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Hansel and Gretel (1987 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Hansel and Gretel' (alternatively: 'Cannon Movie Tales: Hansel and Gretel') is a 1987 American/Israeli fantasy film, part of the 1980s film series Cannon Movie Tales. It is directed by Len Talan and stars David Warner, Cloris Leachman, Hugh Pollard, Nicola Stapleton. It is a contemporary version of the classic tale of 'Hansel and Gretel' of the Brothers Grimm. Like the other Cannon Movie Tales, the film was filmed entirely in Israel.
Plot
Hansel (Hugh Pollard) and Gretel (Nicola Stapelton) are the offspring of an impoverished woodcutter (David Warner) and his wife (Emily Richard). After being told to leave their home by their mother, Hansel and Gretel wrongly walk into the 'North woods' were they discover a delicious gingerbread house. Unbeknown to them it's a witch named Griselda (Cloris Leachman) that lives there.
Cast
* David Warner as the Father
* Hugh Pollard as Hansel
* Nicola Stapleton as Gretel
* Emily Richard as the Mother
* Cloris Leachman as Griselda The Witch
* Susie Miller as Marta
* Eugene Kline as Farmer
* Warren Feigin as the Baker
* Josh Buland as the Baker's Boy
* Lutuf Nouasser as the Blacksmith
* Beatrice Shimshoni as the Ribbon Lady
* Daniel Dickman as the Gingerbread Boy (uncredited)
Music
* '"Punch and Judy's Dance"'
: Music by Engelbert Humperdinck
: from opera "Hnsel und Gretel"
: Music Adaption by Michael Cohen
: Lyrics by Enid Futterman and Nancy Weems
: Performed by Punch, Judy, and Children
* '"Punch and Judy's Dance (Reprise)"'
: Music by Engelbert Humperdinck
: from opera "Hnsel und Gretel"
: Music Adaption by Michael Cohen
: Lyrics by Enid Futterman and Nancy Weems
: Performed by Hugh Pollard and Nicola Stapleton
* '"The Fairy Song"'
: Music by Engelbert Humperdinck
: from opera "Hnsel und Gretel"
: Music Adaption by Michael Cohen
: Lyrics by Enid Futterman
: Performed by Nicola Stapleton
* '"Oh, What a Day"'
: Music by Engelbert Humperdinck
: from opera "Hnsel und Gretel"
: Music Adaption by Michael Cohen
: Lyrics by Enid Futterman
: Performed by David Warner
* '"Sugar and Spice"'
: Music by Engelbert Humperdinck
: from opera "Hnsel und Gretel"
: Music Adaption by Michael Cohen
: Lyrics by Enid Futterman
: Performed by Cloris Leachman
* '"The Witch is Dead"'
: Music by Engelbert Humperdinck
: from opera "Hnsel und Gretel"
: Music Adaption by Michael Cohen
: Lyrics by Enid Futterman and Nancy Weems
: Performed by Children
Reception
Richard Scheib from 'Moria.co' gave it one star and wrote: "Hansel and Gretel is so cheaply produced that you can clearly see the painted cardboard that is supposed to stand in for stone walls in the prefabricated village. The family in their pretty little woodland cottage never in any way look like they are starving or living in poverty a sense of conviction that is even further done in by the casting of perfectly elocuted English David Warner as supposedly a simple-witted but kind-hearted Mittel-European hayseed farmer. As the witch, Cloris Leachman overacts hideously. The fairytale has been so sanitised and cleaned up that all she does is bake children into gingerbread suspended animation instead of attempting to eat them."
Renee Longstreet of Common Sense Media awarded the film two stars out of five.
References
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