Under Milk Wood (1992) (TV)

Director:

Les Orton

Writer:

Dylan Thomas (writer)

Release Date:

1992 (UK)

Genre:

Animation

Plot:

A poet's tale of a day in the lives of the villagers of a Welsh fishing town of Llareggub. |

Plot Keywords:

Radio Play | Wales | Based On Play

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Richard Burton	...	First Voice (voice) (archive sound)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philip Burton	...	Rev. Eli Jenkins (voice) (archive sound)
Meredith Edwards	...	(voice) (archive sound)
Hugh Griffith	...	Captain Cat (voice) (archive sound)
Rachel Roberts	...	Mrs. Dai Bread Two (voice) (archive sound)
Sybil Williams	...	(voice) (archive sound)

Directed by
Les Orton

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dylan Thomas		writer

Produced by
Christopher Grace	....	associate producer
Robin Lyons	....	producer

Original Music by
Trevor Herbert

Production Management
Tony Brain	....	production manager

Art Department
Chris Glynn	....	storyboard artist
Wayne Thomas	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Simon Rhodes	....	sound engineer

Animation Department
Billy Allison	....	assistant animator
Toni Ardolino	....	assistant animator
David Blake	....	background artist
Marianne Brooks	....	animator
Hoël Caouissin	....	layout artist
Moran Caouissin	....	animator
Mike Coles	....	assistant animator
Anne Daniels	....	assistant animator
Guy Delisle	....	animator
Les Gibbard	....	animator
Chris Glynn	....	character designer
Chris Glynn	....	layout artist
Sandrine Goalec	....	animator
Neil Graham	....	layout artist
Andrew Griffiths	....	assistant animator
Graham Griffiths	....	animator
Duncan Harris	....	assistant animator
Andy Janes	....	assistant animator (as Andrew Janes)
Rhiannon Jones	....	assistant animator
Clare Lyonette	....	assistant animator
Nicola Marlborough	....	assistant animator
Gizella Neuberger	....	background artist (as Gizella N. Csatho)
Les Orton	....	animator
Les Orton	....	character designer
Phil Parker	....	assistant animator
Sue Paton	....	assistant animator
Roger Phillips	....	assistant animator
Bernard Portier	....	animator
Nick Roberts	....	animator
Pat Savage	....	animator
Stewart Selkirk	....	animator
José Solís	....	animator
Lloyd Sutton	....	animator
Lloyd Sutton	....	character designer
Wayne Thomas	....	animator
Rick Villeneuve	....	animator
Mike Wall	....	background artist
Chris Webster	....	animator
Tim Window	....	assistant animator
Andrew Wright	....	assistant animator
Gail Wright	....	assistant animator

Other crew
Walford Davies	....	advisor: literary
Jane Morgan	....	production secretary
Andrew Offiler	....	production developer
Jackie Price	....	production secretary
Martin Smith	....	production accountant
Lynne Stockford	....	studio manager

Production Companies

• Siriol Animation Ltd.

Distributors

• Imperia Entertainment (2007) (worldwide) (all media)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Siriol Animation Ltd.

Trivia:

Richard Burton's final project.

Movie Connections:

Version of Chelsea Walls (2001)

I really wanted to like this, but. . . .

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

It certainly had a great cast. But there were problems, big problems.

1. UNDER MILKWOOD was written as a "play for voices"--for the ratio. It was originally intended as being what we would call a 'pilot' for a series for the BBC about the goings-on in a small Welsh town where everybody is crazy--some people are mildly eccentric, at least two are right over the edge, and everybody else somewhere in between. It is a good piece for college and community theatre groups because, as a play for voices, there is minimal need for sets, costumes, props, etc., and by doubling roles one can do it with a fairly small cast.

Thomas drank himself to death before the BBC could pick it up. Why, then, would you make a FILM--a visual medium--of a RADIO PLAY--an audio medium? The whole idea was flawed from the beginning.

2. That being said, the performances were mostly very good, except for Elizabeth Taylor. She and Burton were a 'package deal' at the time. Her performance wasn't exactly BAD, but they cut so much of Rosie Probert's part from the original that one couldn't get a real sense of the character.

3. Which leads me to the next point. Why did they cut so much? And, if they made the cuts due to time constraints, why did they add the gratuitous sex scene with "Norma Jean", which had NOTHING to do with the play?