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Susan Cooper (narration)
Release Date:
24 November 1993 (USA)
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The joy of the New York City Ballet in an exciting family holiday motion picture.
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On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie (Cohen) falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Darci Kistler | ... | The Sugarplum Fairy |
| Damian Woetzel | ... | The Sugarplum Fairy's Cavalier |
| Bart Robinson Cook | ... | Drosselmeier |
| Kyra Nichols | ... | Dewdrop (in "Waltz of the Flowers") |
| Jessica Lynn Cohen | ... | Marie |
 | Macaulay Culkin | ... | The Nutcracker / The Prince / Drosselmeier's Nephew |
| Wendy Whelan | ... | Coffee (in "Arabian Dance") |
| Margaret Tracey | ... | Marzipan (in "Dance of the Reed Flutes") |
| Gen Horiuchi | ... | Tea (in "Chinese Dance") |
| Tom Gold | ... | Candy Cane - in 'Trepak' |
| Lourdes López | ... | Hot Chocolate (in "Spanish Dance") |
| Nilas Martins | ... | Hot Chocolate (in "Spanish Dance") |
| William Otto | ... | Mother Ginger (in "Dance of the Clowns") |
| Peter Reznick | ... | Fritz |
| Karin von Aroldingen | ... | Grandparent |
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George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (USA) (complete title)
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92 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Narration recorded by 'Kevin Kline (I)' was a last-minute addition that was heavily protested by Macaulay Culkin's father, Kit Culkin, who vowed that his son would do no publicity for the movie until the narration was dropped. Reluctantly, producer Arnon Milchan dropped the narration to appease the Culkins. Kit Culkin then returned with a list of other demands which so incensed Milchan that he reinstated Kline's narration, losing the use of the Culkins' publicity.
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References "Playhouse 90: The Nutcracker (#3.12)" (1958)
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The Nutcracker
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I have seen many, many productions of The Nutcracker. Now perhaps I viewed this movie from the tainted point of view of a theatrical director, but I was disappointed. I'm sure people in the specific business of ballet choreography find this production impressive but from a purely theatrical perspective I found everything from design to choreography to be lackluster and unbefitting of a "motion picture". None of the traditionally "weird" and impressive costumes looked like what they were supposed to be (i.e. the candies didn't look like candies, the rats didn't look like rats but rather like chocolate kisses,) the acting was weak, perhaps toned down too much for the screen, and the choreography just didn't do anything for me. This makes the entire show very satisfactory (at best), as if it were intended to not set itself apart from any other production. But remember, again, this is from the artistic perspective of a theatrical director, not a dancer or a choreographer, but a straight male theatrical director.