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Directed by | |||
| Derek W. Hayes | |||
| Stanislav Sokolov | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Murray Watts | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Elizabeth Babakhina | .... | executive co-producer | |
| John Geraint | .... | executive co-producer: BBC Wales | |
| Christopher Grace | .... | executive producer | |
| Naomi Jones | .... | producer | |
| Ralph Kamp | .... | executive co-producer: Icon Entertainment | |
| Geoffrey Marshall-Taylor | .... | executive co-producer: BBC | |
| Hew Walters | .... | executive co-producer: S4C | |
| Renat Zinnurov | .... | producer: Christmas Films | |
Original Music by | |||
| Anne Dudley | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Robert Francis | |||
| William Oswald | |||
| John Richards | |||
Casting by | |||
| Mary Selway | |||
| Sarah Trevis | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Helena Livanova | |||
| Ashley Potter | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Anna Baibakova | |||
| Eugenia Bogolyubova | |||
Production Management | |||
| Michael Sementzov-Ogievski | .... | production team manager: Christmas Films | |
Art Department | |||
| Chris Evans | .... | storyboard artist (as Christopher Evans) | |
| Boris Moiseyev | .... | executive set designer | |
| Das Petrou | .... | storyboard artist | |
Sound Department | |||
| Ian 'Spike' Banks | .... | sound editor | |
| Darran Clement | .... | foley mixer | |
| Paul McFadden | .... | foley editor | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Russell Appleford | .... | 3D operator | |
| Richard Bain | .... | visual effects designer | |
| Martin Costello | .... | 3D operator | |
| Gavin Digby | .... | digital compositor | |
| Paul J. Franklin | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Churchill Frazer | .... | 2D operator | |
| Sundquist Frederik | .... | 3D operator | |
| Stein Gausereide | .... | 3d operator | |
| Digby Gavin | .... | 2D operator | |
| Salter Greg | .... | 2D operator | |
| Nigel Hardwidge | .... | 3D operator | |
| Ed Hawkins | .... | 2D operator | |
| Elie Jamaa | .... | technical director | |
| Chas Jarrett | .... | 3D operator | |
| Richard Morris | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Charlie Noble | .... | compositor | |
| Riddle Paul | .... | 2D operator | |
| Ed Plant | .... | 2D operator | |
| Gregory Salter | .... | digital compositor | |
| Jelena Stojanovic | .... | digital compositor | |
| Wood Tom | .... | 2D operator | |
| Daniel Walton | .... | digital artist | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Alexander Vikhanski | .... | director of photography: Christmas Films | |
Animation Department | |||
| Olga Anashkina | .... | animator (as Olga Veselova) | |
| Toni Ardolino | .... | assistant animator | |
| Terence Bannon | .... | assistant animator | |
| Mike Bell | .... | key animator | |
| Caroline Cole | .... | assistant animator | |
| Nataliya Dabizha | .... | animator (as Natasha Dabizha) | |
| Tass Darlington | .... | layout artist | |
| Peter Dodd | .... | key animator | |
| Julian Evert | .... | assistant animator | |
| Milana Fedoseyeva | .... | animator | |
| Alastair Fell | .... | key animator | |
| Chris Fenna | .... | key animator | |
| Peter Gambier | .... | assistant animator | |
| Claire Grey | .... | key animator | |
| Morgan Griffiths | .... | assistant animator | |
| Ken Hayes | .... | assistant animator | |
| Steve Hayne | .... | assistant animator | |
| Steve Hayne | .... | key animator | |
| Lee Huxtable | .... | assistant animator | |
| Vladimir Kadukhin | .... | animator | |
| John Lund | .... | assistant animator | |
| Nicola Marlborough | .... | assistant animator | |
| Ann Marriott | .... | key animator | |
| Roger McIntosh | .... | key animator | |
| Tatyana Molodova | .... | animator (as Tanya Molodova) | |
| Sergey Olifirenko | .... | animator (as Sergei Olifirenko) | |
| Thomas Petith | .... | assistant animator (as Tom Petith) | |
| Roger Phillips | .... | key animator | |
| Ashley Potter | .... | background artist | |
| Miriam Reid | .... | assistant animator | |
| Vince Reilly | .... | assistant animator | |
| José Solís | .... | key animator | |
| Alla Solovyova | .... | animator | |
| Nicolette van Gendt | .... | key animator | |
| Rick Villeneuve | .... | key animator | |
| Arjan Wilschut | .... | key animator | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Mark Wright | .... | negative cutter | |
Music Department | |||
| Paul Clarvis | .... | musician: ethnic percussion | |
| Anne Dudley | .... | conductor | |
| Anne Dudley | .... | orchestrator | |
| Karen Elliott | .... | music supervisor | |
| Andrew Findon | .... | musician: flute (as Andy Findon) | |
| Janice Graham | .... | orchestra leader | |
| Skaila Kanga | .... | musician: harp | |
| Nicolas Santos | .... | choir boy soloist | |
Other crew | |||
| Paula-Louise Beaumont | .... | additional dialogue artist | |
| Richard Cadbury | .... | additional dialogue artist | |
| Brian Gear | .... | additional dialogue artist | |
| Richard Heneghan | .... | additional dialogue artist | |
| Yelena Livanova | .... | executive art designer | |
| Rex Plowman | .... | additional dialogue artist | |
| Andy Turvey | .... | additional dialogue artist | |
| William Vernon | .... | additional dialogue artist | |
| Jos Williams | .... | additional dialogue artist | |
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You remember all those Rankin-Bass holiday Specials from the 60s and 70s, Rudolph and Frosty and Easter things? Well, this is a throwback to them-but with a big budget, excellent voicers(Ray Fiennes, Richard E Grant, Julie Christie, Ian Holm, etc.), terrific animation, great heart.
I liked most of all the straightforward, reverent way in which they portrayed Christ, sure it's from the Gospels without much(if any) contemporary shading-but that is really what the material deserves, in my thinking. If you are going to do the Easter story, and his parables, show the 12 apostles and etc-then this is the way to go about it. I enjoyed the mix of stop motion and toon animation, esp in the parables. There was an interesting mixture of styles too-some looked folky, some looked outta Marvel Comix(whenever Judas saw Christ as some revolutionary figure, for example), some more cutting edge.
It didn't have the walking on water or Sermon on the Mount scenes, but did include Lazarus, a flashback to the nativity, healings and etc. I think they did the gospels proud here,and have done a very good job of it. This deserves to become a classic.
***1/2 outta ****----very good.