Movie Reviews for George Balanchine's The Nutcracker 1993
Information and Film Reviews for George Balanchine's The Nutcracker the Movie
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Pas de deux redeux. Tchaikovsky's classic ballet about the magic of Christmas and a little girl (Cohen) who dreams on Christmas Eve that she is in an enchanted kingdom. Culkin lamely grins through his wooden performance as the Nutcracker Prince, but the talent of the Sugarplum Fairy (Kistler) and the other dancers is such that conventional camera techniques sometimes fail to keep up with their exacting moves. Adapted from the 1816 book by E.T.A. Hoffmann.
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Available on (VHS, DVD) Running time 93 minutes.
Cast and Crew
- Genres
- Musical Drama, Ballet, Christmas, Adapted from a Fairy Tale
- Screenplay
- Susan Cooper
- Cast
- Macaulay Culkin, Jessica Lynn Cohen, Bart Robinson Cook, Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel, Kyra Nichols, Wendy Whelan, Gen Horiuchi, Margaret Tracey
- Cinematography
- Ralf Bode
- Director
- Emile Ardolino
- Other
- Kevin Kline
- Producer
- Robert A. Krasnow, Robert Hurwitz, Arnon Milchan, Warner Bros.
Visitor Reviews
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George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker came out in 1993 and has a total running time of 93 minutes. Macaulay Culkin, Jessica Lynn Cohen, Darci Kistler and Bart Robinson Cook star in this family, musical film. This film is about Marie. She’s a young girl who loves to dream of adventures. She falls asleep on Christmas Eve and dreams of Toyland. There, she meets the Nutcracker Prince and other magical friends. Together, they defeat the evil Mouse King from taking over Toyland.