Ballet Shoes (2007) (TV)

Director:

Sandra Goldbacher

Writers:

Noel Streatfeild (novel)
Heidi Thomas (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 December 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Tagline:

Dreams do come true...

Plot:

The story of three orphan girls (Pauline, Petrova, and Posy), adopted by an eccentric explorer, Great Uncle Matthew, and his niece Sylvia, in 1930s London.

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Talent | 1930s | Teenage Girl In Ballet Suit | London England

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Emilia Fox	...	Sylvia Brown
Victoria Wood	...	Nana
Emma Watson	...	Pauline Fossil
Yasmin Paige	...	Petrova Fossil
Lucy Boynton	...	Posy Fossil
Richard Griffiths	...	Great Uncle Matthew
Marc Warren	...	Mr. Simpson
Lucy Cohu	...	Theo Dane
Gemma Jones	...	Dr. Jakes
Harriet Walter	...	Dr. Smith
Eileen Atkins	...	Madame Fidolia
Heather Nicol	...	Winifred
Mary Stockley	...	Miss Jay
Teresa Churcher	...	Clara
Skye Bennett	...	Young Sylvia
Peter Bowles	...	Sir Donald Houghton
Don Gallagher	...	Mr. French
Emma Darwall-Smith	...	Titania (as Emma Darwall Smith)
Isabella Parriss	...	Cobweb
Jade Longley	...	Moth
Adrian Lester	...	Mr. Sholsky
Tim Wallers	...	Mr. Montague
Gresby Nash	...	Leopold Neville
Ebe Sievwright	...	Valentin Manoff
Ruth Brill	...	Featured Dancer
Natasha Mould	...	Featured Dancer
Jack Thorpe-Baker	...	Featured Dancer (as Jack Thorpe Baker)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laurence Richardson	...	Dancer

Directed by
Sandra Goldbacher

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Noel Streatfeild		novel
Heidi Thomas		screenplay

Produced by
Michele Buck	....	executive producer: Granada
Matthew Hamilton	....	line producer
Patrick Spence	....	executive producer: BBC
Heidi Thomas	....	executive producer: BBC
Damien Timmer	....	executive producer: Granada
Piers Wenger	....	producer: Granada

Original Music by
Kevin Sargent

Cinematography by
Peter Greenhalgh

Film Editing by
Adam Recht

Production Design by
Jeff Tessler

Art Direction by
Paul Gilpin

Costume Design by
Sheena Napier

Makeup Department
Alice Hopkins	....	makeup artist
Bea Millas	....	hair stylist
Bea Millas	....	makeup artist
Luca Saccuman	....	hair stylist
Sue Wyburgh	....	makeup designer
Wakana Yoshihara	....	crowd hair stylist
Wakana Yoshihara	....	crowd makeup artist

Production Management
Emma Riley	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Ackland	....	second assistant director
Philip Booth	....	third assistant director
Marco Ciglia	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Miranda Cull	....	graphic designer
Bruce Gordon	....	sculptor
Jim Grindley	....	property master
Andrew Lavin	....	stand-by art director
Naomi Moore	....	art department assistant/runner
Jay Pales	....	props stand-by
Spencer Robertson	....	art department assistant
Neil Smith	....	stand-by props
Nigel Woodford	....	stand-by chippie
Gus Wookey	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Peter Brill	....	sound mixer
Tony Cook	....	sound maintenance
Matthew Morreale	....	sound assistant
Pip Norton	....	dubbing mixer
Chris Nuttall	....	sound effects editor
Joseph Paines	....	sound assistant
Anna Sulley	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Graham Longhurst	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Jonathan Hills	....	visual effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Annis	....	second focus puller
Catherine Ashmore	....	still photographer
Adam Coles	....	first assistant camera
Jeremy Gee	....	camera operator
Dean Murray	....	second assistant camera
Sam Smithard	....	assistant camera
Aaron Walters	....	best boy
Gavin Walters	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Natalie Humphries	....	costume supervisor
Philip O'Connor	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Matthew Streatfield	....	first assistant editor
Farley Thomson	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Seanine Joyce	....	orchestrator
Steve Parr	....	music recording mixer

