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The Planet of Junior Brown

The movie The Planet of Junior Brown was based on the book The Planet of Junior Brown.

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Movie details for The Planet of Junior Brown

The movie was released in 1997. More information on the movie is available on IMDb.

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Book details for The Planet of Junior Brown

The Planet of Junior Brown was written by Viginia Hamilton. The book was published in 1971 by Aladdin. More information on the book is available on Amazon.com.

 

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Junior Brown, an overprotected three-hundred pound musical prodigy who's prone to having fantasies, and Buddy Clark, a loner who lives by his wits because he has no family whatsoever, have been on the hook from their eighth-grade classroom all semester.Mo... Read More

Junior Brown, an overprotected three-hundred pound musical prodigy who's prone to having fantasies, and Buddy Clark, a loner who lives by his wits because he has no family whatsoever, have been on the hook from their eighth-grade

classroom all semester.

Most of the time they have been in the school building -- in a secret cellar room behind a false wall, where Mr. Pool, the janitor, has made a model of the solar system. They have been pressing their luck for months...and then they are caught. As society -- in the form of a zealous assistant principal -- closes in on them, Junior's fantasies become more desperate, and Buddy draws on all his resources to ensure his friend's well-being.