Its the kind of film that is impossible to stop watching because despite all that you might have to say against it there is some element of charm, ambition, and brashness that keeps your eyes glued to the screen. Nineyearold maryelle fanning lives in a home filled with lovely things and loneliness. Bothered by bratty brother max aaron michael drozin and neglected by well intentioned, but distracted, parents, she yearns for companionship and adventure. On a similar note, a couple of the rat kings songs.
In 1920s vienna, a young girl receives a magical doll on christmas eve. Or a nutcracker doll with an unsettling, deadeyed gaze. The nutcracker in 3d is a familyunfriendly 110 minutes from beginning to end, and feels a half hour longer. It isnt a story, its a gag line for one of david lettermans top 10 lists no. The nutcracker in 3d is anything but a seasonal treat. My only criticism of the product is that its not in 3d, but im not really sure if it. The rat king or simply ferdinand the rat king is the main antagonist of the 1993 disney animated film, the nutcracker. The untold story is a 2010 britishhungarian 3d christmas musical fantasy film adapted from the ballet, the nutcracker. The nutcracker in 3d easily qualifies as one of the most preposterous ideas in the history of the movies. The rat king runs by a gallery of crying children nc vo. Hoffmann story the nutcracker and the mouse king than to.
The rat king quotes in the nutcracker in 3d 2010 share. The nutcracker in 3d ist ein britischer 3dfantasy musicalfilm aus dem jahr 2009. The rat king gets his mother to turn nc back into a nutcracker, then sends his pack of rat dogs robotic rottweilers with sharp steel teeth to cut down the christmas tree. Shchelkunchik listen help info is an 1892 twoact ballet fairy ballet. The nutcracker 3d was scheduled for release last christmas, but held back. Cowritten, directed, and coproduced by andrei konchalovsky, the film stars elle fanning, nathan lane, and john turturro with charles rowe and shirley henderson as the nutcracker. The scenes in the underground headquarters of the rat king are illconceived to a staggering degree. The untold story is a 2010 britishhungarian 3d christmas musical fantasy film adapted from the ballet the nutcracker. The nutcracker 3d screws up the classic story in every conceivable. The nutcracker in 3d wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Then theres the rat king brutally electrocuting his pet shark for fun, the rat kings morphed scary face with huge teeth, the smoke factory, the rats invading, and sticks getting his head ripped off.
The nutcracker in 3d owes as much to art spiegelmans maus as it does to tchaikovsky. Many incarnations of him were seen in almost all the adaptions, though there are some exceptions. Theres a scene where the ratking electrocutes a shark with a lamp, a scene where the ratking puts a nut on the table, and hits with with a. A new poster from the upcoming nutcracker and the rat king movie has been released. But nutcracker in 3d doesnt just compound past errors in reimagining the story. Right down to the core of its conception, the nutcracker in 3d now known on video in 2d as the nutcracker. John turturro as the rat king in nutcracker in 3d 2009 source. He becomes successful as he transformed the prince into a nutcracker and overthrew him. On christmas night, marys new friend, the nutcracker, or. As coscripted by konchalovsky, the nutcracker 3d is closer to the e. The nutcracker in 3d critics consensus misguided, misconceived, and misbegotten on every level, the nutcracker in 3d is a stunning exercise in astonishing cinematic wrongheadedness. The scenes in the underground headquarters of the rat king are.
This photo, entitled john turturro as the rat king in nutcracker in 3d 2009, has been posted on monday, october 4th, 2010 in the fanmade gallery dedicated to the nutcracker in 3d cinema released on november 24 of 2010 in the usa, the nutcracker in. C and mary also dance together as two of the rat kings spies find out n. Or vicious robot hunting dogs that tear through wood and metal in seconds. Nutcracker image, nutcracker costumes, nutcracker christmas, ballet costumes, christmas costumes, dance art, ballet dance, rat queens, rat king change can be good dean griff charming tails 89 312 biscuit best mouse monkey doll polymer clay animals cute mouse animals images cute creatures felt animals clay creations. The curse of the rat king europe is a familydrama film written by chris solimine screenplay, released in the usa on. The nutcracker 3d screws up the classic story in every. Remaking a classic rarely happens without controversy, especially so when its a story or ballet as entrenched as the nutcracker. The nutcracker in 3d by no means does justice to the original far from it, in fact, with little dancing and some lyrics yes, lyrics pegged onto tchaikovskys music. He is one of the few villains who has two forms of his animated version be it the past and present forms. Set in 1920s vienna, the nutcracker in 3d is a modern retelling of the famous christmastime ballet by the russian composer tchaikovsky, about a girl and a prince fighting the evil rat king and his minions. 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.
