Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol
Aug 13, 2021 | IMDB 10
57 min Watch NowDocumentary, Animation, Family
In this animated documentary, Los Angeles filmmaker Dion Labriola recounts his all-consuming childhood quest to contact his teen idol, Ike Eisenmann - and the magical turn of events that led him toward his goal (some 40 years later).
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IMDB 6.8 | May , 2001
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IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 1997
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IMDB 7.6 | Jan , 1999
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IMDB 7.3 | Nov , 2009
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IMDB 6.6 | May , 2017
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