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User Rating:
8.4/10   113 votes
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Director:
Tony Charmoli
Writer:
Yanna Kroyt Brandt (narration)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
16 December 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Fantasy | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
This Friday, [December 16, 1977] join Mikhail Baryshnikov in the realm of toy soldiers, dancing snowflakes and sheer magical entertainment. (poster for original telecast)
Plot:
The television adaptation of the Baryshnikov production. | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. more
NewsDesk:
(11 articles)
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 (From AMC - Script to Screen. 5 December 2009, 6:54 AM, PST)
User Reviews:
Always wonderful. more (6 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Mikhail Baryshnikov ... Nutcracker / Prince
Gelsey Kirkland ... Clara
Alexander Minz ... Drosselmeyer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Victor Barbee ... Waltz Soloist - 'Waltz of the Flowers'
Warren Conover ... Fritz (Clara's Brother) / Shepherd Dancer
George De La Pena ... The Moor / Russian Dancer
Nanette Glushak ... Waltz Soloist - in 'Waltz of the Flowers'
Rodney Gustafson ... Court Buffoon
Áurea Hammerli ... Shepherd Dancer
Cynthia Harvey ... Snowflake Lead Girl
Roman L. Jasinski ... Russian Dancer (as Roman Jasinski)
Marie Johansson ... Waltz Soloist - in 'Waltz of the Flowers'
Charles Maple ... Court Buffoon
Jolinda Menendez ... Snowflake Lead Girl / Spanish Dancer
Hilda Morales ... Chinese Dancer
Eric Nesbitt ... Court Buffoon
Gregory Osborne ... Harlequin / Court Buffoon
Marcos Paredes ... The Mouse King / Drunken Christmas Party Guest
Kirk Peterson ... Chinese Dancer
Norman Rose ... Narrator (voice)
Richard Schafer ... Waltz Soloist - 'Waltz of the Flowers'
Clark Tippet ... Spanish Dancer
Sallie Wilson ... Mrs. Stahlbaum
Rebecca Wright ... Doll
Gayle Young ... Mr. Stahlbaum
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
78 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo (recent telecasts) | Mono | Stereo (DVD Release)
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Company:
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Arabian Dance is cut from the television production due to running time constraints. This dance is also a running-time casualty in The Hard Nut (1991) (TV). more
Quotes:
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Narrator: It is Christmas Eve. In just a few hours, the clock will chime midnight - a time of magic, and of dreams.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Robert MacNeil Report: (2007-07-17)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
The Nutcracker more

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6 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Always wonderful., 1 September 1999
9/10
Author: Hermit C-2 from Marietta, GA, USA

As far as I'm concerned you can hardly see 'The Nutcracker' too many times. Here's your chance to see a couple of the greatest dancers of their time, Mikhail Baryshnikov and camera-shy Gelsey Kirkland, in one of the all-time classics. Plus the music of Tchaikovsky is glorious from beginning to end.

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