The Nutcracker in 3D (2010)
- IMDb page: The Nutcracker in 3D (2010)
- Rate: 4.3/10 total 1,144 votes
- Genre: Action | Family | Fantasy | Musical
- Release Date: 23 December 2010 (Estonia)
- Runtime: 110 min
- Filming Location: Budapest, Hungary
- Budget: $90,000,000(estimated)
- Gross: $190,562(USA)(12 December 2010)
- Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy
- Stars: Elle Fanning, Nathan Lane and John Turturro
- Original Music By: Eduard Artemiev
- Soundtrack: The Nutcracker
- Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
- Plot Keyword: Christmas Eve | 3D In Title | 3 Dimensional | Critically Bashed | Number In Title
Writing Credits By:
- Andrey Konchalovskiy screenplay (as Andrei Konchalovsky)
- Chris Solimine screenplay
(in alphabetical order)
Known Trivia
- The music for the songs in this film is adapted from the works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who composed the music for the ballet “The Nutcracker”.
Goofs: Continuity: As Uncle Albert sings the song about the pebble to Father and Mother in the study and the camera moves back and forth the ink smudge on Father's right ring finger changes in size and colour.
Plot: Set in 1920's Vienna, this a tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve. Full summary » | »
Story: 1920s Vienna. Nine-year-old Mary lives in a home filled with lovely things and loneliness. Bothered by bratty brother Max and neglected by well intentioned, but distracted, parents, she yearns for companionship and adventure. On Christmas Eve, Mary's beloved Uncle Albert arrives with the gift of a wooden nutcracker doll. Later that night, Mary's imagination brings the doll to life. Introducing himself as "NC," he takes her on a wondrous journey through a stunning dimension where toys assume human form and everything appears ten times larger. But danger lurks. An army of toothy rat creatures, led by the flamboyant Rat King and his devious mother, has unleashed a plot to overthrow humanity. When NC is captured and placed under a paralytic spell, Mary, Max and a spirited band of toy sidekicks must rescue him from the Rat King's clutches and thwart his wicked plans to 'ratify' the world.Written by Anonymous
FullCast & Crew
Produced By:
- Moritz Borman known as executive producer
- József Cirkó known as co-producer
- Meg Clark known as co-producer
- Laura Julian known as line producer
- Andrey Konchalovskiy known as producer (as Andrei Konchalovsky)
- Paul Lowin known as producer
FullCast & Crew:
- Elle Fanning known as Mary
- Nathan Lane known as Uncle Albert
- John Turturro known as The Rat King
- Frances de la Tour known as The Rat Queen / Frau Eva
- Aaron Michael Drozin known as Max
- Richard E. Grant known as Father
- Yuliya Vysotskaya known as The Snow Fairy (as Yulia Visotskaya)
- Shirley Henderson known as The Nutcracker (voice)
- Charlie Rowe known as The Prince
- Peter Elliott known as Gielgud
- Daniel Peacock known as Gielgud
- Alan Cox known as Gielgud (voice)
- Hugh Sachs known as Tinker
- Africa Nile known as Sticks
- Jonny Coyne known as Gnomad (as Jonathan Coyne)
- Stuart Hopps known as Butler / The Rat Queen's Servant
- Ferenc Elek known as Lethal the Bat-Rat
- Attila Kalmár known as Screech the Bat-Rat
- György Honti known as The Rat Captain
- Gergo Brummel known as Rat Soldier
- Fernanda Dorogi known as Dr. Freud's Niece
- Kriszta Dorogi known as Dr. Freud's Niece
- Béla Gados known as Rat Soldier
- Verner Gresty known as Little girl's Father
- Jason Harris known as Lethal (voice)
- Jácint Hergenröder known as Rat Soldier
- Zoltán Hetényi known as Rat Soldier
- Barna Ilyes known as Slave
- Lilla Karolyi known as Little Girl
- László Keszég known as Rat Soldier
- Gyula Kormos known as Rat Soldier
- Ferenc Kovács known as Rat Soldier
- Dániel Mogács known as Trolley Bus Orchestra Conductor
- Krisztina Moskovits known as Rat Soldier
- Gábor Nagypál known as Rat Soldier
- Richard Philipps known as Dr. Freud
- Zsolt Sáfár Kovács known as Rat Soldier
- Péter Takátsy known as Proud Rat Soldier
- Andrea Tallós known as Nervous Lady Rat
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Supporting Department
Makeup Department:- Roz Abery known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Fruzsina Banhalmi known as creature coordinator: Filmefex Studio
- Tímea Baráth known as makeup artist assistant
- Csaba Bojthe known as key painter: Filmefex Studio
- Matyas Borda known as sculptor: Filmefex Studio
- Ferenc Bozsoki known as mold maker: Filmefex Studio
- Ricardo Contreras known as creature coordinator: Filmefex Studio
- Ricardo Contreras known as prosthetics sculptor
- Eta Csabavölgyi known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Krisztina Cseh known as fabricator: Filmefex Studio
- Anna Dobos known as mold maker: Filmefex Studio
- Annamária Dunai known as makeup artist assistant
- Zsolt Egressy known as shop supervisor: Filmefex Studio
- Judit Endrényiné known as key makeup artist
- Lili Fehéri known as makeup artist assistant
- Rita Fekete known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Balint Feledy known as mold supervisor: Filmefex Studio
- Attila Ferenczy known as sculptor: Filmefex Studio
- Claire Folkard known as prosthetic makeup artist: Filmefex Studio
- Erzsébet Forgács known as key makeup artist
- Balazs Frank known as mold maker: Filmefex Studio
- Ambrus Ger known as painter: Filmefex Studio
