- Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
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Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker Directed by Carroll Ballard Produced by Donald Kushner
Peter Locke
Willard Carroll
Thomas L. WilhiteBased on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Narrated by Julie Harris Music by Tchaikovsky Cinematography Stephen H. Burum Editing by John Nutt
Michael SilversDistributed by Atlantic Releasing Corporation Release date(s) November 26, 1986 Running time 89 mins. Country United States Language English Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (a.k.a. Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker or Nutcracker), is a 1986 film produced by Pacific Northwest Ballet in associates with Hyperion Pictures and Kushner/Locke. It is a film adaptation of the ballet The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as well as based on the short story by E.T.A. Hoffmann. [1]The film was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1988.[2]
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Production
The film was conceived by ballet choreographer Kent Stowell and book illustrator/author Maurice Sendak (who noted the costumes and sets). The film is based on Stowell/Sendak's 1986 stage version of The Nutracker originally performed in Seattle, Washington. The film is directed by Carroll Ballard, who prior to the film directed The Black Stallion.
Cast
- Hugh Bigney - Herr Drosselmeyer / The Pasha
- Patricia Barker - Clara / Ballerina Doll
- Vanessa Sharp - Younger Clara
- Wade Walthall - Nutcracker Prince
- Jacob Rice - Fighting Nutcracker
- Russell Burnett - Fritz
- Benjamin Houk - Mouse King / Father/ Russian
Trivia
The film's poster title Nutcracker: The Motion Picture is never seen on screen.
References
External links
Films directed by Carroll Ballard 1970s The Black Stallion (1979)1980s Never Cry Wolf (1983) · Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986)1990s Wind (1992) · Fly Away Home (1996)2000s Duma (2005)Categories:- English-language films
- 1986 films
- American films
- Ballet films
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