A young boy (Hal Scardino) receives two notable presents on his birthday - both fairly antique.
One is a beat-up cupboard and one is a small Indian figure. Being a boy, he puts the Indian figure in the cupboard. Also being a boy, he wants to lock the door, so his mom helps him look through her stash of skeleton keys to find one that may fit. Against all odds, he finds one that fits, and so he locks the Indian in the cupboard overnight.
While he sleeps, he hears something and wakes to find the key being pushed out of the lock. Investigating, he opens the door and finds that the Indian has come to life!
As he looks into this odd development, an interesting relationship begins to grow. The boy, Omri, knows that this is more than just a toy, but he is after all just a child, so he wants to learn from the young Indian brave.
His friend, however, wants to make other "living toys", and so even though he promised that he would not use this magic to bring another into an unfamiliar world, they bring a cowboy to life.
Of course, cowboys and Indians don't mix, but this isn't exactly real life either. Omri's desire to do the right thing and the magic of the cupboard work together to make everything work out as well as it can in the situation. All in all, It's a charming story.
Rated PG for mild language and brief video images of violence and sexy dancing.
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