Nursery Rhymes (movie)

Nursery Rhymes (movie)

  • User score: 9
  • Production country: United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Producer: Mike Milburn-Foster
  • Production companies: Granada Ventures Ltd., AB+C Longman Video, ADS, California
  • Genre: Family, Music
  • Release date: 3/31/1982
  • Run time: 60 min.

Movie description

70 favourite traditional songs and rhymes presented as a pop-up book which comes to life through animation, puppetry & live performances. The beautiful visual world draws on the work of such classic children's illustrators as Arthur Rackham (Peter Pan) & John Tenniel (Alice in Wonderland). A delightful musical score by Tony & Grammy winning composer John Du Prez, features everything form Northumbrian pipes to Baroque orchestra, folk guitar, early instruments, military band, fairground organ & even a singing sheep (courtesy of Percy Edwards).

Actors

Isla St Clair

Isla St Clair

Role(s): narrator

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Floella Benjamin

Floella Benjamin

Role(s): narrator

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Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy

Role(s): narrator

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Shirley Collins

Shirley Collins

Role(s): narrator

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Valentine Dyall

Valentine Dyall

Role(s): narrator

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