Abra Cadabra (1983)

Animated fantasy film about an optimistic space boy and his friends.

Director:

Alexander Stitt

Writer:

Alexander Stitt

Stars:

John Farnham, Jacki Weaver, Hayes Gordon

Cast

Cast overview:
John Farnham	...	Abra Cadabra (voice)
Jacki Weaver	...	Primrose Buttercup (voice)
Hayes Gordon	...	B.L. Z'Bubb (voice)
Gary Files	...	Klaw (voice)
James Smilie	...	Mr. Pig (voice) (as Jim Smillie)
Hamish Hughes	...	Stella the Cat / Zodiac the Space Dog (voice)
Ed Rosser	...	(voice)
Jodie Haywood	...	(voice)
Matthew King	...	(voice) (as Matthew King)

Storyline

Animated fantasy film about an optimistic space boy and his friends.

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Plot Keywords:

cow | lightning | town | pluto the planet | cat | 

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Taglines:

The magic movie that won't stay on the screen.

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Genres:

Animation | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Adam Packer Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

And a special cheerio to Mr Robert Browning

User Reviews

Pied Piper as Christmas Pantomime!

This gem of a film aired on Nickelodeon's "Special Delivery" several times in the mid-1980's. I almost passed on seeing it because of the strange animation style (no inking!). It came on before I changed the channel, and when I heard the third verse of the opening song ("on the third day of Matter He structured DNA! Deoxyribonucleic Acid, and He said, "What a very nice day!"), I just *had* to watch it. The musical rewrites are wonderful (I still don't know all the original tunes) and the plot line is wonderfully silly. I believe that this is one of the most wonderfully bizarre movies I have ever seen!

The story is basically "The Pied Piper of Hamlin", but there's some science fiction thrown in for good measure.