November 21, 1990 (United States/Canada)
October 5, 1991 (United Kingdom)
The Nutcracker Prince is a 1990 Canadian animated fantasy film produced by Lacewood Productions and released by Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Paul Schibli. The film was based on the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann and also influenced by its ballet adaptation The Nutcracker. Tchaikovsky's music to that ballet is used as the main instrumental soundtrack. It received negative reviews from critics and suffered $1.7 million becoming a commercial failure.
The film centers on a girl named Clara who is gifted a special nutcracker by her uncle. The gift draws her into a world of magic and wonder, and she brings about the conclusion to the legend of The Nutcracker, Prince of the Dolls: a young man named Hans who was transformed into a nutcracker by mice, and can only break the spell if he slays the Mouse King. The film features the voice talents of Kiefer Sutherland as Hans (The Nutcracker), Megan Follows as Clara, Mike MacDonald as the evil Mouse King, Peter O'Toole as Pantaloon, an old soldier, Phyllis Diller as the Mouse Queen, and Peter Boretski as Uncle Drosselmeier.
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Sound Effects Used[]
- Disney Fireworks (1961-2010)/Freesound, S18-18 Whistling rockets.wav (Heard when Drosselmeyer enters the banquet with his toy castle.)
- Hollywoodedge, Cats Fighting Loud Sc PE917007/Hollywoodedge, Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - BOWANG
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
- Sound Ideas, BUGLE, CARTOON - CHARGE!, MUSIC
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - JEW'S HARP BOING, MEDIUM
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - LOW TIMPANI, THUD, PERCUSSION, MUSIC, DRUMS
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 01
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 02
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - TIMPANI, LONG GLISS UP, PERCUSSION, MUSIC, DRUMS
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, LAUGHTER - CHIPMUNK LAUGH, HUMAN
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUEAK - SEVERAL RUBBER SQUEAKS, STRETCH (1st stretch)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SIREN WHISTLE
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - HIGH 01
- Sound Ideas, FOREST, DAY - BIRDS, STEADY LIGHT BREEZE THROUGH TREES, AMBIENCE
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 02
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 03
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 04
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 05
- Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, METAL - MOVE SIDE TO SIDE
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - BIG THUNDER CRACK AND RUMBLE, WEATHER
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT