Imprint:
Fabulous Films, 2025.
Collation:
2 DVDS (310 min.) : col.
Notes:
Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English).
Made in 1988.
Credits: director, Jim Henson; director, Paul Weiland; director, Jon Amiel; director, Steve Barron; director, Peter Smith; director, Charles Sturridge; writer, Anthony Minghella; narrator, John Hurt.
DVDN.
Credits: executive producer, Jim Henson; writer, Anthony Minghella; narrator, John Hurt.
Made in 1991.
Credits: executive producer, Jim Henson; writer, Anthony Minghella; writer, Nigel Williams; voice, Brian Henson.
Performers:
Cast: John Hurt, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Sean Bean, Brenda Blethyn, Gabrielle Anwar, Jennifer Saunders, Jane Horrocks, Jonathan Pryce, Joely Richardson, Dawn French, Alun Armstrong, Derek Jacobi, David Morrissey, Frances Barber, Art Malik, Gina Bellman.
Summary:
All nine episodes of the anthology series featuring both human actors and creations from Jim Henson's Creature Shop in retellings of classic folk tales, fables and legends. The episodes are: 'Hans My Hedgehog', 'Fearnot', 'A Short Story', 'The Luck Child', 'The Soldier and Death', 'The Three Ravens', 'Sapsorrow', 'The Heartless Giant' and 'The True Bride'. All four episodes of the follow-up 'The Storyteller: Greek Myths' are also included, in which the stories of Theseus and the Minotaur, Perseus and the Gorgon, Orpheus and Eurydice and Daedalus and Icarus from Greek mythology are retold. The cast includes John Hurt, Michael Gambon, Sean Bean, Derek Jacobi and Art Malik.
Bookmark Link:
https://aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/KIDS/BIBENQ?BRN=4186289
