Fair from kidactors.com writes to the webmaster :

I'm happy you have finally been able to watch Haleys amazing performance in "Angels and Blimps". I'm sure you can now better understand and see the parallel with Haley's A.I. performance being passed over for an Oscar nomination, in the same way that this performance was passed over for an Emmy nomination. It just leaves me baffled with, "What were they thinking...?"

I'm not sure if you will recall an earlier conversation we had about the song "Rainbow Connection" used in the episode, and how my perception of the song had been forever changed as a result... I was wondering if the episode had the same effect on you as well? The way they opened the episode with that song and Ally "walking on air" and in a very happy place inside, and then they lead into Haley's character. That's when Haley takes over, in the way that only he can , as you start to care about his character so deeply and from the bottom of your heart. That's when you know Haley has you completely under his spell... and you know it is probably magic. Then *wham*... they just take it all away from you... as your emotions come crashing down from "walking on air"... and they kick in what are now the bittersweet verses of that song to finish you off. As you said, "nothing short of breathtaking."

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5 seasons of Ally McBeal, over 100 episodes , but perhaps the most memorable, and certainly the one that receives the highest praise , is episode 2-13 ( Season 2 Episode 13 ) , Angels and Blimps, which first aired February 8th , 1999.

It was a controversial episode, dealing with a young boy , dying from cancer , and dying in his faith in God, who in his bitterness, wanted to sue God.

This controversial story could have easily gone so wrong, but it was sensitively written, awash with pathos and even a little humour, and its ending was bitter-sweet, yet full of hope .

Haley Joel Osment's performance as the dying boy, Eric Stall , was a study of understated pathos and hope as he walked the thin line between yearning to keep his faith and battling with a sense of bitterness towards God for his illness. His performance was nothing short of breathtaking !

It is astonishing that an actor as young as he was then, only 11 , could come up with a performance that was so subtle and sensitive , and so utterly convincing. Watch in amazement as he plays the dying Eric, strength literally ebbing from his body, the light fading from his eyes. It is a performance that will touch the hardest of hearts, and I believe it was his performance that brought out the best in actresses Calista Flockhart and Lucy Liu, who have rarely been better on screen than in Angels and Blimps.

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