The Indian in the Cupboard

On his ninth birthday, Omri receives an assortment of presents, among them a small plastic figure of an Indian and an old cupboard. When he locks the figure inside, it comes to life, and the boy finds himself sharing his room with a tiny man named Little Bear, who has his own needs, opinions and fears. Keeping the secret proves complicated, especially once Omri's friend Patrick learns what the cupboard can do, and the two boys must decide how much responsibility comes with bringing someone to life.

Frank Oz directed the film, the seventh in the run of features he made between The Dark Crystal in 1982 and Death at a Funeral in 2007, working from a screenplay by Melissa Mathison. Hal Scardino plays Omri, with Litefoot as Little Bear, Lindsay Crouse as Jane, Richard Jenkins as Victor, Rishi Bhat as Patrick and Steve Coogan as Tommy. Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Jane Startz produced for Columbia Pictures, Paramount and The Kennedy/Marshall Company.

The adaptation of Lynne Reid Banks's novel was made for about 45 million dollars and took in roughly 36 million worldwide, so it did not recover its costs at the box office. On IMDb it holds 6 out of 10 from over 30,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.5 out of 10 from a much smaller number of votes. A critics' rating of 6.4 out of 10 from 23 reviews places it close to the audience scores.