Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
| Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker | |
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| Directed by | Carroll Ballard |
| Produced by | Donald Kushner Peter Locke Willard Carroll Thomas L. Wilhite |
| Based on | The Nutcracker and the Mouse King |
| Narrated by | Julie Harris |
| Music by | Tchaikovsky |
| Cinematography | Stephen H. Burum |
| Editing by | John Nutt Michael Silvers |
| Distributed 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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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Trivia
The film's poster title Nutcracker: The Motion Picture is never seen on screen.
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