A Wrinkle in Time (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

John Kent Harrison

Writers (WGA):

Madeleine L'Engle (novel)
Susan Shilliday (teleplay)

Release Date:

10 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

To rescue their father, they must save the universe.

Plot:

The movie is based on a children's series by the same name. Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and 3 interesting women...

Plot Keywords:

Father | Time Travel | Supernatural | Journey | Space Travel

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Katie Stuart	...	Meg Murry
Gregory Smith	...	Calvin O'Keefe
David Dorfman	...	Charles Wallace Murry
Chris Potter	...	Dr. Jack Murry
Kyle Secor	...	The Man With Red Eyes
Sean Cullen	...	Happy Medium
Sarah-Jane Redmond	...	Dr. Dana Murry
Kate Nelligan	...	Mrs. Which
Alison Elliott	...	Mrs. Who
Alfre Woodard	...	Mrs. Whatsit
Munro Chambers	...	Sandy Murry
Robert Wisden
Thomas Chambers	...	Dennys Murry
Ellen Dubin	...	Aunt Beast
Guy Fauchon	...	Bingo Man
Alexander Pollock	...	Eric O'Keefe
Bryce Hodgson	...	Max Harriman
Matthew Brevner	...	Louie
Rachel Victoria	...	Isabel
Norman Armour	...	Mr. Porter
Roger Haskett	...	Mr. Jenkins
Angela Moore	...	Ms. Myles
Angelica Kero	...	Young Meg
Nancy J. Lilley	...	Calvin's Mom (as Nancy Lilley)
Jeffrey Ballard	...	Billy
Anita Adams	...	Billy's Mom
Apollonia Vanova	...	Valentina Tereshkova
Alexa Fox	...	14 Year Old "IT" Girl
Noel Fisher	...	16 Year Old "IT" Boy
Jacoba Rozema	...	6 Year Old "IT" Girl
Christine Kennedy	...	School Girl #1
Sarah Le Greca	...	School Girl #2
Robbie Ruddell	...	Camazotz Boy #1
Peter Benson	...	Stone Face
Iris Quinn	...	Camazotz Lady
Shawn Reis	...	Guard #1
Kelly Dean Sereda	...	Camazotz Young Man
Mikka Dargel	...	Camazotz Young Woman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Becker	...	Ubalon (uncredited)
Vincent Gale	...	Ellwood (uncredited)
Mark Gibbon	...	Centaur (uncredited)
G. Michael Gray	...	Gill Man (uncredited)
Sarah Hayward	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Taras Kostyuk	...	Double Brow Alien (uncredited)
Tanya Reid	...	Camazotz Woman (uncredited)

Directed by
John Kent Harrison

Writing credits (WGA)
Madeleine L'Engle		(novel)
Susan Shilliday		(teleplay)

Produced by
Fitch Cady	....	producer
Jay Firestone	....	executive producer
Adam Haight	....	executive producer
Catherine Hand	....	co-executive producer
Jordan Kerner	....	executive producer
Michael Leahy	....	producer
Josanne B. Lovick	....	co-executive producer
Patricia Rozema	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Patric Caird
Jeff Danna
Shawn Pierce

Cinematography by
Jon Joffin
Philip Linzey

Film Editing by
Susan Maggi
T.C. Martin

Casting by
Irene Cagen
Meg Liberman
Camille H. Patton

Production Design by
Sandy Cochrane
Troy Hansen
Graeme Murray

Art Direction by
Gwendolyn Margetson

Set Decoration by
Terry Ewasiuk
Johanna Mazur

Costume Design by
Nancy Bryant

Makeup Department
Dave Bubniw	....	makeup artist
Rachel Griffin	....	special makeup effects artist
Ann McLaren	....	special makeup effects artist
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup designer

Production Management
Wayne Bennett	....	unit manager
David Hauka	....	production manager
Tracy Long	....	production manager
Keri Young	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bonnie Benwick	....	assistant director
Richard Coleman	....	second unit director
Brett Dowler	....	second unit director
Donald P.H. Eaton	....	first assistant director
Patrice Leung	....	first assistant director
Karen Margolese	....	second assistant director
Linda Pearce	....	third assistant director
Michael Pohorly	....	trainee assistant director
Tracey Poirier	....	second assistant director
Cindy Smith	....	second assistant director
Gary Blair Smith	....	first assistant director: second unit
Patrick Stark	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Ricardo Alms	....	scenic carpenter
Denise Bradley	....	art department coordinator
Kevin Brown	....	prop buyer
Nancy Anna Brown	....	set designer
Dave Emmonds	....	head greensman
Jack Gauvreau	....	sculptor
Tyler Bishop Harron	....	illustrator
Craig Henderson	....	construction coordinator
Kenneth Panzer	....	set buyer
David Valentine	....	property master