- Pamela Goldammer known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Barrie Gower known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Réka Görgényi known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Hildegard Haide known as prosthetics makeup artist
- Judit Hornyák known as prosthetic makeup artist: Filmefex Studio
- Ernella Hortobágyi known as key prosthetic makeup artist
- Ernella Hortobágyi known as special makeup effects artist
- Eszter Horváth known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Kinga Huber known as hair supervisor: Filmefex Studio
- Andy Hunt known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Andras Illes known as sculptor: Filmefex Studio
- Domonkos Kiss known as seamer: Filmefex Studio
- Eszter Korcsmar known as painter: Filmefex Studio
- Petra Kovács known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Lesley Lamont-Fisher known as makeup department head
- Jacques Stephane Lempire known as hair consultant: Elle Fanning
- Gyorgy Lengyel known as fabricator: Filmefex Studio
- Chris Lyons known as special effects teeth
- Ildikó Makk known as key hair stylist
- Mariann Molnár known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Tünde Méhész known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Mate Nagy known as foam supervisor: Filmefex Studio
- Vera Naval known as fabricator: Filmefex Studio
- Iván Pohárnok known as prosthetic makeup supervisor
- Robin Pritchard known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Gabor Puha known as painter: Filmefex Studio
- Stephen Rose known as chief hairdresser
- Anita Rózsár known as prosthetic makeup artist
- Tamas Savanya known as buyer: Filmefex Studio
- Bernadette Schett known as special makeup effects artist
- Colin Shulver known as special makeup effects sculptor
- Melitta Szabo known as background rat dresser: Filmefex Studio
- Katalin Szucs known as prosthetic makeup assistant: Filmefex Studio
- Attila Tillinger known as fabricator: Filmefex Studio
- Krisztina Ulbrich known as background rat dresser: Filmefex Studio
- Fanni Ungar known as fabricator: Filmefex Studio
- Sarolta Vegh known as hari puncher: Filmefex Studio
- Adam Volentics known as fabricator: Filmefex Studio
- Josh Weston known as personal prosthetic make up artist: Frances de la Tour
- Flóra Zentai known as prosthetic makeup artist
Art Department:
- Viktor Bere known as dressing props
- Dávid Breier known as assistant set dresser
- Dávid Breier known as props
- Arran Brownlee known as storyboard artist
- Corran Brownlee known as storyboard artist
- Zoltán Bus known as graphic designer
- Martin Campbell known as prop modeller
- Anthony Caron-Delion known as set designer
- Graham Caulfield known as supervising drape
- John Chamberlain known as painter
- Laszlo Demeter known as set designer
- Sylvain Despretz known as storyboard artist
- Chris Drew known as storyboard artist
- Laszlo Ecsi known as dressing props
- Mónika Egri known as model maker trainee
- Philip Elton known as draughtsman
- Sándor Fényi known as stand-by props
- Zoltan Garaba known as stand-by props
- John Greaves known as storyboard artist
- Tamás Gál known as art department assistant
- Gabor Havran known as dressing props
- Tibor Horvath known as dressing props
- Michelle Hosier known as art department assistant
- Kevin Hunter known as conceptual artist
- Paul Jeacock known as concept artist
- Patricia Johnson known as set designer
- László Kanyó known as dressing props
- Slemer Karolina known as art department coordinator
- Gyorgy Katus known as model maker supervisor
- Tony King known as painter
- Zoltan Kispal known as dressing props
- Titusz Kovacs known as dressing props
- Péter Kovács known as construction coordinator
- John Lanzer known as production buyer
- Francesca Mauri known as standby props supervisor
- Andrew Mayers known as storyboard editor
- Mark McCabe known as drapes
- Zsuzsanna Mehrli known as assistant set decorator
- Laszlo Meszaros known as model maker trainee
- Nick Milner known as props storeman
- László Molnár known as buyer: Hungary
- Tibor Mycko known as dressing props
- Cyrille Nomberg known as concept artist
- Steve Payne known as supervising dressing props
- Paul Purdy known as props master
- Zsolt Sajgó known as construction coordinator
- Gergely Schummer known as stand-by props
- Alan Scott known as painter
- Gyorgy Siman known as graphic designer
- Tamás Sipos known as assistant set designer
- Codrina Spataru known as props
- Paul Stewart known as carpenter
- Csaba Suto known as ratbike builder
- Mark Swain known as set designer
- Timea Szabolcs known as graphic designer
- Miklos Szakaly known as ratbike builder
- Tibor Szakáts known as stand-by props
- Joszef Szemetana known as dressing props
- László Szirmai known as set designer
- Marton Voros known as set designer
- Justin Warburton-Brown known as art director: vehicles
- Simon Webber known as character designer
- Tom Whitehead known as set designer
- Lizzi Wilson known as assistant set decorator (as Elizabeth Browne)
- Reginald Woolmore known as carpenter
- Tony Wright known as storyboard artist
- Barbara Zahonyi known as set decorating runner/interpreter
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Company
Production Companies:
- Vnesheconombank (presents)
- Nutcracker Holdings
- HCC Media Group
- Russian Roulette Ltd.
