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Revolting Rhymes Part One

Synopsis

Snow White and Red Riding Hood become lifelong friends as Snow White takes on the might of the wicked Queen, whilst Red is called home to deal with a pair of hungry wolves - one who has eaten her grandma and then dressed in her clothes, and another who can't stop himself from eating some unsuspecting pigs.

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
29 mins
Director
Jan Lachauer, Jakob Schuh; Co-Director: Bin-Han To
Producer
Martin Pope, Michael Rose
Co-Producer
Mike Buckland
Executive Producer
Dominic Gregory, Elizabeth Kilgarriff
Editor
Benjamin Quabeck, Jan Lachauer
Screenwriter
Jan Lachauer (adaptation), Jakob Schuh (adaptation), Roald Dahl (original book), Quentin Blakes (original book illustration)
Production Designer
Nadya Mira
Sound
Sound Designer and Mixer: Adrian Rhodes
Composer
Ben Locket; Additional Music: Terry Davies
Principal cast
Voice Cast: Tamsin Greig, Dominic West, Rob Brydon, Gemma Chan, Rose Leslie, David Walliams, Dolly Heavey, Eden Muckle, Dylan Issberner, Amelie Forester-Evans

Genre

Comedy

Categories

Fiction Animation

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Magic Light Pictures

21 Goodge Street
London
W1T 2PJ

Sales Company

Magic Light Pictures

21 Goodge Street
London
W1T 2PJ

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