Tales of Beatrix Potter
90 mins
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.
Alexander Grant
Pigling Bland / Peter Rabbit
Julie Wood
Mrs. Tittlemouse
Keith Martin
Johnny Townmouse
Ann Howard
Jemina Puddleduck
Bob Mead
Fox
Garry Grant
Alexander
Sally Ashby
Mrs. Pettitoes / Tabitha
John Lanchbery
Original Music Composer
Richard Goodwin
Writer
Richard Goodwin
Producer
John Brabourne
Executive Producer
Reginald Mills
Director
Leslie Hodgson
Sound Editor
Freddie Cooper
Camera Operator
Len Abbott
Sound Mixer
Dulcie Midwinter
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jim Brennan
Unit Manager
Maggie Unsworth
Continuity
Tom Howard
Visual Effects
John Lanchbery
Conductor
Jack Causey
Assistant Director
John Howell
Art Direction
John Rushton
Editor
Austin Dempster
Director of Photography