Sound Department
Anke Bakker	....	sound editor
Adam Boyd	....	sound effects editor: temp mix
Dario DiSanto	....	foley editor
Kris Fenske	....	sound designer
Martin Fossum	....	sound mixer: re-shoots
Philip Hunter	....	adr editor
Kirby Jinnah	....	adr & dialogue editor
Devan Kraushar	....	sound effects editor
Michael McGee	....	production sound mixer
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean Raymond	....	foley mixer
Adam Sharpe	....	adr mixer
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Wallace	....	additional sound designer
Matthew Wilson	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Cara E. Anderson	....	special effects assistant: reshoots
Stewart Bradley	....	special effects supervisor
Dan Cervin	....	special effects assistant
Rory Cutler	....	special effects coordinator: reshoot
Roy Gabriel	....	special effects foreman: reshoot
Eric Milner	....	special effects technician: reshoot
John Reynolds	....	special effects first assistant: re-shoot
Grant Smith	....	special effects rigger
Terry Sonderhoff	....	special effects coordinator
Andrew Verhoeven	....	motion base operator

Visual Effects by
Foad Afshari	....	visual effects: Eden FX
Tom Archer	....	digital compositor
Nadine Blackler	....	digital compositor
Rod Bland	....	3D animator
Ann-Marie Blommaert	....	visual effects coordinator
Kathryn Bolt	....	digital compositing artist
Corey Bramall	....	digital artist
Dan Brittain	....	digital artist
Jeff Bruneel	....	digital compositor: Toybox
Brynley Cadman	....	digital compositor
Dug Claxton	....	digital compositor
Lecily Corbett	....	assistant camera: visual effects unit
Jon Cowley	....	visual effects supervisor: Toybox
Jayne Craig	....	visual effects coordinator
Kristin Dearholt	....	rotoscope artist
Jeremy Dineen	....	visual effects animator: Toybox
Pete Dionne	....	3D artist: ToyBox
Chris Doll	....	digital compositing artist
Kevin Genzel	....	digital compositor
Ted Gervan	....	visual effects
Mark Goldberg	....	digital compositor
Adrian Graham	....	3D technical director: Toybox
Robin Hackl	....	visual effects supervisor: Image Engine
James Halverson	....	digital effects artist
Christopher Hartt	....	shading artist
Gary Hutzel	....	miniature cinematographer
Gary Hutzel	....	visual effects supervisor
Aruna Inversin	....	digital compositor: Toybox
John Karner	....	digital artist
James Lau	....	digital artist
Sue Len Quon	....	visual effects editor
Todd Liddiard	....	digital compositor
Colin Liggett	....	digital compositing artist
Kevin Little	....	visual effects supervisor
Paul Maples	....	motion control operator
Ryan Mintenko	....	digital artist/animator: Toybox
Steve R. Moore	....	visual effects editor
Christopher Mossman	....	executive producer: Image Engine
Joseph Ngo	....	visual effects
Sarah Norton	....	digital compositor
Doug Oddy	....	CG supervisor
Christine Petrov	....	digital compositing artist
Michael Porterfield	....	digital compositing artist
Christopher Raimo	....	visual effects coordinator
Persis Reynolds	....	visual effects producer: Toybox
Dane Allan Smith	....	visual effects producer: MeniThings
Michael Stewart	....	digital compositor: Lost Boys Studios
Aristomenis Tsirbas	....	visual effects supervisor: MeniThings
Thomas Turnbull	....	visual effects aerials
Lisa Turner	....	visual effects coordinator: Image Engine
Adrian Van Der Park	....	3D animator
Joe Waistell	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, visual effects unit
Brian Wawzonek	....	digital compositing artist
Wendy Whaley	....	digital compositor
Bruce Woloshyn	....	digital compositing artist
Bojan Zoric	....	digital matte painter: Toybox
Charlene Eberle Douglas	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Fred Pienkos	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Chris Atkinson	....	stunt rigger
Claude Bouchard	....	key aerial/stunt rigger
Duane Dickinson	....	stunts
Marny Eng	....	stunt coordinator
Marny Eng	....	stunt double: Katie Stuart
Corry Glass	....	stunt double
Dave Hospes	....	stunts
Dave Lane	....	stunt rigger
Scott Nicholson	....	stunts
Shawn C. Orr	....	stunts
Justin Sain	....	stunt double
Heath Stevenson	....	stunts
Lori Stewart	....	stunt double: wire work
Paul Becker	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Adams	....	assistant camera
Chris Banting	....	dolly grip
Cameron Drinkle	....	video playback operator
Jim Filippone	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Chris Helcermanas-Benge	....	still photographer
Mark Hryma	....	aerial director of photography: Wescam camera
David Hutton	....	key grip: reshoots, second unit
Marcus James	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Simon Jori	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Phil Klapwyk	....	gaffer: second unit
Scott Kozak	....	grip: re-shoot
Carol Macdonald	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, re-shoots
Marty McInally	....	Steadicam operator
Marty McInally	....	camera operator
Brian C. Murphy	....	director of photography: second unit
Jos Oman	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Clayton Richard-Long	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Richard Sinclair	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Paul Slatter	....	gaffer
Brad Smith	....	best boy grip
Jerrod Tiffin	....	rigging gaffer
Gary Viola	....	camera operator

