The IMAX Nutcracker (1997)

Director:

Christine Edzard

Writers:

Christine Edzard, E.T.A. Hoffmann (story)

Stars:

Miriam Margolyes, Heathcote Williams, Lotte Johnson

Cast

Credited cast:
Miriam Margolyes	...	Sugar Plum
Heathcote Williams	...	'Uncle' Drosselmeier
Lotte Johnson	...	Clara
Benjamin Hall	...	Nutcracker Prince
Harriet Thorpe	...	Clara's Mother
Patrick Pearson	...	Clara's Father
Dan Wyllie	...	Frederick
Tamara Rojo	...	The Sugar Fairy
Tim Hamilton	...	Mouse / Scullion
Henry He	...	Mouse / Scullion
Jamie C. Ward	...	Harlequin
Michael Aaron Peth	...	Chair Acrobat
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martin Burns	...	Mouse
Gilbert Gillan	...	Monsieur Le Poire
Jess Liaudin	...	A toy and a Mouse

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

battle | mouse | imax | 3 dimensional | soldier | 

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Genres:

Fantasy | Short | Musical

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Details

Official Sites:

IMAX Corp.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 November 1997 (USA)

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$88,136 (USA) (27 November 1998)

Gross:

$384,933 (USA) (31 December 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

IMAX, Sands Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

37 min

Sound Mix:

IMAX 6-Track

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of The Nutcracker (1995)

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Soundtracks

"The Nutcracker"
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

User Reviews

Dream and poetry.

I like traditional films and I tend to see Imax like a gimmick. In this case, however, I felt that the story, the emotions and the music of the film were not overtaken by the spectacular FX and I liked that. Less tricks, more feelings.... Tricks can be fabricated by the lorry load, it is just a question of $$$, feelings, poetry and emotions cannot be replaced when missing. In this film there is plenty of the latter. I would say it is a Low Tech piece of poetry.