Other Companies:
- Hyperactive Broadcast editing equipment
- ARRI Media camera and grip equipment provided by
- Bluff Hampton Company, The visual effects
- Bonded Services film storage
- Dolby Laboratories sound mix
- Gearbox Sound and Vision additional Pro Tools Systems Supplied by
- Goldcrest Post Production London post-production
- Grading Dimension Pictures 3D
- Kodak motion picture film supplied by
- Light Odyssey grip and lighting equipment
- Light Odyssey technocrane rental
- Look, The post-production facilities
- Mint Post foley studio
- RED Central licensing and mechandising
- Sapex Scripts post-production script services
- Soundtrack ADR Facility
- Stern Catering catering
- Stern Film Studio studio sound stage
- Vision Team camera and lighting equipment
- Vnesheconombank funding
- i.e. Effects stereoscopic compositing
Distributors:
- Acme Filma (2011) (Latvia) (theatrical)
- Alliance Films (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Aqua Entertainment Group (2011) (Turkey) (theatrical)
- Central Partnership (2010) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Cinemarket (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
- Flins & Piniculas (2011) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Freestyle Releasing (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
- Media Pro (2011) (Romania) (theatrical)
- Mirovision (2011) (South Korea) (theatrical)
- R Film (2010) (Turkey) (theatrical)
- Audio Visual Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (DVD)
- Capelight Pictures (2011) (Germany) (all media)
- Freestyle Digital Media (2011) (USA) (all media) (digital)
- Freestyle Releasing (2010) (USA) (all media)
- G2 Pictures (2011) (UK) (DVD)
- G2 Pictures (2011) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky (2010) (Russia) (all media) (CIS)
- Universal Pictures Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Universal Pictures Nordic (2011) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Nordic (2011) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
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Other Stuff
Special Effects:
- Baseblack
- Cinesite
- Evolution FX
- Filmefex Studio
- Foreign Office (main titles)
- Hatch Production (conceptual art)
- Luma Pictures (visual effects)
- Multifilm Special Effects
- PassmoreLab (3D)
- Plowman Craven & Associates (3D Cyber & LIDAR scanning and digital modelling)
- Universal Production Partners (UPP)
- Vine Post Production
Visual Effects by:
- Jiri Adamec known as lead character modeler: UPP
- Mathieu Aemi known as texture artist: Luma Pictures
- Louie Alexander known as digital compositor: Framestore
- Tim Alexander known as model/texture artist: Luma Pictures
- Patrick Alsop known as matchmove artist
- Robert Amaral known as stereoscopic compositor: I.E. Effects
- Paul Amiras known as data operator: Cinesite
- Ron R. Anantavara known as director of technology: I.E. Effects
- Jeffrey Arnold known as senior lighting td: Luma Pictures
- Oliver Arnold known as cg supervisor: Luma Pictures
- Daniele Auber known as creature designer
- Cheryl Bainum known as executive producer: HATCH
- Matthew Baker known as retouch and restoration: Framestore
- Tom Balkwill known as digital pipeline consultant
- Balázs Baló known as rotoscope artist: Oberon Vfx
- Patrik Bergman known as digital effects artist
- Paul Birkett known as lead rotoscope artist: Cinesite
- Stefano Biscaro known as visual effects mo-system operator
- Zachary Bloom known as scanning and recording: Framestore
- Joel Bodin known as modelling and rigging: Cinesite
- Zsolt Bordos known as 3D artist: Oberon VFX
- Mike Borgstrom known as lead texture & lighting artist : CIS Vancouver
- Nicholas Boughen known as visual effects supervisor: CIS Vancouver
- Justin Brekke known as digital film I/O technician: CIS Vancouver
- Clare Brody known as data operator – framestore
- Danielle Brooks known as CG artist
- Nicholas Brooks known as senior visual effects supervisor
- Tom Brooks known as visual effects trainee
- Jan Brukner known as senior digital artist: UPP
- Jan Bubenícek known as cg supervisor: UPP
- Vit Budin known as character modeler: UPP
- Jon Bunker known as conceptual designer
- Simon Bunker known as technical director: Cinesite
- Paul Burke known as scanning and recording: Framestore
- Andy Burmeister known as junior compositor: Luma Pictures
- Andy Burmeister known as matchmover: Luma Pictures
- Jonathan Spencer Butler known as on-set data wrangler
- Michael Caldwell known as stereoscopic compositor: I.E. Effects
- Grady Campbell known as compositor: Luma Pictures
- Kevin Campbell known as technical director: Cinesite
- Alex Cancado known as lead compositor: Luma Pictures
- John Cassella known as senior fx animator: Luma Pictures
- Jaroslava Chalasova known as matte painter
- Jaroslava Chalasova known as texture painter
- Manda Cheung known as roto artist: Luma Pictures
- Andy Chopping known as photographer
- Vincent Cirelli known as visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
- Mike Clark known as animator: Luma Pictures
- Kathryn Cole known as assistant visual effects editor (as Kathryn Morey)
- Daniel Craemer known as roto artist: Luma Pictures
- Matthew D'Angibau known as tracking: Cinesite
- Dennis Dallen known as digital compositor
- Martin R. Davison known as sequence lead: Basebalck
- Valerie Delahaye known as visual effects producer: Make Inc
- Kunal Desai known as data operator: Cinesite
- Jerome Dewhurst known as di engineer
- A. Michael Dobbs known as digital artist: Luma Pictures
- Chad Dombrova known as senior pipeline td: Luma Pictures
- Nick Drew known as visual effects producer: CIS London
- Paul Driver known as visual effects coordinator
- Mario Dubec known as visual effects artist
- Lukas Dubeda known as visual effects
- Neil Dunn known as visual effects consultant
- Richard Edwards known as digital intermediate data operator: Framestore
- Erik Ellefsen known as animation director: Spectre
- Jane Ellis known as visual effects producer
- Stephen Elson known as visual effects producer
- Jared Embley known as assistant technical director: Cinesite
- David Emeny known as digital compositor: CIS London
- Jenn Epstein known as roto artist: Luma Pictures
- Dániel Farkas known as visual effects coordinator
- Deak Ferrand known as concept artist: HATCH
- Brian Fisher known as compositing supervisor
- Kevin Fitzgerald known as technical support: Cinesite
- Joss Flores known as digital compositor
- Jiri Forejt known as digital compositor
- David Fox known as visual effects production manager: The Bluff Hampton Company Ltd.
