The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale (1993)

Original title

The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale

Directed by

Michael Sporn

Genre

Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

25 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a Christmas-themed adaptation of the Aesop fable about two mice. Country mouse Emily visits her city cousin Alexander during the holidays.

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What happens

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale is an animated TV special produced and directed by Michael Sporn and written by Maxine Fisher, adapted by Tish Rabe. Produced by Michael Sporn Animation, Random House and HBO, it aired on December 8, 1993, as part as the HBO Storybook Musicals series. As the title implies, the story is an adaptation of the Aesop fable, where it was set around Christmastime. The special's two main characters, Emily and Alexander, were voiced respectively by Crystal Gayle and John Lithgow. In 1994, Random House Children's Media published a children's book titled The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: Christmas Is Where the Heart Is, which was based on the animated special. The book was written by Maxine Fisher and illustrated by Jerry Smath. The main characters would later appear in the second iteration of Cinar's animated series, The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures, which also aired on HBO. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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