Recommended for ages 6+. Starring Greta Scacchi and Joan Plowright, this magical adaptation of Philippa Pearce's novel is filled with the wonder and innocence of childhood lost and found. Temporarily sent to live with relatives in their small apartment, Tom is distraught to find no garden and no playmates there. But an unusual discovery soon inspires a nightly ritual: when the grandfather clock mysteriously strikes thirteen, the back alleyway transforms into a fantastic garden! While exploring this phantom landscape, Tom befriends a young girl named Hatty and is eventually confronted with a decision that could take him far away from his dreams.