- Roland Friedrich known as lead compositor
- Julie Garcia known as lighting td: Luma Pictures
- Ales Gargulak known as digital compositor
- David Gibbons known as senior digital matte painter
- Adam Glasman known as digital intermediate colourist
- Katie Godwin known as admin coordinator: Luma Pictures
- Katie Godwin known as visual effects coordinator
- Sally Goldberg known as visual effects supervisor: CIS London
- Dianne Gordon known as data operations manager: Cinesite
- Anthony Grant known as model/texture artist: Luma Pictures
- Ana Grgic known as visual effects coordinator
- Steve Griffith known as visual effects producer: Luma Pictures
- Márta Gunyhó known as rotoscope artist: Oberon Vfx
- Jennifer Gutierrez known as junior compositor: Luma Pictures
- Charlie Habanananda known as digital intermediate conform editor
- Tomas Hajek known as digital compositor
- H Haden Hammond known as sequence supervisor: Luma Pictures
- Piers Hampton known as additional visual effects supervisor
- Piers Hampton known as visual effects producer & creature effects producer
- Satoshi Harada known as lighting td: Luma Pictures
- Jacob Harris known as roto artist: Luma Pictures
- Joey Harris known as tracking: Cinesite
- Peter Hart known as lead matchmove artist
- Petr Hastík known as digital compositor
- Zdenek Havel known as cg artist: UPP
- Adam Hawkes known as digital compositor
- John R. Hazzard known as pipeline td: Luma Pictures
- Karsten Hecker known as film mastering engineer
- Brent Hensarling known as senior systems administrator: Luma Pictures
- Lukas Herrmann known as digital matte paint artist
- Afif Heukeshoven known as lead matchmove artist
- Jan Heusler known as digital compositor
- Zuzana Hlavkova known as digital compositor
- Jan Hogevold known as executive producer: framestore di
- Garrett Honn known as digital compositor: Baseblack
- Holly Gregory Horter known as roto artist: Luma Pictures
- Frantisek Hradecky known as rendering artist: UPP
- Simon Hughes known as 2D supervisor: CIS London
- Peter Hunt known as CG supervisor: CIS Vancouver
- Cajun Hylton known as modeler: Luma Pictures
- Michael Illingworth known as visual effects: Vine
- Andreas Jablonka known as digital compositor: Luma Pictures
- Dalibor Janda known as digital compositor
- Jan Jinda known as senior cgi artist: UPP
- Justin Johnson known as digital effects supervisor
- Justin Johnson known as digital effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
- Will Johnson known as stereoscopic compositor: I.E. Effects
- Cindy Jones known as visual effects producer: Luma Pictures
- Ken Kaiser known as animator: Luma Pictures
- Tomas Kalhous known as lead visual effects compositor: UPP
- Aaron Kaminar known as visual effects supervisor: I.E. Effects
- Matt Kasmir known as 2d supervsior
- David Kenneth known as visual effects producer: I.E. Effects
- Thomas Kernan known as digital modeler
- Harimander Singh Khalsa known as compositor: Luma Pictures (as Michael Cashore)
- Ales Killian known as compositor
- Giseon Kim known as roto artist: Luma Pictures
- Pavel Kolar known as visual effects artist
- Vít Komrzý known as visual effects producer
- Vaclav Kostun known as matchmover: UPP
- Orsolya Kozma known as rotoscope artist: Oberon Vfx
- Tomas Kral known as senior cgi artist: UPP
- Tomas Krejzek known as visual effects
- Jan Kurka known as senior cgi artist: UPP
- Mathew Lamb known as production td
- Erik LaPlant known as visual effects coordinator: Luma Pictures
- Yann Larochette known as digital compositor
- Ray Lau known as visual effects editor
- Chris LeDoux known as digital compositor
- Jane Lee known as lighting td: Luma Pictures
- Marvin Lee known as digital artist: Luma Pictures
- Didier Levy known as lighter & compositor
- Sean Lewkiw known as technical head of 3D
- Jirí Linhart known as visual effects artist
- Jason Locke known as lead matchmover
- Laurence Lok known as compositor: Luma Pictures
- James Long known as digital intermediate data operator
- Keir Longden known as tracking: Cinesite
- Igor Lopatonok known as 3D producer
- Adam Lucas known as modelling and rigging: Cinesite
- Samir Lyons known as animator: Luma Pictures
- Hugh Macdonald known as digital compositor: CIS London
- Jana Macenauerova known as digital compositor
- Michael MacGillivray known as visual effects coordinator
- Jessica Madsen known as digital artist
- Vaibhav Marathe known as digital compositor
- Veronica Marcano known as scanning & recording operator: Framestore
- Barez Mardukhi known as matchmove artist
- Petr Masek known as digital compositor
- Artin Matousian known as systems administrator
- Claire McGrane known as 3d post supervisor
- Claire McGrane known as production support: Cinesite
- Juan Melendez known as visual effects coordinator
- Edwin Metternich known as digital intermediate retouch
- Sarah Micallef known as supervising visual effects coordinator
- Dennis Michel known as stereoscopic compositor: I.E. Effects
- Quentin Miles known as animation director: Cinesite
- Michal Mocnak known as digital compositor
- James Montalbano known as production pre-vis artist
- Peter Moran known as digital compositor
- Alan More known as model unit producer
