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Rumpelstiltskin | |
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Based on | Rumpelstiltskin by The Brothers Grimm |
Screenplay by | Alan Templeton and Mary Crawford |
Directed by | Pino van Lamsweerde (director) Sebastian Grunstra (animation director) |
Starring | Charity Brown (as Miller's Daughter) Les Lye (as Miller) Robert Bockstael (as Rumpelstiltskin) Al Baldwin (as the King) |
Narrated by | Christopher Plummer |
Theme music composer | Alan Templeton (songs) John Harris (score) and Peter Chapin (score) |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
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Executive producer | W.H. Stevens Jr. |
Producer | Hugh Campbell |
Editors | David Vainola Sue Robertson |
Running time | 25 min. |
Production companies | Atkinson Film-Arts Animated Investments, Inc. Telefilm Canada CTV Television Network, Ltd. |
Original release | |
Network | Syndication |
Release | December 14, 1985 (1985-12-14) |
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Rumpelstiltskin is a 1985 Canadian animated television special depicting the famous Brothers Grimm story of a miller's daughter and a little man who can spin straw into gold. Premiering on CTV in Canada and in the United States in syndication on December 14, 1985, Rumpelstiltskin was released onto home video in 1986, on VHS. Family Home Entertainment was the distributor, in association with several Canadian animation firms.
The film was first released onto DVD on October 30, 2007 coupled with "The Tin Soldier", released in 1986, in a Holiday two-pack. Nelvana obtains the rights to this special as of 2007, although they weren't originally part of the special's production.
Cast
- Christopher Plummer as The narrator
- Robert Bockstael as Rumpelstiltskin
- Charity Brown as Miller's Daughter
- Les Lye as Miller
- Al Baldwin as the King
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