Underplayed Gems

Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (2007)

Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale poster
Directed by
Tony Cervone, Spike Brandt
Genre
fantasy film, family film, Christmas film
Country
United States
Runtime
47 min
Rated
G
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 172 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Jerry the mouse gets caught up in a magical Christmas adventure based on the Nutcracker story. He teams up with other toy characters to put on a show while Tom the cat tries to cause trouble.

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What happens

Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale is a 2007 American direct-to-video animated Christmas fantasy comedy film. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment, and is the first Tom and Jerry film directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone. It serves as the fifth direct-to-video Tom and Jerry film and is a semi-adaptation of 1816 short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E. T. A. Hoffmann, with Jerry in the role of the Nutcracker and Tom in the role of one of the Mouse King's (who is reimagined as a cat) henchmen. Aside from being the last Tom and Jerry film to be released in a 1:33:1 full-screen format, A Nutcracker Tale was the last animated production that Joseph Barbera worked on before his death on December 18, 2006, and as such, the film was dedicated to his memory. On August 13, 2020, it was announced that the film would be released on Blu-ray and special edition DVD, and paired with Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers. The bundle was released on October 27, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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