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Edgar Allan Poe (story)
Release Date:
1992 (USA)
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Plot:
A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jester plots a terrible revenge. | Full synopsis »
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Eerie,strange and beautiful adaptation of great Poe story
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Cast
(in credits order) | Michael J. Anderson | ... | Hopfrog |
 | Mireille Mossé | ... | Trippetta |
| Tom Hewitt | ... | The King |
| Paul Kandel | ... | Minister Torello |
 | Reg E. Cathey | ... | Minister Gunther |
| Kelly Walters | ... | Minister Cicero |
| Thomas Derrah | ... | Minister Horatio |
 | Patrick Breen | ... | Minister Vsquez |
| Glenn Santiago | ... | Minister Francis |
| Patrick O'Connell | ... | Minister Bacci |
| Robert Dorfman | ... | The Duke |
 | Joan MacIntosh | ... | The Duchess |
| Cynthia Darlow | ... | Lady Celestina |
| Pippa Pearthree | ... | Lady Louisa |
 | Betsy Aidem | ... | Lady Angela |
 | Harriet Sansom Harris | ... | Lady Clarice |
| Norma Pratt | ... | Hopfrog's Family - Mother |
| Christopher Medina | ... | Hopfrog's Family - Older Brother |
| Daniel J. Fava | ... | Hopfrog's Family - Younger Brother |
| Melinda Keel | ... | Hopfrog's Family - Sister |
| Patrick Fava | ... | Hopfrog's Family - Baby |
| Andrew Asnes | ... | Masqueraders |
| Kathleen Kane | ... | Masqueraders (as Kathleen Andrea Kane) |
| Gail Gilbert | ... | Masquerader |
| Patricia Kenny | ... | Masquerader |
| Alexander Kashock | ... | Masquerader |
| Elizabeth Koeppen | ... | Masquerader |
| Victoria Lundell | ... | Masquerader |
| Thomas Patrick | ... | Masquerader |
| L. Bloustein | ... | Masquerader |
| Ivan Wolfe | ... | Masquerader |
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| Julie Taymor | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Edgar Allan Poe | story "Hop-Frog" | |
Original Music by | |||
| Elliot Goldenthal | |||
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| Bobby Bukowski | |||
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| Alan Miller | |||
Casting by | |||
| Judy Dennis | |||
Production Design by | |||
| G.W. Mercier | |||
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| Julie Taymor | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Steve Apicella | .... | first assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Laurel Bridges | .... | boom operator | |
| George A. Lara | .... | foley mixer | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Mark O. Forker | .... | special effects design (as Mark Forker) | |
| Nikolai Galitzine | .... | special effects technician | |
| Neil Smith | .... | special effects design | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Mark O. Forker | .... | visual effects co-supervisor | |
| Abby Levine | .... | digital compositor | |
| Barry Minnerly | .... | digital compositor | |
| Neil Smith | .... | visual effects co-supervisor | |
Other crew | |||
| Craig Markey | .... | production coordinator | |
Distributors
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1992) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
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Minister:[at the banquet] The table is the only place where a man is never bored for the first hour.
Lady:I can't say the same for a woman.
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Lady:I can't say the same for a woman.
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I accidently caught this strange and beautiful tv movie when it first aired in the early 90's, while I was on a ski trip. With its weird and eerie and incredibly beautiful fairy tale atmosphere it is very reminiscent of Jim Henson's "Storyteller", and it's a shame that it only seems to have aired once and never rerun. I have no idea whether it's available on video or not, but if you can find it, I highly recommend watching it, and reading the Edgar Allen Poe story(titled "Hopfrog") it is based on as well.