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Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant , Ann Howard, Wayne Sleep, Michael Coleman ... see more see more... , Lesley Collier , Joan Benham , Leslie Edwards , Gary Grant , The Royal Ballet , Graham Fletcher , Julie Wood , Keith Martin , Robert Mead , Wilfred Babbage , Sally Ashby , Erin Geraghty , Carole Ainsworth , Avril Bergen , Jill Cooke , Bridget Goodricke , Brenda Last , Suzanna Raymond , Rosemary Taylor , Anita Young , Bob Mead , Garry Grant , Royal Ballet Company

The Royal Ballet Company brings Squirrel Nutkin, Tom Thumb, Hunca Munca, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Jeremy Fisher, Pigling Bland, and Pigwig to the screen doing pirouettes and pas de deux in this filmed ball... read more read more...et production directed by Reginald Mills. The film more properly belongs, however, to choreographer Frederick Ashmore, composer John Lanchbery, and costume designer Rostislav Douboujinsky. This literal adaptation concerns the shy Beatrix Potter and how, when all of the toy animals in her room come to life, she emerges from her shell and begins to enjoy life. Sequences include a rowdy dance with Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca destroying a collection of plaster food, a midnight pas de deux between Pigling Bland and Pigwig, and a corps de ballet of dancing mice. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

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G, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Reginald Mills

Release Date: June 30, 1971

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DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005

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Roger Ebert
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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July 21, 2005
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February 9, 2006
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