- WINNER: Silver Lion 1953 Venice Film Festival - Academy AwardTM Nominee Best Motion Picture Story - Inducted in 1997 to the NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY (Library of Congress & National Film Preservation Board) Widely regarded as one of the most influential and enjoyable films of the American independent cinema, Little Fugitive is an utterly charming fable that poetically captures the joys and wonders of childhood. When a seven-year-old boy (Richie Andrusco) is tricked into believing he killed his older brother, he gathers his meager possessions and flees to New York s nether wonderland: Coney Island. Upon and beneath the crowded boardwalk, Joey experiences a day and night filled with adventures and mysteries, resulting in a film that is refreshingly spontaneous and thoroughly delightful. Hailed by critics as a groundbreaking cinematic feat, Little Fugitive won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, played in nearly 5,000 theatres in the U.S. and is now recognized as a classic of American independent film. SPECIAL FEATURES: - Feature-length Audio Commentary by Morris Engel - Two Documentary Films by Mary Engel: Morris Engel: The Independent (2007, 28 min) & Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life (1995, 18 min.) - Theatrical Trailer - Image Gallery - Remastered from a New High-Definition Transfer