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The Tale of Despereaux (94 min)
Synopsis: Once upon a time…in the far away kingdom of Dor…lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness. Based on the heartwarming children’s bestselling book by Kate DiCamillo.
Cast: Matthew Broderick (Despereaux Tilling); Dustin Hoffman (Chiaroscuro "Roscuro"); Emma Watson (Princess Pea); Tracey Ullman (Miggery "Mig" Sow); Ciarán Hinds (Botticelli Remorso); Robbie Coltrane (Gregory); William H. Macy (Lester Tilling); Tony Hale (Furlough Tilling); Kevin Kline (Chef Andre); Stanley Tucci (Boldo); Frank Langella (The Mayor); Frances Conroy (Antoinette Tilling); Richard Jenkins (The Principal); Christopher Lloyd (Hovis); Charles Shaughnessy (Pietro); Sam Fell (Ned; Smudge); Patricia Cullen (Queen Rosemary); Jane Karen (Louise); Bronson Pinchot (The Town Crier); McNally Sagal (Teacher); James Nesbitt (King Philip of Dor); Sigourney Weaver (The Narrator)
Directed by Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen
US Release Date: December 19, 2008 (Premiered on December 7 at Arclight Theatre)
US Home Media Release Dates: April 7, 2009 (DVD/Blu-ray)
Trivia:
• Original score by William Ross
• Sylvain Chomet was originally set to direct before being dismissed by the production company for creative and ethical differences with the producers.
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The Tale of Despereaux (94 min)
Synopsis: Once upon a time…in the far away kingdom of Dor…lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness. Based on the heartwarming children’s bestselling book by Kate DiCamillo.
Cast: Matthew Broderick (Despereaux Tilling); Dustin Hoffman (Chiaroscuro "Roscuro"); Emma Watson (Princess Pea); Tracey Ullman (Miggery "Mig" Sow); Ciarán Hinds (Botticelli Remorso); Robbie Coltrane (Gregory); William H. Macy (Lester Tilling); Tony Hale (Furlough Tilling); Kevin Kline (Chef Andre); Stanley Tucci (Boldo); Frank Langella (The Mayor); Frances Conroy (Antoinette Tilling); Richard Jenkins (The Principal); Christopher Lloyd (Hovis); Charles Shaughnessy (Pietro); Sam Fell (Ned; Smudge); Patricia Cullen (Queen Rosemary); Jane Karen (Louise); Bronson Pinchot (The Town Crier); McNally Sagal (Teacher); James Nesbitt (King Philip of Dor); Sigourney Weaver (The Narrator)
Directed by Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen
US Release Date: December 19, 2008 (Premiered on December 7 at Arclight Theatre)
US Home Media Release Dates: April 7, 2009 (DVD/Blu-ray)
Trivia:
• Original score by William Ross
• Sylvain Chomet was originally set to direct before being dismissed by the production company for creative and ethical differences with the producers.
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Charlotte’s Web (94 min)
Synopsis: Early one morning, Fern Arable prevents her father John from slaughtering a piglet as the runt of the litter. John allows Fern to raise it as a pet, which Fern lovingly names Wilbur. Six weeks later, Wilbur is sold down the street to her uncle, Homer Zuckerman. At Homers farm, Wilbur yearns for companionship. Horrified at the discovery that he will be slaughtered, Wilbur reduces himself to tears until a mysterious voice tells him to chin up and waits until morning to reveal herself to him. The following morning, she reveals herself to be a spider named Charlotte A. Cavatica, living on a web on a corner of Homers barn overlooking Wilburs pig pen. She tells him that she will come up with a plan guaranteed to spare his life. A few days later, Homers farmhand, Lurvy, sees the words “SOME PIG” spun within Charlottes web. The incident attracts publicity among Homers neighbors who deem the praise to be a miracle. Following a series of messages spun in Charlotte’s web, Homer decides to enter Wilbur in the county fair for the summer. Wilbur is accompanied by Charlotte and a hungry rat named Templeton. Although Wilbur does not win first place, the reception Wilbur receives at the fair convinces Zuckerman to let live Wilbur live to a ripe old age. Exhausted from writing words and spinning an egg sac containing her unborn offspring, Charlotte tells Wilbur she will remain at the fair to die. Not willing to let her children be abandoned, Wilbur has Templeton retrieve her egg sac to take back to the farm, just before she dies. Once he returns to Homers farm, he guards the egg sac through the winter. The next spring, Charlottes 514 children are hatched, but leave the farm, causing Wilbur to become saddened to the point of wanting to run away. Just as he is about to do so, the ram points out that three of them did not fly away. Pleased at finding new friends, he names them Joy, Nellie, and Aranea, but as much as he loves them, they will never replace the memory of Charlotte.
Cast: Henry Gibson (Wilbur); Debbie Reynolds (Charlotte); Paul Lynde (Templeton); Agnes Moorehead (The Goose); Don Messick (Jeffrey); Herb Vigran (Lurvy); Pamelyn Ferdin (Fern Arable); Martha Scott (Mrs. Arable); Bob Holt (Homer Zuckerman); John Stephenson (John Arable); Danny Bonaduce (Avery Arable); William B. White (Henry Fussy); Dave Madden (The Ram); Joan Gerber (Edith Zuckerman); Rex Allen (narrator)
Songs: “There Must Be Something More,” “I Can Talk!” “Chin Up!” “We’ve Got Lots in Common,” “Deep in the Dark,” “Charlotte’s Web,” “Mother Earth and Father Time,” “A Veritable Smorgasbord,” “Zuckerman’s Famous Pig,” “Charlotte’s Farewell”
Directed by Charles A. Nichols and Iwao Takamoto
US Theatrical Release Date: March 1, 1973
US Home Media Release Dates: 1979 (VHS); 1988 (VHS); 1993 (VHS); 1996 (VHS); June 19, 2001 (DVD); 2006 (DVD);
Trivia:
• Original score by Irwin Kostal; original songs by Richard and Robert Sherman
• Debbie Reynolds volunteered to perform the voice of Charlotte the spider for no salary, because of her love for the E.B. White book the movie is based on.
• The first of only three theatrical feature films that Hanna-Barbera produced not related to its television programs (the other two are Heidis Song (1982) and Once Upon a Forest (1993).)
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