Nutcracker: The Motion Picture

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Nutcracker: The Motion Picture

G

1986

1h 24m

Kids & Family

Holiday

Fantasy

Music

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In this Pacific Northwest Ballet performance, it is Christmas Eve and festivities are under way. Clara (Vanessa Sharp) is excited when her godfather, Herr Drosselmeier (Hugh Bigney), arrives with a bag full of gifts, one of which is an intriguing wooden nutcracker. That night, while the rest of the household is sleeping, Clara visits the Christmas tree to inspect her nutcracker and soon finds herself immersed in a dream world that is both dark and enchanting.

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Joly Herman

Common Sense Media

Slightly creepy undertone to lovely staging of classic.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 14, 2010

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Nanette G

Creepy. Annoying. Hard to watch.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/24

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Teddy B

Maurice Sendak's unique vision that simply oozes through the art direction and the faithfulness to the story help differentiate this version from the gigantic bargain bin that is The Nutcracker adaptations.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/09/23

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Audience Member

Even with the Maurice Sendak-designed sets and direction by Carroll Ballard, this version of the classic ballet seems rather stilted.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Super surreal and more than a little bizarre, but one of those holiday classics you just can't do without. Sure to traumatize/delight generations of to come.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

My favorite Christmas Movie growing up.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

It's that time of year!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Carroll Ballard

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Hugh Bigney

Herr Drosselmeier

Vanessa Sharp

Young Clara

Patricia Barker

Dream Clara

Wade Walthall

Nutcracker Prince

Russell Burnett

Fritz

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Synopsis

In this Pacific Northwest Ballet performance, it is Christmas Eve and festivities are under way. Clara (Vanessa Sharp) is excited when her godfather, Herr Drosselmeier (Hugh Bigney), arrives with a bag full of gifts, one of which is an intriguing wooden nutcracker. That night, while the rest of the household is sleeping, Clara visits the Christmas tree to inspect her nutcracker and soon finds herself immersed in a dream world that is both dark and enchanting.

Director: Carroll Ballard
Producer: Willard Carroll, Donald Kushner, Peter Locke, Thomas L. Wilhite
Production Co: Kushner-Locke Company
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Holiday, Fantasy, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $659.9K
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Surround

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