Barbie in the Nutcracker
2001 film by Owen Hurley / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barbie in the Nutcracker is a 2001 animated fantasy film co-produced by Mainframe Entertainment and Mattel Entertainment, and distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment.
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Directed by | Owen Hurley |
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Screenplay by | Rob Hudnut |
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Edited by | Anne Hoerber |
Music by | Arnie Roth |
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Distributed by | North America: Artisan Home Entertainment (Family Home Entertainment) Overseas: Universal Pictures Video[1] UK and Ireland: Right Entertainment[1] |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $15 million (including marketing)[3] |
Loosely adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King",[4] and featuring music based from Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet, The Nutcracker, it marked the character's first film since the 1987 television specials; Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World and Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth, with Kelly Sheridan providing the voice of Barbie.[5] It was also the first Barbie movie to be computer-animated.
Barbie in the Nutcracker premiered on VHS on October 2, 2001, by Artisan, followed up with a DVD release a few weeks later on October 23.[2] before being subsequently released overseas through Entertainment Rights and Universal Pictures Video. The film sold more than 3.4 million units on DVD by 2002,[6] and grossed $150 million in total sales.[7] It won the Video Premiere Award for Best Animated Video Premiere Movie.[8]