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Maxie is a 1985 American fantasy comedy film directed by Paul Aaron, and starring Glenn Close, Mandy Patinkin, Valerie Curtin, Ruth Gordon and Barnard Hughes. The plot is based on the novel Marion's Wall (1973) by Jack Finney about a woman who is possessed by a very outgoing female ghost — a budding actress from the 1920s — named Maxie, who wants to fulfill her destiny. The character of Maxie is seen very briefly,…
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Jack Finney was author best known for *The Body Snatchers*, classic novel about aliens invading Earth via mass possession of humans. The more common motive in his work was time travel and people having to adapt to different eras. It was, in a way, used in his novel *Marion’s Wall*, adapted in 1985 as *Maxie*, fantasy comedy directed by Paul Aaron. The plot is set in San Francisco and it begins after library worker N…More
