A Rat's Tale
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| Directed by | Michael F. Huse |
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| Based on | A Rat's Tale by Tor Seidler |
| Produced by | Hans-Peter Clahsen |
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| Cinematography | Piotr Lenar |
| Edited by | Timothy McLeish |
| Music by | Frédéric Talgorn |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
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| Box office | $33,768 (US)[3] |
A Rat's Tale (German: Die Story von Monty Spinnerratz) is a 1997 German-American fantasy film directed by Michael F. Huse, based on the 1985 children's book A Rat's Tale by Tor Seidler. The film features marionette work by German theater group Augsburger Puppenkiste,[4][5] along with state-of-the-art visual effects, and the live action human cast include Beverly D'Angelo, Jerry Stiller, Lauren Hutton, and the German actor Josef Ostendorf.
The film was released in Germany on March 27, 1997, by Warner Bros. under their Family Entertainment label. It received a limited release in the United States on March 20, 1998, by Legacy Releasing.
Plot
Cast
Live-action cast
- Josef Ostendorf as Mr. Lou Dollart
- Beverly D'Angelo as Mrs. Dollart
- Jerry Stiller as Prof. Plumpingham
- Lauren Hutton as Evelyn Jellybelly
- Jonathan Kinsler as Architect Stressback
- Steffen Wink as Assistant Nick McRafferty
- Andreas Herder as Assistant Tom O'Dooley
- Jack Recknitz as Mr. Adams
- Natja Brunckhorst as Mrs. Lucy
- Yoshinori Yamamoto as Futon San
German voice cast
- Philipp Moog as Monty Mad-Rat Jr. (Monty Spinnerratz)
- Carmen Plate as Isabella Noble-Rat (Isabella Nobelratz)
- Klaus Havenstein as Old Monty (Monty Senior)
- Gudo Hoegel as Rudi Rake-Rat (Rudi Raffratz)
- Donald Arthur as Jean-Paul Canalligator (Knaligator Charon)
English voice cast
- Dee Bradley Baker as Monty Mad-Rat Jr.
- Lynsey Bartilson as Isabella Noble-Rat
- Raymond Guth as Old Monty
- Scott MacDonald as Rudi Rake-Rat
- Donald Arthur as Jean-Paul Canalligator
- Danny Wells as Mr. Lou Dollart
- Scott Weil as Assistant Nick McRafferty
- Nicholas Benson as Assistant Tom O'Dooley
Release
Home media
The film was released in the United States and Canada on VHS by Warner Home Video on May 12, 1998.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Die Story von Monty Spinnerratz". filmportal.de. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "A Rat's Tale (1998)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ a b "A Rat's Tale". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ Klady, Leonard (19 March 1998). "A Rat's Tale". Variety. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "Helden der Unterwelt" [Heroes of the Underworld]. Der Spiegel (in German). 23 March 1997. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ "A Rat's Tale [VHS]". Amazon. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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