The prince, however, still rebels against the mouse king, as the. From the 2010 musical film the nutcracker in 3d aka the nutcracker. Incarnations of the mouse king the nutcracker prince voiced by mike macdonald. With richard philipps, fernanda dorogi, kriszta dorogi, daniel mogacs. Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images, photos and vectors. Hoffmann, in which young marie stahlbaums favourite christmas toy, the nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil mouse king in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls.
The catastrophically clumsy hungarianbritish coproduction the nutcracker in 3d isnt the first project to add lyrics to tchaikovskys nutcracker ballet, or to assume that the presence of dancing fairies, snowflakes, and toys requires the most cloying, cutesy interpretation possible. John turturro as the rat king in nutcracker in 3d 2009. The snow fairy begins to sing and toys appear and begin to ice skate around the tree. He is an oppressive ruler who wishes to rule over a magical kingdom where he comes from. Jon turturro is the rat king in russian trailer for the nutcracker in 3d. This incarnation, however, despised his mother and only wants. The nutcracker in 3d released on dvd as the nutcracker.
But the rat king who plans to enslave the human world is aware of what happened and has his mother renew her curse on the prince. Cowritten, directed, and coproduced by andrei konchalovsky, the film stars elle fanning, nathan lane, and john turturro w. Its director, andrey konchalovskiy, worked on this adaptation of tchaikovskys the nutcracker ballet for twenty years. An army of toothy rat creatures, led by the flamboyant rat king and his devious mother, has unleashed a plot to overthrow humanity. Sensing a great power in her, he recruits her along with the living toys monkey, clown, drummer boy to overthrow the rat king. Its easy to understand why a studio might be nervous to promote konchalovskys film. The untold story on dvd, is the 2010 film version of the classic story and ballet directed by andrei konchalovsky and starring nathan lane and elle fanning as per the original story, young mary receives a nutcracker doll from her uncle come christmas eve, which turns out to be a young prince who was turned into a doll by the. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Mary soon discovers the evil rat king is threatening the kingdom and in order to. When the tree falls, mary suddenly wakes up in her own bed and runs downstairs to get nc. Mary soon discovers the evil rat king is threatening the kingdom and in order to save the nutcracker, mary must uncover a hidden secret to.
Saving the kingdom wont be easy, though, because before mary and her friends can rescue the nutcracker and restore order, theyll have to discover the rat kings one true weakness, and summon the courage to strike back when he least expects it. Considering the nazis compared undesirables especially jews to rats, the infamous ratzis are pretty ironic. The nutcracker in 3d 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Andrei konchalovskys nutcracker in 3d, with elle fanning, contains no ballet, but its christmasinvienna setting is the backdrop for a dystopian fantasy about the nazis. The nutcracker 3d ost the lights go out rat kings song.
The nutcracker 2009 the nut cracker 3d bluray, reg. It is an evil rat that aims to kill the nutcracker to avenge the death of his mother and conquer the land of the dolls. The mouse king formerly known as the mouse prince is the main antagonist of the 1990 canadian animated holiday film the nutcracker prince, which is animated by lacewood productions. The mouse king also known as rat king in some versions is the main antagonist in the novel and ballet adaptation the nutcracker. Hoffmann story the nutcracker and the mouse king than to tchaikovskys snowflakedusted sugarplum fairy fest. At one point, the evil rat king john turturro has his troopers snatch toys from the hands of children so they can be tossed into furnaces, and. The rat king rubs one of them to clean it a little nc vo. Delivering the cinematic equivalent of a lump of coal in a christmas stocking, the nutcracker in 3d is an apparent scroogelike attempt by russian filmmaker andrei konchalovsky to forever ruin. The nutcracker in 3d pg freestyle releasing 110 min.
The nutcracker in 3d dvd, 2016 for sale online ebay. Only rarely do the viewers see multiple heads on him in some animated adaptions. The nutcracker in 3d, also known as the nutcracker. Jon turturro is the rat king in russian trailer for the. I have to mention that the rat queen is played by the same woman who plays marys familys housekeeper. The nutcracker in 3d as conceptualized by andrey konchaloskiy is a rather strange beast indeed. The film features eight new songs by oscar winner sir tim rice aladdin, the lion king.
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