- Kirsty Morgan known as visual effects coordinator
- Glenn Morris known as visual effects producer: Luma Pictures
- Tomas Muller known as matte painter
- Tomas Munzar known as digital compositor
- Ray Mupas known as visual effects editor: I.E. Effects
- Paul Murphy known as 3d modelling: Cinesite
- Ben Neall known as lead texture artist: Luma Pictures
- Peter Nemec known as Inferno artist
- Adele Ng known as lighter
- Sam Nixon known as mm technical director
- Donal Nolan known as lead compositor
- Vilem Novak known as cg artist: UPP
- Collette Nunes known as visual effects editor: CIS London
- Roma O'Connor known as executive effects producer
- Carl O'Dell known as technical support: Cinesite
- Jonathan Opgenhaffen known as cg artist: CIS London
- Peter Orlicky known as digital compositor
- Adam Parker known as retouch and restoration: Framestore
- Nawaz Parker known as rotoscope artist
- Jesse Parkhill known as digital compositor
- Goran Pavles known as visual effects artist: UPP
- Venetia Penna known as digital artist: Cinesite
- Miriam Pepper known as tracking: Cinesite
- Daniel Pettipher known as production support: Cinesite
- Dawrath Phoue known as digital artist
- Robert Pik known as lead compositor
- Viktor Plch known as visual effects
- Mario Pochat known as lead animator: CIS Vancouver
- Glenn Porter known as stereoscopic compositor: I.E. Effects
- Pavel Pranevsky known as CG supervisor: Luma Pictures
- Edward Randolph known as roto/prep artist: Baseblack
- Edward Randolph known as visual effects coordinator: Baseblack
- Lee Rankin known as scanning and recording: Framestore
- Pimentel A. Raphael known as animation supervisor
- James Reed known as scanning and recording
- Ralph Reinle known as digital compositor
- Brett Reyenger known as matchmover
- Michael Ridgwell known as digital artist
- John Riggs known as senior character td: Luma Pictures
- Carrie Rishel known as visual effects producer: Cinesite
- Federico Rivia known as texture artist
- Petr Rohr known as matchmove technical director
- Casey Rolseth known as visual effects
- Drew Rosen known as systems administrator: Luma Pictures
- Gavin Round known as DI producer: Framestore
- Adam Rowland known as digital compositor
- Ian Ruhfass known as lighter
- Martin Ruizl known as crowd simulation technical director
- Chris Sage known as lead environment artist: Luma Pictures
- Jimmy Saul known as scanning and recording
- Erick Schiele known as senior digital lighter
- Claude Schitter known as lead effects technical director: Cinesite
- Petra Schwane known as sequence lead: Baseblack
- Abigail Scollay known as digital compositor
- Shaun Scott known as senior texture artist: Cinesite
- Vit Sedlacek known as digital compositor
- Aurora Shannon known as digital intermediate assistant
- Sasha Shapiro known as 3D producer
- John Sharp known as second unit visual effects supervisor
- John Sharp known as visual effects supervisor: second unit
- Ben Shepherd known as visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
- Drew Shields known as CG artist: CIS
- Payam Shohadai known as executive visual effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
- Joey Sila known as digital compositor: Luma Pictures
- Jared Simeth known as lighter/compositor: Luma Pictures
- Thanapoom Siripopungul known as character technical director: Luma Pictures
- John Sissen known as camera tracker: Cinesite
- Ryan Sivley known as animator: Luma Pictures
- Sharon Smith known as supervising art director: creatures
- Steve Smith known as technical support: Cinesite
- Safari Sosebee known as model/texture artist: Luma Pictures
- Jiri Stamfest known as matte artist
- Adrian Steel known as data operator: Cinesite
- Andy Stevens known as visual effects editor: cinesite
- Michael Stewart known as digital compositor: Luma Pictures
- Julien Stuart-Smith known as lighting artist
- Mirek Suchomel known as rotoscope artist
- Jesse Sugarman known as senior animator: Luma Pictures
- Richard Sutherland known as lighting td: Luma Pictures
- Michal Sverma known as visual effects
- Steven Swanson known as visual effects supervising producer: Luma Pictures
- Jonathan Sykes known as data operations: cinesite
- Attila Szalma known as visual effects coordinator
- Márton Szigethy known as digital compositor: Oberon Vfx
- Jakub Szilvasi known as digital compositor
- András Szõcs known as digital compositor: Oberon Vfx
- Vilmos Thernesz known as sequence supervisor: Oberon Vfx
- Richard Thomas known as senior model maker
- Odean Thompson known as digital paint artist: restoration: Framestore
- Jensen Toms known as senior lighting artist
- Curtis Tsai known as data I/O: CIS Vancouver
- Rachel Tunnard known as offline editor
- Thomas Urbye known as preview colourist: The Look
- Alexander Urik known as 3D artist
- Richard Van Den Bergh known as miniature supervisor
- Kristóf Varga known as visual effects producer: Oberon Vfx
- Milan Vasek known as cg artist: UPP
- Petr Vcelicka known as digital compositor
- Constantin Ventuneac known as visual effects mo-system operator
- Holger Voss known as technical director: Cinesite
- Jan Vseticek known as visual effects producer
- David Vána known as visual effects supervisor
