Secondhand Lions is a family-friendly fable about an adolescent boy dropped off at the ramshackle ranch of his eccentric great-uncles in the summer of 1962.

Where is Secondhand Lions set?

Secondhand Lions is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tim McCanlies. It tells the story of an introverted young boy (Haley Joel Osment) who is sent to live with his eccentric great uncles (Robert Duvall and Michael Caine) on a farm in Texas.

Is Secondhand Lions based on a true story?

That movie was based on a memoir by Franz Lidz; McCanlies, who wrote and directed “Secondhand Lions,” seems to have made it up, although his friend Harry Knowles thinks maybe it's inspired by the childhood of Bill Watterson, the creator of “Calvin & Hobbes.” Certainly young Walter grows up to become a cartoonist whose ...