The Nutcracker

1993
U
1h 32m

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5.9/10

2.6K

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Holiday Family Family Fantasy Holiday Music

On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep after a party at her house and dreams of a fantastic world where toys become larger than life.On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep after a party at her house and dreams of a fantastic world where toys become larger than life.On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep after a party at her house and dreams of a fantastic world where toys become larger than life.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,660

1,288

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Narration recorded by Kevin Kline was a last-minute addition that was heavily protested by Macaulay Culkin's father, Kit Culkin, who vowed that his son would do no publicity for the movie until the narration was dropped. Reluctantly, producer Arnon Milchan dropped the narration to appease the Culkins. Kit Culkin then returned with a list of other demands which so incensed Milchan that he reinstated Kline's narration, losing the use of the Culkins' publicity.

Quotes
Narrator: [as the party guests enter, greeting Marie, Fritz, and their parents] Here they all came, the Christmas Eve guests: uncles and aunts, and cousins, *all* splendidly dressed for the party. Here they came, for the happiest night of the year.

Crazy credits
In the opening credits, Macaulay Culkin is listed as playing Drosselmeier's nephew, but he is not listed as playing either The Nutcracker or The Prince.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: A Perfect World/We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story/Mrs. Doubtfire/The Nutcracker/A Dangerous Woman (1993)

Soundtracks
The Nutcracker: Overture
(uncredited)
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The New York City Ballet Orchestra (with chorus) conducted by David Zinman

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George Balanchine's The Nutcracker (1993)

this is no spoiler I think people have seen this movie The Nutcracker...it was good I loved it...in fact I loved The Nutcracker since I saw it live at the historic Jefferson Theater in Beaumont, Texas in December 1980 when I was 11....loved the music and the growing tree in fact everything in the film was what I remembered seeing live except it was in a movie and I don't understand that person griping cause Macaulay Culkin's outfit was pink it was a nice color....wonder what happened to Jessica Lynn Cohen who played Marie????!!!..is she not acting now????!!!....I know Darci Kistler turned 50 this year and quit the ballet...wonder if any of the other ballet stars who were in the film are still dancing especially Bart Robinson Cook who played Drosselmeier who was Marie's godfather who gave her the Nutcracker who became the prince...I would recommend this movie for anyone for Christmas it's fun and clean and can be seen by anyone