A Wrinkle in Time (TV 2003)

The movie is based on a children's series by the same name. Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and 3 interesting women, Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who in the search for ... See full summary »

Director:

John Kent Harrison

Writers:

Susan Shilliday (teleplay), Madeleine L'Engle (novel)

Stars:

Katie Stuart, Gregory Smith, David Dorfman

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Katie Stuart	...	Meg Murry
Gregory Smith	...	Calvin O'Keefe
David Dorfman	...	Charles Wallace Murry
Chris Potter	...	Dr. Jack Murry
Kyle Secor	...	The Man With Red Eyes
Sean Cullen	...	Happy Medium
Sarah-Jane Redmond	...	Dr. Dana Murry
Kate Nelligan	...	Mrs. Which
Alison Elliott	...	Mrs. Who
Alfre Woodard	...	Mrs. Whatsit
Munro Chambers	...	Sandy Murry
Thomas Chambers	...	Dennys Murry
Ellen Dubin	...	Aunt Beast
Guy Fauchon	...	Bingo Man
Alexander Pollock	...	Eric O'Keefe

Storyline

The movie is based on a children's series by the same name. Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and 3 interesting women, Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who in the search for their father who disappeared during an experiment he was working on for the government. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any other. They must learn to trust each other and to understand that everyone is different.

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Plot Keywords:

father | time travel | psychic power | supernatural | fantasy world | 

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Taglines:

To rescue their father, they must save the universe.

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Genres:

Family | Fantasy | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Disney

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 May 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gefangene der Zeit

Filming Locations:

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wrinkle Productions Ltd., Kerner Entertainment Company, BLT Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as Dolby Surround)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally produced as a two-part television miniseries, but re-edited and broadcast in a three hour time slot.

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Goofs

At the beginning of the scene where Meg decides that she must be the one to go back to get Charles Wallace, her hair is pulled back into a loop bun with only a few hairs loose (at 01:40:41 as she speaks with her father). In one of the shots in the same scene, it is still a loop bun, but there's a considerable amount of hair that is out (at 01:40:58 after her Emily Dickinson quote), and then in the shot right after that, it's back to being neat with only a few hairs out.

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Quotes

Mrs. Whatsit: In all the one of who you are now. In the glory of everything you are becoming. In all that you feel, you have something the darkness does not have. Can never have, my darling.
Meg Murry: What? What is it?
Mrs. Whatsit: It is only yours if you find it for yourself.

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Crazy Credits

(Closing dedications) For Tom, Patrick and Claire For all our brothers and sisters

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Connections

References The Sound of Music (1965)

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Soundtracks

"Happy Medium"
Written by Sean Cullen

User Reviews

Read the book.

The book is so good that at least the opening of this made-for-tv movie will move you, but then, as it diverges more and more from the book, taking out all the religion and love and mathematics and putting in cotton candy cliches, it becomes boring. Still, from comments I've heard, people who have not read the book tend to like it, and if it leads even on child to read A Wrinkle in Time, it will have served its purpose. The most embarrassing change is to make the Happy Medium a clone of Mary Poppins' Uncle Albert (I love to Laugh). Nothing is quite so squirm inducing as characters on the screen laughing hilariously at things that are totally unfunny.