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MPAA Rating: G Content Advisory: Excellent For Children Movie Release: 1983 DVD Release: 11/16/2004 Format: DVD Edition: Television SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 0 hrs 54 mins Studio: Starmaker II Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Fantasy, Children's/Family, Children's Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Legends

The Nightingale is a 60-minute cable TV presentation starring Mick Jagger, Barbara Hershey, Bud Cort and Mako. The basic storyline follows the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale The Emperor's Nightingale. A cruel and overbearing Chinese emperor (Jagger) is given the present of a nightingale by a kindhearted kitchen mai (Hershey). Greedily, the emperor forsakes his pet in favor of a mechanical singing bird. Both bird and master nearly meet their Makers as a result of the Emperor's callous behavior. The Nightingale was originally presented as an episode of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The Nightingale is a 60-minute cable-TV presentation starring Mick Jagger, Barbara Hershey, Bud Cort, and Mako. The basic storyline follows the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale - The Emperor's Nightingale. A cruel and overbearing Chinese emperor (Jagger) is given the present of a nightingale by a kindhearted kitchen maid (Hershey). Greedily, the emperor forsakes his pet in favor of a mechanical singing bird. Both bird and master nearly meet their makers as a result of the emperor's callous behavior. The Nightingale was originally presented as an episode of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide