Nutcracker: The Motion Picture

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]

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

• Nutcracker: The Motion Picture at the Internet Movie Database

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