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The Emperor's New Clothes (1987)
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Cannon Movie Tales:Lavish, Feature length new versions of the world's best loved storybook classics.Plot:
In Europe several several centuries ago, a group of prisoners about to be executed are freed as part... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Underrated more (5 total)Cast
(Credited cast)| Sid Caesar | ... | The Emperor | |
| Clive Revill | ... | Prime Minister | |
| Robert Morse | ... | The Tailor | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Lysette Anthony | ... | Princess Gilda | |
| Susan Berlin | ... | Lady Christine | |
| Jason Carter | ... | The Tailor's Nephew | |
| Julian Chagrin | ... | Duke (as Julian Joy Chagrin) | |
| Yehuda Efroni | ... | Head Guard | |
| Eli Gorenstein | ... | Sergeant | |
| Israel Gurion | ... | Wenceslas | |
| Zachi Noy | ... | Hiccoughing Man | |
| Danny Segev | ... | Prince Nino | |
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The Emperor: It's diamond thread! Diamond makes a spectrum, and blue and red make...Duke: Uh... reddy-blue?
Prime Minister: Uh... bluey-red?
The Emperor: Blue and red make PURPLE!
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Upon the first viewing, I found this tale to be at least less annoying than other Cannon Movie Tales. After many more, I think it's one of the best. Some of the songs are pretty bad, especially the love song, but two things stand out that make the movie, even the singing, worthwhile. One is the art direction. Like the other Cannon Movie Tales, this is a beautifully decorated period piece; every piece of cloth and jewel (both of which have major parts in this movie's plot) look fresh and new, and contrast with the plain clothes of the peasants. Even during the love song I find myself studying the dress and hair of the princess, wonderfully done. The other thing is the comic timing. A lot of the movie is cheesy, but the emperor's vanity (and his making fun of himself in the end), the suspicious guard, the guard chasing Nicholas, and the stupid prince, were all quite funny and seem to be ridiculous quite on purpose. And the sequence during the song Weave-O makes up for the songs that weren't so good.