Tom's Midnight Garden (film)
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Tom's Midnight Garden is a 1999 family
fantasy film
directed by Willard Carroll
and starring Nigel Le Vaillant
, Marlene Sidaway
and Serena Gordon
. After going to stay with his uncle a boy is disappointed that he doesn't have a garden he can play in. However, he discovers a secret garden that only appears in the middle of the night. It was based on the novel Tom's Midnight Garden
by Philippa Pearce
.
Family film
A family film is a film genre that is designed to appeal to a variety of age groups and, thus, families.In December 2005, Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came first in a poll of the 100 Greatest Family Films. The genre today generates billions of dollars per annum.Family...
fantasy film
Fantasy film
Fantasy films are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds. The genre is considered to be distinct from science fiction film and horror film, although the genres do overlap...
directed by Willard Carroll
Willard Carroll
Willard Carroll is an American film producer, writer, and director. He was executive producer of The Brave Little Toaster series, writing the screenplays for The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars...
and starring Nigel Le Vaillant
Nigel Le Vaillant
Nigel Le Vaillant is a British actor, best known for his roles in Casualty and Dangerfield.-Early years:Le Vaillant came to the UK aged 16. He studied acting at school in Dorset. Playwright Alan Ayckbourn asked if he would work as an assistant stage manager in a Scarborough Theatre production...
, Marlene Sidaway
Marlene Sidaway
Marlene Sidaway was born on Teesside and is a British television and film actress best known for playing Brenda Taylor in the long running soap opera Coronation Street. In 1961 she was accepted into the East 15 Acting School in London...
and Serena Gordon
Serena Gordon
Serena Gordon is an English actress. She is probably best known for playing the role of Superintendent Amanda Prosser in the long running ITV drama The Bill....
. After going to stay with his uncle a boy is disappointed that he doesn't have a garden he can play in. However, he discovers a secret garden that only appears in the middle of the night. It was based on the novel Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom's Midnight Garden is a children's novel by Philippa Pearce. It won the Carnegie Medal in 1958, the year of its publication. It has been adapted for radio, television, the cinema, and the stage.-Plot summary:...
by Philippa Pearce
Philippa Pearce
Ann Philippa Pearce OBE was an English children's author.-Early life:The youngest of four children, Pearce was brought up in the Mill House in the village of Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire...
.
Cast
- Nigel Le VaillantNigel Le VaillantNigel Le Vaillant is a British actor, best known for his roles in Casualty and Dangerfield.-Early years:Le Vaillant came to the UK aged 16. He studied acting at school in Dorset. Playwright Alan Ayckbourn asked if he would work as an assistant stage manager in a Scarborough Theatre production...
... Thomas Long (adult) - Marlene SidawayMarlene SidawayMarlene Sidaway was born on Teesside and is a British television and film actress best known for playing Brenda Taylor in the long running soap opera Coronation Street. In 1961 she was accepted into the East 15 Acting School in London...
... Doris Schuster - Serena GordonSerena GordonSerena Gordon is an English actress. She is probably best known for playing the role of Superintendent Amanda Prosser in the long running ITV drama The Bill....
... Melody Long - Alfie Lawrence ... Harriet Long
- Mel MartinMel MartinMel Martin is an English actor. She has appeared in such British television programmes and films as The Pallisers, Love for Lydia, Bergerac, Cover Her Face, Lovejoy, Inspector Morse, Cadfael, When the Boat Comes In, Midsomer Murders and "A Touch of Frost".She starred as Fiona Samson, the double...
... Alice Long - Greta ScacchiGreta ScacchiGreta Scacchi is an Italian-Australian actor.-Early life:Scacchi was born Greta Gracco in Milan, Italy, on 18 February 1960, the daughter of Luca Scacchi Gracco, an Italian art dealer and painter, and Pamela Carsaniga, an English dancer and antiques dealer...
... Aunt Gwen Kitson - James WilbyJames WilbyJames Jonathon Wilby is an English film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Rangoon, Burma to a corporate executive father...
... Uncle Alan Kitson - Anthony WayAnthony WayAnthony Way is an English chorister and classical singer who shot to fame after appearing as a chorister in a BBC TV series. He has since had success as a recording artist, with gold and platinum discs to his credit.-Biography:...
... Tom Long - Nick RobinsonNick Robinson (actor)Nick Robinson is a British actor who has appears regularly on British television, most famously as Willie Beech in Goodnight Mister Tom, starring the late John Thaw. He also played the lead in a three-part series based upon Harry and the Wrinklies, a novel by Alan Temperley, produced by Scottish...
... Peter Long - Liz SmithLiz Smith (actress)Liz Smith, MBE is a British actress, best-known for her roles in the sitcoms The Vicar of Dibley and The Royle Family. She also appeared in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.-Early life:...
... Mrs. Willows - Arlene Cockburn ... Susan the Maid
- Tom BowlesTom BowlesTom Bowles is a leading Nuclear Physicist working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.Bowles received his B.Sc. degree at the University of Colorado in 1973 and his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1978. He was awarded the M. A. Markov Prize from the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute for...
... Mr. Ferguson - Joan PlowrightJoan PlowrightJoan Ann Plowright, Baroness Olivier, DBE , better known as Dame Joan Plowright, is an English actress, whose career has spanned over sixty years. Throughout her career she has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy, and two BAFTA Awards...
... Mrs. Bartholomew - David BradleyDavid BradleyDavid Bradley may refer to:*David Bradley *David Bradley , American director*David Bradley , British actor*David Bradley , British actor...
... Abel - Stuart PiperStuart PiperStuart Piper is a London based Agent who represents actors and creatives such as directors and designers, as Managing Director of Cole Kitchenn Personal Management Ltd...
... Hubert - Guy Witcher ... Edgar
- Rory JenningsRory JenningsRory Jennings is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Craig Dixon in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders. Jennings made his first appearance in Eastenders on 27 July 2007, and left on 7 September 2007. He has also made an appearance in a Post Office TV advertisement.- Early life :He has...
... James (12 years) - Florence HoathFlorence HoathFlorence Angela L. Hoath is a British actress best known for her 2005 appearances as Nancy in Doctor Who.The daughter of British actress Tina Martin, Hoath made her film debut in the 1993 screen adaptation of Secret Rapture at the age of eight...
... Hatty (12 / 13 years) - Penelope WiltonPenelope WiltonPenelope Alice Wilton, OBE is an English actress.-Life and career:Penelope Alice Wilton was born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, to a former actress mother and a businessman father. She is a niece of actors Bill Travers and Linden Travers and a cousin of the actor Richard Morant...
... Aunt Melbourne - Laurel Melsom ... Youngest Hatty
- Noah HuntleyNoah HuntleyNoah Cornelius Marmaduke Huntley is an English actor, known for his role as Will Curtis in Holby City.-Background:...
... James (20 years) - Caroline CarverCaroline Carver (actor)Caroline Carver is an English actress. Best known for the roles of many British television/movies including Ingrid in The Aryan Couple and Sandy in My First Wedding and Princess Jessica in the TV movie The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns. She is married to fellow actor Kenny...
... Hatty (young woman) - Daniel Betts ... Barty
- Robert Putt ... Tower Keeper
- Arthur CoxArthur CoxArthur Cox , is a British actor of television and film.His most regular role was as George, the driver of Jim Hacker in the comedy Yes Minister. His other television credits include The Avengers, Terry and June, and Harbour Lights...
... Mr. Batsford