The Royal Ballet Company brings Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Thumb, Hunca Munca, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Jeremy Fisher, Pigling Bland, and Pigwig to the screen doing pirouettes and pas de deux in this filmed ballet production directed by Reginald Mills. The film more properly belongs, however, to choreographer Frederick Ashmore, composer .. Read more
| Starring | The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant, Ann Howard |
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| Director | Reginald Mills |
| Genres | Family |
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The Royal Ballet Company brings Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Thumb, Hunca Munca, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Jeremy Fisher, Pigling Bland, and Pigwig to the screen doing pirouettes and pas de deux in this filmed ballet production directed by Reginald Mills. The film more properly belongs, however, to choreographer Frederick Ashmore, composer John Lanchbery, and costume designer Rostislav Douboujinsky. This literal adaptation concerns the shy Beatrix Potter and how, when all of the toy animals in her room come to life, she emerges from her shell and begins to enjoy life. Sequences include a rowdy dance with Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca destroying a collection of plaster food, a midnight pas de deux between Pigling Bland and Pigwig, and a corps de ballet of dancing mice.~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
| Starring | The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant, Ann Howard, Bob Mead, Wayne Sleep |
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| Director | Reginald Mills |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Family |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1971 To Rent: DVD: 20 Nov 2006 Blu-ray: 04 Apr 2011 |
Largely unimaginative interpretation of a number of Beatrix Potter's stories, which accumulates a lot of top-line... read more on Time Out
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SUPERB!
This film is just LOVELY. The characters are really brought to life by the ballet dancers in their animal costumes.
The scenes shot in the lake ... read more »
[Highly rated reviewer]
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A family treat
The tales of Beattrix Potter told in music and danced by ballet dancers dressed in animal costumes. This must appeal to ballet fans and all of the family, and ... read more »
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A total joy!
This is a pure delight! The dancing is just great and the stories are choreographed perfectly. This is a real family treat - rent it and save yourself the ... read more »
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Disappointing
I thought us ballet/Ashton/Beatrix fans would really enjoy this but it just seemed tedious, and not even as good as when I first saw it when it came out. 2 out ... read more »
What's up, doc? In honour of the holidays we're pulling on our bunny ears, nibbling on a carrot and taking the measure of our favourite movie rabbits (with a hare or two thrown in). First, a little history: Easter bunnies have been with us longer than you might think. The word "Easter" derives from "Eastre", a Saxon pagan goddess. Eastre, or Eostre, was the goddess of spring and fertility, and she was celebrated at the vernal equinox, and again on the first Sunday after the next full moon -... Read more
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