Ballet Shoes (film)
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| Genre | Drama |
| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Written by | Heidi Thomas Noel Streatfeild (novel) |
| Directed by | Sandra Goldbacher |
| Produced by | Piers Wenger Michele Buck Damien Timmer Patrick Spence Heidi Thomas |
| Starring | Emma Watson Richard Griffiths Lucy Boynton Yasmin Paige Emilia Fox |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | BBC One |
| Release date(s) | 26 December 2007 |
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Ballet Shoes is a 2007 British television film, adapted by Heidi Thomas from Noel Streatfeild's 1936 novel Ballet Shoes.[1] It was produced by Granada Productions and premiered on BBC One on 26 December 2007. It is directed by Sandra Goldbacher.[2]
A previous adaptation of Ballet Shoes was produced in serial format by the BBC in 1975 and directed by Timothy Combe.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
The story revolves around three adopted sisters, called Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil, who live in near poverty with Sylvia Brown, the niece of "Gum" (Great Uncle Matthew), who leaves on one of his journeys one day and does not return, leaving the girls to fend for themselves. The story eventually focuses on the various talents of the girls, namely acting, machinery and, of course, ballet.
[edit] Cast
- Emma Watson as Pauline Fossil
- Yasmin Paige as Petrova Fossil
- Lucy Boynton as Posy Fossil
- Richard Griffiths as Great Uncle Matthew (Gum)
- Victoria Wood as Nana
- Emilia Fox as Sylvia Brown
- Eileen Atkins as Madame Fidolia
- Peter Bowles as Sir Donald Houghton
- Marc Warren as Mr Simpson
- Harriet Walter as Dr Smith
- Gemma Jones as Dr Jakes
- Lucy Cohu as Theo Danes
- Heather Nicol as Winifred Bagnall
- Mary Stockley as Miss Jay
- Skye Bennett as Young Sylvia
- Don Gallagher as Mr French
- Nina and Lucy Watson as young Pauline Fossil
- Adrian Lester as Mr Sholsky, a film director[3]
[edit] Casting notes
- Emilia Fox plays the part of Sylvia Brown in this adaptation. Emilia's mother, Joanna David, played the part of Theo Danes in the 1975 BBC adaptation of the same story.
- Emma Watson, Richard Griffiths and Gemma Jones have all starred in films in the Harry Potter franchise, playing Hermione Granger, Uncle Vernon Dursley and Madam Poppy Pomfrey repectively.
- This is Emma Watson's first acting role which is not in one of the Harry Potter films.
- The identical twin girls, Lucy and Nina Watson, who play young Pauline, are Emma Watson's younger half-sisters and only appear in the uncut DVD version of the film.[1]
[edit] Broadcast and commercial releases
The film was released on DVD in Europe, Region 2, on 7 January 2008. [4] The film will be released on DVD in North America, Region 1, on 2 September 2008, and will be broadcast in the USA on PBS's Masterpiece. It will also be broadcast in Canada and New Zealand on CBC and TVNZ respectively.[2]
