Harriet the Spy

Harriet the Spy is a 1996 comedy-drama and mystery film adaptation of the 1964 novel of the same name, drawn and written by Louise Fitzhugh, and starring Michelle Trachtenberg as the title character. This film was produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, and originally released in movie theaters in July 1996. This was the first Nickelodeon Movie. In theaters, the pilot episode of Hey Arnold! was shown before the film. The film was s... more

Harriet the Spy is a 1996 comedy-drama and mystery film adaptation of the 1964 novel of the same name, drawn and written by Louise Fitzhugh, and starring Michelle Trachtenberg as the title character. This film was produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, and originally released in movie theaters in July 1996. This was the first Nickelodeon Movie. In theaters, the pilot episode of Hey Arnold! was shown before the film. The film was shot in the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale and Miami, plus Toronto, Canada. Plot: Harriet M. Welsch is an outgoing 11-year-old girl aspiring to be a writer and a spy. Harriet lives a privileged life on the Upper East Side, something she reflects on throughout the book. As practice for her future career, she observes others carefully and writes everything she thinks in a notebook. Her nurse, Catherine Golly (known to Harriet as Ole Golly), has encouraged this. It is shown later in the book that Harriet has become so used to writing things... less