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Tales of Beatrix Potter

Tales of Beatrix Potter

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 1, 1971

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Fantasy, Family, Music

User Score

56%

Original Title

Tales of Beatrix Potter

Production Companies

GW Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, EMI Films

Director

Reginald Mills

Description

The Royal Ballet Company brings Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Thumb, Hunca Munca, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Jeremy Fisher, Pigling Bland, and Pigwig to the screen doing pirouettes and pas de deux in this filmed ballet production directed by Reginald Mills. The film more properly belongs, however, to choreographer Frederick Ashmore, composer John Lanchbery, and costume designer Rostislav Douboujinsky. This literal adaptation concerns the shy Beatrix Potter and how, when all of the toy animals in her room come to life, she emerges from her shell and begins to enjoy life. Sequences include a rowdy dance with Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca destroying a collection of plaster food, a midnight pas de deux between Pigling Bland and Pigwig, and a corps de ballet of dancing mice.