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7 November 1974 (USA) morePlot:
A pilot, stranded in the desert, meets a little boy who is a prince on a planet. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Buzz Break: The Little Prince (From Movieline. 24 September 2009, 1:30 PM, PDT)
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A neglected gem more (26 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Steven Warner | ... | The Little Prince | |
| Joss Ackland | ... | The King | |
| Clive Revill | ... | The Business Man | |
| Victor Spinetti | ... | The Historian | |
| Graham Crowden | ... | The General | |
| Richard Kiley | ... | The Pilot | |
| Donna McKechnie | ... | The Rose | |
| Bob Fosse | ... | The Snake | |
| Gene Wilder | ... | The Fox |
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Richard Burton was actively pursued for the role of the pilot. Burton had had a huge success, on Broadway, with Lerner & Lowe's "Camelot", but had turned down the film role (Camelot (1967)), as he did "The Little Prince". moreQuotes:
[the pilot has drawn him a picture]The little prince: Oh no, I don't want an elephant inside a boa constrictor. Boa constrictors are dangerous and an elephant is very cumbersome. Where I come from, everything is very small. Will you draw me a sheep?
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This film, a musical version of the classic Antoine de St. Exupery fable, containing the last score written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (CAMELOT, MY FAIR LADY, GIGI), is a neglected gem of a film musical. Witty, inventive, melodic (the title song alone is as good as anything they ever wrote), and quite moving, it features uniformly superb performances, particularly from the then six-year old Steven Warner in the title role and Bob Fosse, in his final screen performance, as the death-dealing Snake.
Only caveat is Stanley Donen's excessive use of a fish-eye lens, to suggest the curvature of the earth and to relate that to scenes taking place on the Little Prince's asteroid or other asteroids he visits. It grows tiresome. But the on location shooting in the Sahara desert is breathtaking.
This film was cut prior to release by Paramount, excising an entire musical number, "Matters of Consequence," as well as shortening other musical numbers with damaging interior cuts, and removing Donna McKechnie's dance as the vain Rose. It is a prime candidate for restoration on DVD. Good as the film is, the cut material rounds out the story and characters, makes the musical numbers more effective, and would enhance the film.
The uncut version was previewed in NYC, but has never been seen since. Paramount, who dumped the film after only two weeks of release, must have thought they were making a children's movie, but anyone who knows the original knows it is a fable meant primarily for adults.
Donen has given interviews suggesting that he prefers the longer version. Anybody at Paramount listening?