Film, Media & TV1 min ago
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Not entirely sure there ever was a film about it.
As I recall there was a little boy in the late 70's-early 80's who had a national campaign and lots of publicity because he was so ill. They used to play Michael Jacksons song 'Ben' a lot during footage of him etc. The song is about a pet rat.
I may be wrong in that they eventually made a film about him, but I doubt it - he was only about 2 or 3 when he died so unlikely to have had a rat.
"Willard" was recently remade, and star Crispin Glover directed a video of his character performing the song. It was (predictably) somewhat bizarre! You can see it as an extra on the DVD or here: http://www.willardmovie.com/index_flash.html
Amazon.com list a few copies of both originals on VHS if you can play NTSC.