Little Thumble (film)

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Movie
German title Little Thumbnail
Original title Tom Thumb
Country of production USA , UK
original language English
Publishing year 1958
length 98 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director George Pal
script Ladislas Fodor
production George Pal
music Douglas Gamley
Ken Jones
camera Georges Périnal
cut Frank Clarke
occupation

Little Tom Thumb is a US-British fantasy music film directed by George Pal from 1958 . The film is based on the fairy tale of the same name .

action

A farming family has wanted a child for a long time. When Jonathan goes into the forest to cut trees for the village, the forest fairy asks him not to do so. After some hesitation, he agrees and the fairy grants him three wishes. He would like to tell his wife Anne about this right away, but when he gets home he has already used up all the wishes. When she hears about the story, she is angry because she most wanted a child, even if it was only the size of a thumb. The fairy heard this and conjures up a “thumbs up”.

When he goes to the fair with Woody, he runs away and is approached by the robbers Ivan and Antony. They want him to quietly crawl through the keyhole and break into the royal treasury. He carries out the request and thereby puts his parents in prison.

Soundtrack

  • Talented Shoes
    • Music: Fred Spielman
    • Text: Janice Torre
    • Singing: Ian Wallace
  • Are you a dream
    • Music: Peggy Lee
    • Text: Peggy Lee
    • Singing: Alan Young

background

The budget was $ 909 thousand. According to MGM , the film grossed $ 1.8 million in Canada and the United States and $ 1.45 million in other countries for a total of $ 3.25 million.

Director Pal worked with cinematographer Georges Périnal , animators Wah Chang and Gene Warren , film architect Elliot Scott, and special effects designer Tom Howard to create the animated parts. Peggy Lee wrote the songs and Douglas Gamley wrote the music with Ken Jones .

The film is related to The Wonder World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) and Pinkeltje (1978). It was shot in Hollywood , Los Angeles , California , United States and London , England , United Kingdom .

Reception, theatrical release and publications

  • The film was the eighth most popular film in 1959.
  • The film premiered on December 4, 1958 in London. It had its premiere in the Federal Republic of Germany on March 25, 1959.
  • Little Tom Thumb was released on DVD and VHS .

Awards

Academy Awards 1959
British Academy Film Awards 1959
Golden Globe Awards 1959
Laurel Award 1959
  • Nomination in the category Best Musical
Writers Guild of America

Reviews

The Protestant film observer does not think much of the film: “Americanization of a Grimm fairy tale in an absurd taste. Not to be recommended for children, adults will not get much from the film. "Not exactly enthusiastic, but a little more benevolent judges the lexicon of the international film :" The fairy tale of Grimm as a play material for a cinema break according to American taste Hollywood apparatus, but in such a framework they are probably taken too much to extremes. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kino.de , accessed on July 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ The Eddie Mannix Ledger. Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, Los Angeles.
  3. ↑ Year Of Profitable British Films. The Times . January 1, 1960: 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.
  4. ↑ tom thumb. Warner Archive, accessed February 27, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Evangelical Press Association Munich, Review No. 146/1960
  6. ↑ Lexicon of international films, rororo-Taschenbuch No. 6322 (1988), p. 2033