Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)

Directors:

Masami Hata
William T. Hurtz

Writers:

Winsor McCay (comic strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland")
Ray Bradbury (concept)

Release Date:

21 August 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Animation | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Take Off On A Wonderful Adventure With "Little Nemo"...

Plot:

A young boy whose dreams transcend reality is sucked into his his own fantasy, which is everything he...

Plot Keywords:

Dream | Pet | Cult Favorite | Troublemaker | Goblin

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gabriel Damon	...	Nemo (voice)
Mickey Rooney	...	Flip (voice)
Rene Auberjonois	...	Professor Genius / The Nightmare King (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Icarus (voice)
Laura Mooney	...	Princess Camille (voice)
Bernard Erhard	...	King Morpheus (voice)
Bill Martin	...	Nightmare King (voice) (as William E. Martin)
Alan Oppenheimer	...	Oomp (voice)
Michael Bell	...	Oompy (voice)
Sidney Miller	...	Oompe (voice)
Neil Ross	...	Oompa (voice)
John Stephenson	...	Oompo / Dirigible Captain (voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	Nemo's Mother (voice)
Greg Burson	...	Nemo's Father / Flap (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Bon Bon (voice)

Also Known As:

Little Nemo (Japan: English title)

Runtime:

85 min | Japan:94 min (Japanese DVD box-set)

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Germany:6 | USA:G

Company:

Tokyo Movie Shinsha (TMS)

Trivia:

The first animated movie based on a video game.

Quotes:

Nemo: Who was that Professor?
Professor Genius: Flip! A frightful fellow!
Nemo: Flip?
Professor Genius: Please, forget you ever heard that name.

Movie Connections:

References Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)

They should re-release this on DVD or VCD

"Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland" (aka. Little Nemo: Dreamland no Daiboken) is quite a fun Euro-Anime film. It also spun off a video game based on the movie and it is a good film for those whom don't really remember or never heard of McKay's original comic series.

It is about a young boy named Nemo and his flying squirrel going on different dreamlike adventures, some of them having different results of their own. Sorry, I just don't feel like spoiling anyone today.

I swear, I cannot believe this film bombed outside of Europe and Asia, because it was "un-Disney like". Yeah, well, that is why Little Nemo is good. Alot of Disney's (recent) works are so sappy and sweetsy, like syrup on sugar on saccarine. Kind of like an unberable sweetness.

Anyways, check this movie out. You will be doing me and others whom remember this film a favor, and PLEASE put it on either DVD or VCD, with also the original Japanese and French tracks too!

PS. Did you know that Brian Froud, Moebius and Hayao Miyazaki all worked on Little Nemo? No wonder it is so great!