The Nutcracker: The Motion Picture [Blu-ray]

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/12/2017
UPC:	0887090138710
Original Release:	1986
Rating:	G
Source:	Olive
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Hugh Bigney	Herr Drosselmeier,Baby Mouse
Vanessa Sharp	Young Clara
Patricia Barker	Dream Clara/Ballerina Doll
Wade Walthall	Nutcracker
Tony Randall	Host
Benjamin Houk	Father/Mouse Captain
Maia Rosal	Frau Stahlbaum
Carey Homme	Dr. Stahlbaum
Martha Boyle	Mother
Dianne Brace	Mother
Laura Schwenk	Mother
Elizabeth McCarthy	Mother/Moor/Waltz of the Flowers Dancer/Snowflake,Moor
Christian Cederlund	Father,Fighting Mouse
Sterling Kekoa	Father
Gerard Ebitz	Father/Moor
Benjamin Bassett	Grandparent,Grandparent
Gregory Draper	Uncle
Jennifer Homans	Maiden Aunt/Waltz of the Flowers Dancer/Snowflake
Ann Renhard	Maiden Aunt/Waltz of the Flowers Dancer/Snowflake
Lisa Stolzy	Moor/Foreign Guest
Courtland Weaver	Sword Dancer
Alejandra Bronfman	Pas de Troi
Kevin Kaiser	Pas de Troi
Reid Olson	Pas de Troi
Russell Burnett	Fritz
Whitney Onishi	Teenager
Natalie Ryder	Teenager
Emerald Stacy	Little Girl
Cary Stidham	Little Boy
Elizabeth Parham	Girl,Girl
Emily Penhollow	Girl
Gloria Riviera	Girl
Joseph Carver	Boy
Alex Gardner	Boy,Infantry Soldier
Jason Takamaru	Boy
Jacob Rice	Nutcracker
Deborah Inkster	Mother Mouse
Bridget Alsdorf	Baby Mice
Todd Brown	Fighting Mouse,Servant Child
Margaret Farmer	Fighting Mouse
Robert La Turner	Fighting Mouse
Katrenna Marenych	Fighting Mouse
Jeffrey Plourde	Fighting Mouse
Christopher Smidt	Fighting Mouse
Anne Wescott	Fighting Mouse
Carolyn Stoklosa	Fighting Mouse/Observer
Marianne Chikos	Officer
Elizabeth Christianson	Officer
Lindsay Clothier	Officer
Sarah Frederick	Officer
Michele Blue	Artillery Soldier
Sarah Coan	Artillery Soldier
Rebecca Dunne	Artillery Soldier
Christa Halby	Artillery Soldier
Tracy Carboneau	Cavalry Soldier
Charina Dimaano	Cavalry Soldier
Nicole Fiset	Cavalry Soldier
Joey-Lynn Mann	Cavalry Soldier
Erin Sokol	Cavalry Soldier
Hannah Brudge	Infantry Soldier
Betsy Fenton	Infantry Soldier
Lee Johnson	Infantry Soldier
Christine Lebar	Infantry Soldier
Catherine Mee Moen	Infantry Soldier
Christina Nicolaidis	Infantry Soldier
Rebecca Osmon	Infantry Soldier
Freedom Ozog	Infantry Soldier
Amy Ritter	Infantry Soldier
Noelle Schroeder	Infantry Soldier
Ashley Sherwood	Infantry Soldier
Rana Standal	Infantry Soldier
Nicole Wogamott	Infantry Soldier
Heather Boe	Scrim Mouse
Kippy Clark	Servant Child
Christine Elias	Servant Child
Abby Hall	Servant Child
Heather Hollenbeck	Servant Child
Jennifer Kader	Servant Child
Sun Lee	Servant Child
Mandi Lyons-Hansen	Servant Child
Michelle McRae	Servant Child
Sara Pritchard	Servant Child
Jennifer Taylor	Servant Child
Kyoko Terada	Servant Child
Erica Fischbach	Moor,Erica/Moors
Jeffery N. Bullock	Chinese Tiger
Rachel Harrison	Chinese Girl
Jennifer Owen	Chinese Girl
Nicole Wolgamott	Chinese Girl
Carron Donaldson	Commedia
Kara Chin	Toy Theater
Jamie Geier	Toy Theater
Mari London	Toy Theater
Caroline Newman	Toy Theater
Jenifer Peterson	Toy Theater
Lucinda Hughey	Waltz of the Flowers Dancer
Irene Damestoy	Waltz of the Flowers Dancer
Susan Gladstone	Waltz of the Flowers Dancer
Amy Greene	Waltz of the Flowers Dancer
Stephanie Irwin	Waltz of the Flowers Dancer
Kay Preston	Waltz of the Flowers Dancer
Julie Tobiason	Waltz of the Flowers Dancer
Heidi Vierthaler	Waltz of the Flowers Dancer
Clara Wilson	Waltz of the Flowers Dancer,Child at the Party
Laara Estelle	Observer
Eugenia Georvasilis	Observer
Jennifer Porter	Observer,Observer #16
Angela Sterling	Observer
Tryon Woods	Observer
Carol Anderson	Snowflake
Lise Vaillant	Snowflakes
Francia Russell	Actor
Lucinda Hughley	Actor
Alexandra Bronfman	Commedia
Tracey Charbonneau	Scrim Mouse
Gerald Ebitz	Moors
Sun Leen	Servant Child
Pacific Northwest Ballet	Actor
Julie Harris	Claire
Lisl Vaillant	Snowflake
Charles Mackerras	Conductor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky	Composer

Technical Credits

Maurice Sendak

Kent Stowell

Carroll Ballard	Director
Maurice Sendak	Screenwriter
Kent Stowell	Screenwriter
Willard Carroll	Producer
Thomas Coleman	Executive Producer,Producer
Esquire Jauchem	Special Effects
Donald Kushner	Producer
Peter Locke	Producer
Gregory Meeh	Special Effects
Michael Rosenblatt	Executive Producer,Producer
Thomas L. Wilhite	Producer