When i was a kid i searched for years to find this movie, now i have it, and i can share. Against the full force of the disney animated canon and. Oct 10, 2014 hansel and gretel trailer 1988 starring. Hansel and gretel are trapped in the deceptively decorated house of the witch griselda who wishes to fatten hansel so that he may be baked into a delicious gingerbread treat. When it comes to the fairytale canon, hansel and gretel belongs to what i think of as the blist. Based on the classic brothers grimm fairy tale, hansel and gretel. They had very little to bite or to sup, and once, when there was great dearth in the land, the man could not even gain the daily bread. Cloris leachman, david warner, hugh pollard, nicola stapleton, emily richard, official content from cannon home video feature length version of the classic. The cast is fine, hugh pollard as hansel, nicola stapleton as gretel, david warner and emily richard as the parents.
Hansel and gretel, an 1893 opera by engelbert humperdinck. To save money, the cannon movie tales films were shot two or three at a time. Fifteen years after hansel jeremy renner and gretel gemma arterton defeated the wicked witch who planned to have them for her dinner, the siblings have come of age as skilled bounty hunters. Be quiet, gretel, said hansel, do not distress yourself, i will soon find a way to help us. Nicola stapleton was born on august 9, 1974 in elephant and castle, london, england as nicola kathleen stapleton. Oct 02, 2009 cannon movie tales adaptation of rumpelstiltskin, starring amy irving, billy barty, and priscilla pointer.
When they go to the bakery, the father is once again underpaid by the baker. The movie hansel and gretel from the vhs version has some scenes done differently compared to the dvd version. Wonderful video by cannon productions a kinder, gentler hansel and gretel story, though still a bit scary. Filmed principally on location in israel, these stories are generally fairy tales based on material by either the. The cannon movie tales adaptations of famous fairy tales is an interesting little series, and while there are some faring better than others and a few that are less than brilliant, others are well done and charming. This supplier will be closed on 1124, 1125, 1226, 12 for the holidays. With jeremy renner, gemma arterton, peter stormare, famke janssen. An apparently kindly old woman lives in the cottage, and the children. Hansel and gretel characters 1 home 1 impostor 1 jealousy 1 jewel 1 lifting female in air 1. Not blist in terms of quality, of course, but blist in terms of visibility. Hansel and gretel stopped short and stared at one another each was messy and covered in candy. Unlike the original version of the character, this version is given a name and a slightly not so villainous role, having abducted many other children before hansel and gretel and baking them into gingerbread cookies, with the children fully conscious during this. As the fabled blood moon approaches, the siblings encounter a new form of evil that might hold a secret to their past.
It features a musical score freelyadapted from engelbert humperdincks famed opera version of the grimm brothers tale. The classic grimm tale of hansel and gretel full length, live action and a musical. Hansel hugh pollard and gretel nicola stapleton live with their povertystricken parents on the edge of a dark and wild forest. The shipping cut off is 1210 to try and have the products delivered by christmas. When i realized i was super into hansel and gretel, i thought maybe it was because i watched this cannon movie tale directly following the frog prince, but then it transcended that comparison and presented itself as a really good fairy tale film with solid performances by david warner in the only film you will ever seehear him sing. A long time ago, in a farflung fairy tale, a girl threw her little brother into the dark woods, desperately searching for food and work, only to find herself in the midst of a terrible horror. Hansel and gretel cannon movie tales dvd trailer i made this about 4 years ago. Sophia lillis, samuel leakei, charles babalola, alice krige, ian kenni complication. Filmed on location in israel, these stories were the answer to disneys fairytale offerings. And when the old folks had fallen asleep, he got up, put on his little coat, opened the door below, and crept outside. With david warner, hugh pollard, nicola stapleton, emily richard. Hansel and gretel 1987 stream and watch online moviefone. Hansel and gretel is one of the finer examples of the latter, and gets my vote as the best of the series.
Hansel and gretel are trapped in the deceptively decorated house of the witch griselda who wishes to fatten hansel so that he may be baked into a. In this modern retelling of the classic horror tale, teen siblings are enslaved by a psychotic recluse within her gruesome house of horrors in the woods. An opera fantasy, a 1954 american stopmotion animated film. Their early days were lived in bliss in a small wood cottage with their two children, hansel and gretel. Aug 1, 2019 cannon movie tales is the collective name for a series of fairytale films created in the late 1980s by cannon group producers menahem golan and yoram globus, associate producer patricia ruben, and executive producer itzik kol. The executioners song 1982 tommy lee jones eli wallach full length movie duration. Hansel and gretel was shot simultaneously with sleeping beauty 1987. Nov 01, 2009 cannon movie tales version of hansel and gretel with david warner, cloris leachman, nicola stapleton, and the music of engelbert humperdinck. Hansel and gretel live in the forest with their mother and woodsman father. Hansel and gretel near a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife, and his two children. Near a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife, and his two children, the boys name was hansel and the girls grethel. Cloris leachman, david warner, hugh pollard, nicola stapleton, emily richard, official content from cannon home video feature length version of. Hansel and gretel, the adventures of hansel and gretel.
With sid caesar, clive revill, robert morse, lysette anthony. In europe several several centuries ago, a group of prisoners about to be executed are freed as part of the celebration of the upcoming marriage of the emperors daughter, princess gilda, to a very rich prince from another country. Starring david warner, cloris leachman, hugh pollard, and nicola stapleton. This is seriously worth a watch, just for cloris leachmans spectacular witch. Hansel and gretel are a young brother and sister kidnapped b. Usa working title the adventures of hansel and gretel. Hansel and gretel turned and stared at a very small woman with scraggly hair wearing a long pink dress. These are the fairy tale movies by the cannon group inc or cannon films. Hansel and gretel are abandoned after the famine strike in the village and where hansel and gretel are later trapped in the deceptively decorated house of the witch griselda who wishes to fatten hansel so that he may be baked into a delicious gingerbread treat.
This wasnt the best of situations in that often the two crews would be competing for the limited equipment, costumes, and sets. Jul 27, 2018 hansel and gretel vhs 1987 version duration. Hansel and gretel is a german fairy tale recorded by the brothers grimm and published in 1812. Oct 26, 2009 cannon movie tales version of hansel and gretel with david warner, cloris leachman, nicola stapleton, and the music of engelbert humperdinck. Cannon movie tales version of hansel and gretel with david warner, cloris leachman, nicola stapleton, and the music of engelbert humperdinck. Griselda the witch is the main antagonist of the 1987 film adaptation of hansel and gretel. Hansel and gretel based on the german fairy tale first collected by the brothers grimm once upon a time there lived a woodcutter and his wife. Meeshee the water giant full movie pg jim hensons creature.
One day the children are allowed to go to the town markets so that he can sell his wood. This enrages their mother emily richard because the family is poor and. Hansel and gretel 1954 janssen film, a german liveaction film by walter janssen. Released 1987, hansel and gretel stars hughpollard, nicolastapleton, clorisleachman, davidwarner the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 26 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
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