The Nutcracker Prince
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The movie poster by John Alvin.
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| Directed by | Paul Schibli |
| Produced by |
Kevin Gillis Executive producers: Jake Eberts Sheldon Wiseman |
| Screenplay by | Patricia Watson |
| Story by | E. T. A. Hoffmann |
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The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann and The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
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Score: Victor Davies Original music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| Edited by | Sue Robertson |
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Warner Bros. Pictures (Time Warner) (US) (theatrical) Cineplex Odeon (Canada) (theatrical) Entertainment Film Distributors (UK) (VHS) GoodTimes Home Entertainment (US) (DVD) |
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75 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,781,694 |
The Nutcracker Prince is a 1990 animated romantic fantasy film made by Lacewood Productions and released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was directed by Paul Schibli. The film was based on the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann and also influenced by its ballet adaptation The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky's music to that ballet is used as the main instrumental soundtrack.
The film centers on a young man named Hans who is transformed into a nutcracker by mice, and can only break the spell if he slays the Mouse King and wins the heart of a girl named Clara. The film features the voice talents of Kiefer Sutherland as Hans (The Nutcracker), Megan Follows as Clara, Mike MacDonald as the evil Mouseking, Peter O'Toole as Pantaloon, an old soldier, Phyllis Diller as the Mousequeen, and Peter Boretski as Uncle Drosselmeier.
In 1850 in Germany Clara's family are celebrating on Christmas Eve. Clara is jealous because her older sister, Louise, has a boyfriend, leaving her feeling sad and wondering about growing up. She immediately cheers up when the eccentric Uncle Drosselmeier arrives at their home with special gifts: a fully automated toy castle for everyone, and a Nutcracker for Clara.
Upon giving her the Nutcracker, Clara's little brother, Fritz, breaks it. To cheer Clara up, Drosselmeier tells her a story about how the Nutcracker came to be the Prince of the Dolls.
Once upon a time there were a King and a Queen who had a beautiful, but vain and spoiled daughter named Pirlipat. To celebrate the King's birthday, the Queen made a special cake out of blue cheese, the King's favorite. However, the scent of the cheese drew out all the mice, who ate and destroyed the cake. The King was enraged and commanded his inventor, Elias Christian Drosselmeier, to capture all the mice. Drosselmeier and his nephew, Hans, were successful in capturing all the mice, except the Mouse Queen and her only son.
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