Casting Department
Heike Brandstatter	....	casting: Canada
Errin Clutton	....	assistant casting: Canada
James Forsyth	....	extras casting
Diane Kerbel	....	casting: Canada
Blair Law	....	casting: Canada
Coreen Mayrs	....	casting: Canada
Melanie Taylor	....	casting assistant: USA

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Steve Oben	....	set costume supervisor
Nicola Ryall	....	set costumer
Frances Sweeney	....	truck costumer

Editorial Department
Sean Bowers	....	post-production coordinator
Phaedra Eccleston	....	post-production coordinator
Sue Len Quon	....	assistant editor
Allison Melech	....	post-production assistant
Kevin Willis	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Brad Haehnel	....	music mixer
Shawn Pierce	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Dave Miller	....	driver

Other crew
Stephen Arnott	....	lead man set-up
Adria Budd	....	script coordinator
Simone De Camargo	....	accountant
Rob Doak	....	video coordinator
Ian Doig	....	animal trainer
Paul Giordano	....	assistant location manager
Ann Goobie	....	location manager
Mark Hoeppner	....	security officer
Eli Holzman	....	production executive
Shelley Kreutz	....	production assistant
Grace MacLeod	....	animal trainer
April D. Matthews	....	first assistant accountant (as April Larsen)
Colin Meacham	....	production assistant
Beth Mercer	....	script supervisor
Terry Mialkowsky	....	assistant location manager
Claudia Morgado Escanilla	....	script supervisor: second unit
Kathleen Nurit	....	production coordinator
Elysia Bliss Pyne	....	production assistant
Adrienne Sol	....	second assistant production coordinator
Cristina Weigmann	....	script supervisor
Steve Woodley	....	head animal trainer
Kody Zimmermann	....	office production assistant
W. Scott Weston	....	key production assistant (uncredited)
Vince Yoshida	....	puppeteer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• BLT Productions
• Dimension Television
• Fireworks Entertainment
• Kerner Entertainment Company
• Menithings Productions
• Neo Art & Logic
• Wrinkle Productions Ltd.

Distributors

• ABC Distribution Co.
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2004) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Rainmaker Digital Pictures
• Toybox

Also Known As:

Un raccourci dans le temps (Canada: French title)

Runtime:

USA:128 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

BLT Productions

Trivia:

Filmed in 2001 but not broadcast until 2004.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Mrs. Whatsit says, "if this insect wanted to travel across my left hand to my right hand..." the insect is actually sitting in her right hand, pointing towards her left hand.

Quotes:

Charles Wallace Murry: I should introduce you both to Mrs. Whatsit.
Dr Dana Murray: Mrs. Who?
Charles Wallace Murry: No, that's the other one.
Dr Dana Murray: What?
Charles Wallace Murry: No, Whatsit.
Dr Dana Murray: What Whatsit?
Charles Wallace Murry: I just told you.
Meg Murry: Uh, hang on. Who is Mrs. Whatsit? Is this the person that's been talking to you in your head? Is she one of your imaginary friends?
Charles Wallace Murry: No. She's just as real as you and me. Maybe even realer.

Movie Connections:

References Loving You (1957)

Very true to the Book...

... Well, for a TV adaptation of a book that is.

First off, I'm a BIG fan of "A Wrinkle in Time".

There where somethings that where left out (mostly for timing I would guess), and something changed, most notably *IT* wasn't a personality the same way *IT* was in the book. Instead the Red Eyed Man's role was beefed up, and he was more or less the mouth piece of *IT*. Frankly, (and I'm soooo sorry for saying this) I think *IT* having it's original role from the book would not have translated very well at all. Somethings work in a book, some on TV show, some on a TV movie, and some on a BIG SCREEN movie, but one will not inherently translate to the other.

Granted, the CGI wasn't ILM quality, but hey, special effects are just a tool to HELP tell a story, if it does the job, fine with me, photo quality CGI isn't what makes a movie/story great (coughs *Star Wars: Episode II*) it's the writing. In particular the characterization of the people in the story.

Katie Stuart, Gregory Smith, and David Dorfman all played the role's of Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace extremely well. Which is why on the whole I give it a 9 out of 10.

The only REAL low point was with the Happy Medium. Sorry, but that part just didn't fly well. I don't know if it was the directing, the acting, the fact somethings just don't translate well, or whatever, but this part just left a bad taste in my mouth.

So is it as good as the book my 3rd grade teacher read me 16 years ago? Well, no but I'll stand by it as being as good as a story adaptation like "A Wrinkle in Time" can be given how unique and boldly original of a story it is. IMHO it does justice to Madeleine L'Engle.