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Overview

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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Susan Cooper (narration)
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Release Date:
24 November 1993 (USA) more
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The joy of the New York City Ballet in an exciting family holiday motion picture.
Plot:
On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie (Cohen) falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams... more | add synopsis
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DVD Playhouse--November 2009
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Cast

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Darci Kistler ... The Sugarplum Fairy
Damian Woetzel ... The Sugarplum Fairy's Cavalier
Bart Robinson Cook ... Drosselmeier
Kyra Nichols ... Dewdrop (in "Waltz of the Flowers")
Jessica Lynn Cohen ... Marie

Macaulay Culkin ... The Nutcracker / The Prince / Drosselmeier's Nephew
Wendy Whelan ... Coffee (in "Arabian Dance")
Margaret Tracey ... Marzipan (in "Dance of the Reed Flutes")
Gen Horiuchi ... Tea (in "Chinese Dance")
Tom Gold ... Candy Cane - in 'Trepak'
Lourdes López ... Hot Chocolate (in "Spanish Dance")
Nilas Martins ... Hot Chocolate (in "Spanish Dance")
William Otto ... Mother Ginger (in "Dance of the Clowns")
Peter Reznick ... Fritz
Karin von Aroldingen ... Grandparent
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
92 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Narration recorded by 'Kevin Kline (I)' was a last-minute addition that was heavily protested by Macaulay Culkin's father, Kit Culkin, who vowed that his son would do no publicity for the movie until the narration was dropped. Reluctantly, producer Arnon Milchan dropped the narration to appease the Culkins. Kit Culkin then returned with a list of other demands which so incensed Milchan that he reinstated Kline's narration, losing the use of the Culkins' publicity. more
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8 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Beautiful...., 22 May 2004
Author: musicgirl12587 from Palo Alto, California

This was so beautiful. I am a ballerina and I have played both the Sugar Plum Fairy and Marie in numerous productions of this, but I have to admit that this is IT. This is the ultimate #1 version of this classical ballet. It was so beautiful. The music is absolutely marvelous and the scenery is gorgeous. The woman who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy is absolutely beautiful and does a fabulous job! I saw the Broadway version of this on a visit to NYC and I have to admit that this version was better than the one I saw there. George Balachine does amazing ballet, I wish I could study with him at his School of Ballet. And the composer(I know who it is, but I cant spell his name) is a musical genius. I give it 10/10.

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