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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