How to Eat Fried Worms

Tom is a fictional character from How to Eat Fried Worms.

Release date:August 25, 2006

Directed by:Bob Dolman

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Runtime:98 minutes

How to Eat Fried Worms is a 2006 American film based on the 1973 children's book of the same name by Thomas Rockwell. It was produced by New Line Cinema with Walden Media. Development began in 1998 and theatrical release for the U.S. and Canada was August 25, 2006. The DVD for the film was released... on December 5, 2006. The film stars Luke Benward, Adam Hicks, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Austin Rogers, Andrew Gillingham, Alexander Gould, Blake Garrett and Philip Daniel Bolden. A young, naive boy named Billy Forrester has a weak stomach and vomits easily. He and his parents, Mitch and Helen , and his little brother, Woody , have just moved to a new town. After they settle into their new house, Billy tells his mother that he doesn't want to go to school, because he will be "the new kid". She assures him that he will make new friends and that everything will be okay.
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