lot more boring than he thought it was (mainly because it involves never doing anything so as not to make mistakes).

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days". TV Guide. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
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