- David Wahlberg known as digital compositor: CIS London
- Peter Wallace known as fx technical director: Cinesite
- Val Wardlaw known as visual effects supervisor: Baseblack
- Kyle Ware known as visual effects coordinator: Luma Pictures
- James Waterson known as digital compositor: Luma Pictures
- Ollie Weigall known as digital artist: Cinesite
- Shawn White known as gaffer: model&vfx unit
- Rab Wilson known as assistant visual effects editor
- Noel Wright known as compositor
- Elaine Wu known as animator: Luma Pictures
- Jimmy Wu known as digital artist: Luma Pictures
- Sonia Yu known as lighter: Luma Pictures
- Ricardo Zanettini known as senior lighting td: Luma Pictures
- Lucie Zemanova known as digital compositor
- Loic Zimmermann known as character artist: Luma Pictures
- Keith Barton known as production support: Cinesite (uncredited)
- Duncan Lees known as head of 3D services: Plowman Craven and Associates (uncredited)
Release Date:
- Germany 5 February 2009 (European Film Market)
- Canada 24 November 2010 (Montréal)
- USA 24 November 2010 (limited)
- Canada 26 November 2010 (Toronto)
- Canada 26 November 2010 (Langley)
- United Arab Emirates 17 December 2010 (Dubai International Film Festival)
- Russia 18 December 2010 (Moscow) (premiere)
- Estonia 23 December 2010
- Kazakhstan 30 December 2010
- Lithuania 31 December 2010
- Kuwait 26 May 2011
- Sweden 23 November 2011 (DVD premiere)
- Italy 2 December 2011
- Netherlands 6 December 2011 (DVD premiere)
- Hong Kong 8 December 2011
- Hungary 8 December 2011
- Spain 23 December 2011
- Turkey 30 December 2011
- Israel 22 March 2012
MPAA: Rated PG for thematic material, scary images, action and brief smoking
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Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database
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29 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm
Entertaining film for children. I will not allow political prejudicesto cloud my feelings about this film. The principal characters andtheir dialogue is easy to follow for children, costumes are colorfuland location/scenery is pleasant. All pluses for children. If you arelooking for period ballet sequences, you should not view. Again, thisfilm is most agreeable to children – all my grandchildren enjoyed thisfilm, and have asked to view it more than once. My only regret is thatI should have waited until December to allow the young ones to viewthis Christmas theme.
Don't allow the distraction of others with political agendas toinfluence your decision to allow children to enjoy this excellent work.
29 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm
I watched this movie several times in spite of some very negativereviews. I must say some, not all of the criticism is valid.
I think Charlie Rowe is superb. His facial expressions and bodylanguage are right on and not over acted. They range from amazed joy toquiet reminiscence as well as outright dejected disbelief. I felt everyone of his emotions with one look at his face. Now try and tell me thatisn't acting. On the other hand the Snow Fairy, all be she verybeautiful, was rather flippant and maybe even glib. Probably becauseher lines could have been phrased better. All the other characters werebelievable and enjoyable in their own ways. Except for my personaldislike for Uncle Albert's fronts to the audience. Just my personalpreference, you are welcome to enjoy them.
Apparently the movie was not shot in 3D but enhanced in postproduction. As far as I am concerned that was a waste of good money.Even if some of it may have been spent in Vancouver Canada. (I knowsome VFX was done here. Whether for the 3D or not I don't know.)Perhaps movies originally shot in 3D would come across more natural.
It is obvious a lot of the movie is on the cutting room floor. If thisever comes out in DVD I hope they publish the full director's version.If they do I will definitely pay premium price to add this to mycollection.
Will I see it again? Yes, if it ever comes here again. Love the kids,the Rat King's antics, his Mother's expressions and the ending.
29 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm
¡Muy recomendable para niños, les encantará!!! Highly recommendable forkids! Do not pay attention to negative posts and make your own judgment(as in everything in life). Of course, everyone has the right to saywhatever they think, it's a free world, but it seems to me that in thisparticular case, bad critics come more from personal idiosyncrasies andprejudice, and maybe envy (which is the active ingredient of mostdestructive criticism I've seen). I do not see objective evaluations inthe few "professional critics" I read for this Nutcracker Movie. Whatelse can I say? Production is superb, acting from the main charactersis excellent, settings are beautiful and special effects are very welldone. Whatever "ideology" or "political" ideas there may be are just amere interpretation of historic outcomes that do not interfere with themain story, and the children will most likely filter them out. (I hopethere are now more than 10 lines, because this review is taking moretime than what I first thought it would). Enjoy the movie! My kids, 8and 10, really did!