Transportation Department
David Grose	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Jane Burrows	....	script supervisor
Rachel Davies	....	tutor chaperone
Stuart Jones	....	key floor runner
Samantha Murray	....	choreographer
Caroline Russell	....	production accountant
Caroline Sanders	....	production accountant
Joanna Sanders	....	production accountant
Mark Walledge	....	assistant location manager
Chris White	....	location manager
Simon Blakey	....	unit runner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Granada Television

Distributors

• Screenvision (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2007) (UK) (TV) (BBC 1)
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (2007) (Canada) (TV)
• Elephant Films (2009) (France) (DVD)
• Koch Vision (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Screenvision (2008) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Coach House Studios  location avid editing
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services

MPAA:

Rated PG for smoking.

Runtime:

90 min | UK:180 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG | Australia:G | New Zealand:G | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Bloomsbury, London, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

According to an interview on the DVD, the three-year-old Pauline Fossil is played by Emma Watson's twin sisters.

Quotes:

[Miss Jay meets Pauline and Winifred after their Alice auditions]
Miss Jay: Well done, you two. Right, Pauline is to play Alice
[pauses as girls gasp]
Miss Jay: and Winifred is to be engaged as understudy.
Pauline Fossil: [starts to say] What?
Winifred: [interrupts] When I finished my dance, people clapped! Nobody clapped her, there was just silence!
Miss Jay: Dance is important, but Pauline looks right for Alice.
Winifred: She looks right for everything, she always will!
[looks at Pauline and murmurs]
Winifred: Pretty face... blonde hair...
[...]

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Ballet Shoes" (1975)

Ooooh so that's what it is

The reason why I actually saw this movie is cause a girlfriend of mine is a die-hard Harry Potter fan, loves the movies and will look every movie the cast of HP has a part in. So watching this one with her, I had no expectations cause I didn't know what this film was about and to be honest, when it was over I still had no clue whatsoever what this was supposed to be. A drama, a comedy, a vehicle to boost some young talents careers? I had no clue. So after 90 minutes of twists and turns, unlikely coincidences and a kind of rushed happy end I was sitting there uttering the words "now this is bogus!". It's not that it was a bad movie per se, we have a very unlikely story, a very good but also very very stereotypically cast set of actors that act over the top, a weird storyline and lots of dancing. So I didn't have the feeling that it was a bad movie, but I still had no idea what this was supposed to be. The only thing I really took from it was that whoever is to direct the next film starring Emma Watson has to botox her forehead back to the stoneage cause her eyebrows have to stop moving when she is acting. I mean I ended up staring at them cause even though there is lots of dancing in the film her eyebrows are the things that move the most. On the other hand, it has been worse in the HP movies. However, it wasn't until I spoke with another friend of mine - another Harry Potter fan and mom of 4 kids - and complained about this film that I was told that this is an adaption of a child book classic. I suppose this was the godmother of all "duuuuh" moments someone can have, especially after I was lectured for a solid 15 minutes about how great the book is how her kids love it how much they can learn about the importance of hard work and taking care of each other and yadda yadda yadda plus just cause I'm a guy and not into the Harry Potter stuff I still have no right to badmouth the girl playing Hermione cause it's her fave character in the books. So, knowing that it's a kids book the stereotypical characters make sense and with that in mind the actors casted for the roles actually fit perfect. Richard Griffiths is befuddled and funny as always, Marc Warren can be the shy guy once more just to name a few. And so finally, the twist and turns and the happy end make sense too, so does the fact that I couldn't understand the story, cause it's made for little girls in the 1930s. I guess I really dodged a bullet there, for a few days I thought I was just stupid.