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Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
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84 mins (NTSC)
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Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986)
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A magnificent Christmas spectacular
The core and darker nuances of the original "Nutcracker" fairytale by E.T.A. Hoffman (with music by Tchaikovsky) are kept alive in this adept cinematic interpretation with its combination of ballet, special effects, and Maurice Sendak's costume and production designs. The Pacific Northwest Ballet Co. perform the tale about a young girl's dream. The Stahlbaum house is celebrating the night before Christmas, and the children, Fritz and Clara (Vanessa Sharp) welcome their godfather Herr Drosselmeier (Hugh Bigney) who brings them gifts. Clara's gift is a beautiful nutcracker, so beautiful that her brother becomes jealous and breaks it. Later, when everyone is in bed, Clara sneaks back to the Christmas tree to look at her repaired nutcracker and has a marvelous and often menacing dream. The Christmas tree grows to fill the room, and a mighty army of mice led by the Mouse King threatens her. The Nutcracker and the toy soldiers try to defeat the army but the Nutcracker is captured, at which point Clara (Patricia Barker as the dream Clara) bravely clobbers the Mouse King, and the army is defeated. From that point onward, she and the Nutcracker -- who has turned into a Prince -- have many adventures in the Land of Snow where a series of more than seven different dances introduce enchanting and grim characters. ~
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.[2] The film was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1988
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 had previously directed The Black Stallion. Nutcracker: The Motion Picture is the only ballet film Ballard has ever made.
Release Date: November 26, 1986
Distrib: Atlantic Releasing
Boxoffice: $781,727 2013: $1,719,400
The core and darker nuances of the original "Nutcracker" fairytale by E.T.A. Hoffman (with music by Tchaikovsky) are kept alive in this adept cinematic interpretation with its combination of ballet, special effects, and Maurice Sendak's costume and production designs. The Pacific Northwest Ballet Co. perform the tale about a young girl's dream. The Stahlbaum house is celebrating the night before Christmas, and the children, Fritz and Clara (Vanessa Sharp) welcome their godfather Herr Drosselmeier (Hugh Bigney) who brings them gifts. Clara's gift is a beautiful nutcracker, so beautiful that her brother becomes jealous and breaks it. Later, when everyone is in bed, Clara sneaks back to the Christmas tree to look at her repaired nutcracker and has a marvelous and often menacing dream. The Christmas tree grows to fill the room, and a mighty army of mice led by the Mouse King threatens her. The Nutcracker and the toy soldiers try to defeat the army but the Nutcracker is captured, at which point Clara (Patricia Barker as the dream Clara) bravely clobbers the Mouse King, and the army is defeated. From that point onward, she and the Nutcracker -- who has turned into a Prince -- have many adventures in the Land of Snow where a series of more than seven different dances introduce enchanting and grim characters. ~
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.[2] The film was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1988
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 had previously directed The Black Stallion. Nutcracker: The Motion Picture is the only ballet film Ballard has ever made.
Release Date: November 26, 1986
Distrib: Atlantic Releasing
Boxoffice: $781,727 2013: $1,719,400
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