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MPAA Rating: G Content Advisory: Excellent For Children Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 11/19/1997 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 33 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Children's/Family, Dance, Children's Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Legends See Also: The Nutcracker [Widescreen]

Director Emile Ardolino's final film brings to the screen George Balanchine's famed ballet of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. Balanchine's choreography has been restaged by the New York City Ballet under the direction of Peter Martins and features dancers Darci Kistler and Damian Woetzel as the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier. Unfortunately, it also features a smirking and incongruous Macauley Culkin as The Nutcracker. The familiar tale concerns Marie (Jessica Lynn Cohen), a young girl who, at Christmas time, is given a gift of a nutcracker by her godfather, a magician. She also meets his nephew (played by Culkin). When she falls asleep, in her peaceful Christmas Eve dreams, the Nutcracker is transformed into a prince who rescues Marie from a multi-headed Mouse King and takes her on a trip to the Land of Sweets. The film is narrated in hushed tones by Kevin Kline. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Darci Kistler - Sugar Plum Fairy
Damian Woetzel - Her Cavalier
Kyra Nichols - Dewdrop
Bart Robinson Cook - Drosselmeier
Macaulay Culkin - Nutcracker Prince

Emile Ardolino's cinematic adaptation of the classic Christmas ballet The Nutcracker comes to DVD with English and French soundtracks rendered in Dolby Digital Surround and a Spanish soundtrack recorded in Dolby Digital Mono. Subtitles are accessible in all three of these languages as well. Supplemental materials include production notes and a theatrical trailer. Fans of this perennial favorite will want to give this disc a look, while those interested in one of Macaulay Culkin's stranger film appearances will also be intrigued. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide