The Whipping Boy (1995) (TV)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Sydney Macartney

Writers:

Albert Sidney Fleischman (novel)
Albert Sidney Fleischman (teleplay)

Release Date:

28 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Spanking | Beautiful Woman | Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Truan Munro	...	Jemmy
Nic Knight	...	Prince Horace
Karen Salt	...	Annyrose
Andrew Bicknell	...	King
Christoph M. Ohrt	...	Ambassador
Mathilda May	...	Betsy
Kevin Conway	...	Hold-Your-Nose-Billy
Vincent Schiavelli	...	Cutwater
George C. Scott	...	Blind George
Jean Anderson	...	Queen Mum
Michael Kausch	...	Peckwit
Nigel Betts	...	Walter
Nicolas Amer	...	Lord Chancellor
Georg Tryphon	...	Painter
Jane Hazlegrove	...	Mrs. Chestney
Daniel Newman	...	Smudger (as Danny Newman)
Tony Bluto	...	Song Seller
Frank Middlemass	...	Mr. Walrus
Andrea Mason	...	Molly
Michael Sweeney	...	Nips
Angus Wright	...	Cavalry Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Ilkley	...	Prison Guard (uncredited)

Directed by
Sydney Macartney

Writing credits
Albert Sidney Fleischman		(novel "The Whipping Boy") (as Sid Fleischman)
Albert Sidney Fleischman		(teleplay) (as Max Brindle)

Produced by
Georges Campana	....	co-producer
Philip D. Fehrle	....	executive producer
Ellen Freyer	....	producer
Andreas Grosch	....	line producer
Glenn R. Jones	....	executive producer
Jean-Claude Marchant	....	line producer
Gerhard Schmidt	....	executive producer
Marty Eli Schwartz	....	line producer

Original Music by
Lee Holdridge

Cinematography by
Clive Tickner

Film Editing by
Sean Barton

Casting by
Allan Foenander
Horst Scheel		(as Horst D. Scheel)

Production Design by
John Blezard
Norbert Scherer

Set Decoration by
Simon Wakefield

Costume Design by
Tiny Nicholls

Makeup Department
Birger Laube	....	makeup artist
Linda Mooney	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Andreas Bodenstein	....	unit production manager
Frank Döhmann	....	executive in charge of production
Carol Rubin	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kathrin Braun	....	third assistant director
Elise Crosnier	....	second assistant director: France
Michael Rowitz	....	second assistant director
Marty Eli Schwartz	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Eliane Huss	....	property master
Heike Jödicke	....	assistant art director
Ellen Latz	....	stand-by props
Rudolph Reinstadler	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Andrea Bella	....	sound editor
Jo Fürst	....	foley artist
Mel Kutbay	....	foley artist
Bernhard Maisch	....	foley recordist
Bettina McCall	....	adr editor
Raymond Meyer	....	boom operator
Max Rammler-Rogall	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lothar Segeler	....	sound effects editor
Wolfgang Wirtz	....	sound mixer

Stunts
Marty Eli Schwartz	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Britta Becker	....	assistant camera
Thomas Brügge	....	electrician
Claus Dörner	....	key grip
Jeremy Hiles	....	camera operator
Henning Jessel	....	assistant camera
Klaus Liebertz	....	Steadicam operator
Bernd Niggeschulze	....	electrician
Markus Später	....	grip
Andreas Theiner	....	electrician
Klaus Peter Venn	....	gaffer (as Klaus-Peter Venn)
Astrid Wirth	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Sylvie Brocheré	....	casting: France
Sylvina Pieres	....	extras casting: France

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brian Cox	....	costume assistant
Sandra Fuhr	....	wardrobe
Martina Schall	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Hans-Gabriel Bergmann	....	color timer
Andreas Lemke	....	assistant editor
Hansjörg Weißbrich	....	assistant editor (as Hansjörg Weissbrich)

Music Department
Peter Fuchs	....	score recordist
Keith Grant	....	music recordist
Ira Hearshen	....	orchestrator
Paul Talkington	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
Isabelle Gautier	....	transportation coordinator: France

Other crew
Anne-Marie Billon	....	production accountant: France
Bettina Bott	....	production accountant
Jean Bourne	....	continuity
Margot Luneau	....	location manager
Pascal Maillard	....	location manager
Ursula Schlieper	....	production accountant (as Uschi Schlieper)
Dorothee Specht	....	production coordinator
Karine Thévenet	....	production secretary: France
Christoph Wolf	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Television
• Gemini Productions
• Jones Entertainment
• Le Sabre

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
• Disney Channel
• Jones (1995) (USA) (theatrical run)
• Lloyds Home Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)

Special Effects

• Optical Art (motion control)
• Optical Art (titles & opticals)

Other Companies

• Optical Art  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

Der Prinz und der Prügelknabe (Germany)
Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy

Runtime:

Netherlands:120 min | USA:96 min

Country:

UK | USA | Germany | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Trivia:

Max Brindle, screenwriter, is actually Albert Sidney Fleischman, author of the book version.

Great adaptation!

This adaptation of the popular children's book, The Whipping Boy, succeeds very well!

I enjoyed the entire movie from beginning to end - it stays very close to the story, with an extra element or two added in. These do not divert from the original story but simply add to it.

The story is well-acted and authentic, the villains and the children are good fun. If you like a light but moving story, this is the movie for you!

A special note is that Max Brindle, credited for writing the screenplay, is actually a pseudonym for Sid Fleischman, author of The Whipping Boy. (See The Abracadabra Kid, Sid Fleischman's autobiography.)

Enjoy the movie! Although it was made for television, you can find it on video.