29 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm
It seems that all the reviewers missed their mark and poorly did theirjobs! First, they say it was "dark" because of the rat army? But, Iremember Monkey flying armies in the "Wizard of Oz", does that meanthat it was "dark"? Nonsense! How about the Wicked Witch of the Weststarting the Straw Man on fire? Did that send "Children running up theisles"? Nonsense Again! So, the question is did the major studio's notwant the Competition and conspire to hurt a decent well done holidaymovie? My guess is yes! Only 45 screens in the U.S. doomed it tofailure. As to it being a bad version of Nutcracker, It was not aversion of Nutcracker at all! It says plainly "the untold story" andinspired by the Nutcracker, but , that was it! It was a fantasyadventure with some very good effects. The lift up the Christmas treewas deserving of much praise as a "magical Cinematic moment"! As, wereothers in this film. I had my children see it and they liked it verymuch, as did the Grandparents. Don't listen to the reviewers, theyalready decided this films fate before they saw it! (my belief)Otherwize they would't be so shallow and incredibly slow about theirreviews!
29 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm
I think the reviews posted against this film are definitely too harsh.This is a fantasy film and the special effects, the creativity, theimagination and the characterization are all simply fantastic! Thismovie may not be a Harry Potter but it is surely a delight for anychild and even entertaining enough for an adult. Waiting for the DVDrelease to pick up a copy for my kid.
The film is basically about a young girl whose boring life takes adramatic turn when her toys come to life! The Nutcracker doll takes herinto his own world and she helps him fight the evil Rat King.
With a stellar star-cast (award-winning actors like Nathan Lane, JohnTurturro, Frances De La Tour) and superb acting by the kids (ElleFanning, Charlie Rowe), directed by Emmy Award winning director AndreiKonchlovsky, and 8 songs by Oscar award winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice,you cannot go wrong with such a great team!
29 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm
This movie is not as bad as many critics say. "The Nutcracker" was madefor children and I think this film was OK for this age group. What didyou expect? It has good special effects which were beautiful in 3D andan interesting storyline based on the famous tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann.The screenplay of this movie is very good, although it doesn't bringanything new to the famous story (from new, only the annoying characterUncle Albert played by Nathan Lane). Development of the plot doesn'tcontain any unexpected turns, and sometimes it's pretty boring, but Ican't deny that the movie is quite lovely.
Of course, "The Nutcracker" isn't perfect. Weak acting by Elle Fanningspoils many parts of this film. Dumb jokes are highly annoying andmoreover they are obsolete.Also, plot has some holes, for example,chemistry between Mary and Nutcracker is stupid and unnecessary.
Andrei Konchalovsky is a writer of some wonderful movies like "AndreiRublyov" and "Bondage of Love" but his latest works as a director arenot exceptional. "The Nutcracker" isn't his best film but not theworst. Normal Christmas movie which can entertain kids but not adults.
29 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm
When I first heard of this film, I was both curious and overjoyed. TheNutcracker by ETA Hoffmann is one of my all-time favourite stories yousee, and I am deeply in love with the ballet music by Tchaikovsky.However, when I heard there was 3D I wasn't as enthused. So what weremy overall thoughts after seeing it online? That of bitterdisappointment, that's what.
The Nutcracker in 3D isn't without its virtues though. The film isvisually spellbinding with wonderful sets and exquisite costumesparticularly at the beginning and with the snow fairy. Also ElleFanning is very good as Mary, instead of being obnoxious and annoying,she is heartfelt and believable.
However, I wasn't so taken with the effects, which brings me to a pointI made earlier. I think the 3D was unnecessary to be honest. When Ithink of The Nutcracker, 3D is the last thing you expect. Sadly, itwasn't that good, it needed more clarity and sharpness and distractedrather than enhanced.
I also had mixed feelings on the songs. The music itself isoutstanding, well it is Tchaikovsky what do you expect, with elegantand poignant melodies. The problem lay in the lyrics, even for Tim Ricethey were really quite dull and insipid. The only songs that didn'tleave me completely cold were My Secret World-while too short themelody based on the beautiful and nostalgic 2nd movement of the 5thsymphony was amazing- and The Rat King's song which was quite wacky.
My main problems though with the film were with the story, writing andacting, also with the direction. Andrey Konchalovskiy said he hadwanted to do this project for years, somehow that fact didn't comethrough loud and clear enough. The action is also very clumsy, and thepacing is much too rushed. Consequently the story instead of magicaland charming like it promised with a touch of darkness and austerity toemphasize the reality is convoluted and messy particularly when thefilm's tone shifts, while the script especially with Uncle Albert andthe "Nazi rats" is terrible with no sense of wonder or care.
The acting on the whole is pretty dire, which is very disappointingconsidering how good the cast looked on paper. Fanning of course givesa great performance, which is more than I can say for her co-stars whoeither give up half-way through or come across as wasted talent. NathanLane in particular tries hard but his spirited performance is hamperedseverely by the film's worst dialogue and the patchy accent. JohnTuturo, with a David Bowie-like wig, fares a little better but doesverge on overracting. It is not entirely his fault as the script letshim down terribly making him come across as cartoony. Likewise withFrances DeLa Tour. I liked the Snow Fairy though, she was beautiful andsuitably mysterious. Shirley Henderson is okay as Nutcracker, but Ididn't find Nutcracker heroic enough, and the message seemed tooriginate from Uncle Albert rather than Nutcracker here. Worst is thePrince, his wooden acting makes marionettes more animated. At the endof the day, I only cared character-wise for Mary.
Also, I think the film is 15 minutes too long. The Nutcracker worksbetter in my view as a 75 minute film, because of the length there wasa lot of filler that perhaps didn't need to be there. I wish to saybefore I am told I am being unfair that I am well aware this was anuntold story. Also I didn't mind whether it was the story or not, solong as it stuck with its charm and magic. And that was my main problemwith The Nutcracker in 3D, it didn't do that. I didn't think much ofthe title either, something like Nutcracker:The Untold Story would havebeen much more fitting.
