The Halloween Tree (film)
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| The Halloween Tree | |
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 Title screen |
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| Directed by | Mario Piluso |
| Produced by | David Kirschner (executive) Kunio Shimamura (associate) Mario Piluso Mark Young (co-executive) |
| Written by | Ray Bradbury |
| Starring | Leonard Nimoy (voice) Ray Bradbury (voice) |
| Music by | John Debney |
| Editing by | Gil Iverson |
| Distributed by | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Release date(s) |  1993 |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
The Halloween Tree is a 1993 feature-length animated film based on Ray Bradbury's 1972 fantasy novel The Halloween Tree. It tells the story of a group of trick-or-treating children who learn about the origins and influences of Halloween when one of their friends is spirited away by mysterious forces. This cartoon is often featured on Cartoon Network during the Halloween season. It features the voice of Leonard Nimoy as the children's guide, Mr. Moundshroud. Ray Bradbury himself provided the voice of the Narrator, and won an Emmy Award for writing the special's screenplay. The film changes the novel's group of night travelers from eight boys to three boys and a girl.
A longer "author's preferred text" of the novel was published in 2005, which included the screenplay.
Still very hard to find copies of. A DVD version of the film is yet to be released and the VHS are elusive.[1]
[edit] Characters
- Mr. Moundshroud
- Tom Skelton - The boy wearing the skeleton costume.
- Jenny - The girl wearing the witch costume.
- Ralph - The boy wearing the mummy costume.
- Wally - The boy wearing the gargoyle costume.
- Pip - The boy whose illness inspires the nighttime journey
[edit] References
- ^ Bradbury, Ray (2005). The Halloween Tree. Colorado Springs, Col.: Gauntlet Press. ISBN 1-887368-80-9.
