Underplayed Gems

The Gruffalo (2009)

The Gruffalo poster
Directed by
Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
Genre
fantasy film, children's film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom
Runtime
27 min
Rated
G
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 345 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A clever mouse walks through a deep dark wood and invents a monster to scare off predators. The creature he describes turns out to be real.

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What happens

The Gruffalo is a 2009 animated fantasy short television film based on the 1999 picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Directed by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, the film was produced by Michael Rose and Martin Pope of Magic Light Pictures and Orange Eyes Limited in association with the award-winning Studio Soi in Ludwigsburg who developed and created the film., and produced in association with the BBC, Nick Jr. and ZDF. The cast includes Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, James Corden, Robbie Coltrane, John Hurt, and Tom Wilkinson. 9.8 million people watched the UK premiere on BBC One, Friday 25 December 2009 and the film went on to receive nominations for both an Academy Award and a BAFTA. It was screened in US theatres, distributed by Kidtoon Films. In December 2012, the film and its sequel The Gruffalo's Child premiered on television in the United States on Disney Junior, and in December 2017 – 2018, the film and its sequel premiered on television in the United States on the Disney Junior channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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