Overall, in my personal opinion The Nutcracker in 3D is this year'sbiggest disappointment. It had all the ingredients for a worthwhileChristmas cracker, but it came across as rather charmless family farewith a convoluted story, poor acting on the whole and the unnecessaryinclusion of 3D. 3/10 for the production values, Tchaikovsky's musicand Elle Fanning, and I also think if Hoffmann or Tchaikovsky werealive to see this they would ask for a letter of apology. Bethany Cox
29 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm
Even the kids hated it. At end daughter asked if we could put it in therubbish. I wanted to stop watching by halfway.
Holocaust themes, dark and violent for younger children, and lots ofrat teeth.
To be fair, make-up and costumes were alright plus Elle Fanning isgorgeous and a talented actress but even as the main redeeming featureshe was unable to support this holocaust-themed bastardisation of aballet. Tim Rice may be good at lyrics but the breaks into song wereun-natural and whole thing forced, boring and dreary. Composers wouldbe turning in their graves. I truly hope I never watch this again!
29 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm
Disappointing in most respects. Inconsistent plot, poor lyrics, poormusic adaptation, unconvincing acting for most of the movie. Like mostreviewers will probably acknowledge, the visual effects are OK, buthave no cause to serve. The film is a waste of nice animation, exactlywhat I wouldn't have expected from Koncealovski. And now, for a fewupsetting details…
It is very difficult to become attached to any of the characters,because they are so superficially introduced. I don't get the realfeeling of a backstory, which actually damages the whole universe ofthe film. Mary is the only character which seems alive, for better orworse. Otherwise, they are all pale and unconvincing.
The techno-fairy tale / political satire mix doesn't help either. I'mthinking of loads of splices you'd be able to make, starting from anoriginal fairy tale, and I can't understand why you'd combine a Disneystyle dramatization with an oppressed-toys(andhumans)-against-evil-nazi-rats uprising. It's not fun enough foradults, it's not simple and clear enough for children. And it doesn'thave so much to do with the original…
And talking about the original, the use of Tchaikovsky's music isuninspired, to say the least. The adaptation sounds simplistic, andvoices may not have been a good idea. First of all, because it used tobe a ballet and, call me a rigid type, but I'd have loved to see itdeveloped on this line. Second, because the lyrics are dull, and theactors' voices sound really bad at times (ok, try to make it soundnatural but do follow the notes!). Third, because the modernorchestration further reduces the charm of the original, turning itinto a sort of kindergarten party song. As far as the musical partgoes, I'm taking Sweeney Todd as a reference. And, compared to this,Nutcracker is way below.
Bottom line? Don't see it, even if the other guy is paying. It's plainloss of time and a poor reference about the classics, if you have anychildren.
29 Mar 2012, 10:00 pm
I'm sure there's been the occasional viewer that wonders why I do getso angry about movies sometimes. Well, films are something that I'mvery passionate about, every movie that I've seen goes from that ispraised with comments or hate with every cell of my brain.
And speaking of the literal Devil, we have ourselves "The Nutcracker in3D"!!!
…This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen!!!! First of all,Anderi Konchalovsky directed this crap! He previously directed "RunawayTrain" and the TV-movie "The Odyssey". I can't accept this!!! How isthat possible that he went from a groundbreaking movie and a cultfantasy film to This?!?
What's the point on making a movie with Nazi Rats (They are Mice in theoriginal story, you idiots!!!) that burn toys like how they did to theJews?!?
OK, if Konchalovsky wanted to make a despotic movie with Nazisrepresented like greedy rats and other political animal-alike allusionsthat's OK! It's interesting! …But leave the classic story of theNutcracker alone!!!
It would be like… If I make a movie about the tale of Aladdin, whereAladdin is Obama, Jafar is a Bin Laden, Agrabah a New York-alike citydestroyed by terrorist attacks and The Genie be an incarnation of UncleSam! Oh, and all this weird despotic crap pretended to be a "kidsmovie". No!No!No!!! That's not how it works!!! I'll describe the twoscenes that mostly offended me: the Rat King, after performing abad-choreographed musical number, kills a shark inside a tank byelectrocuting it with a light!!! The second one, the Rat King suddenlyrips off the head of a living Drummer Boy with bare hands and for a fewseconds he plays volleyball with his Nazi-soldiers using the head ofthe poor guy and than replace it and act like nothing happened! Youknow, for KIDS!
But of course, these are the images that comes to your mind when youthink of the Nutcracker! …Nazi creatures that burn toys, kill sharksand play volleyball with the head of their victims HELLO?!?
The movie is an awful waste of money and talent(…If there wasANY!!!), and it sucks balls because for the unappealing Nazicharacters, the awful 3D effect and for turning Tchaikovsky's musicinto horrendous songs that makes "Marry the Mole" look like BohemianRhapsody!!!
And I'm not the only person who thinks this "movie" in an abomination:0% on Rotten Tomatoes! And Roger Ebert said: "The Nutcracker in 3D isone of those rare holiday movies that may send children screaming undertheir seats." In fact, no kid went to see this movie! The Nutcraker in3D was a giant NUT-BOMB at the box office!!!
This movie is one of those rare movies that can insult the intelligenceof Anybody. Do not watch it.