The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale | |
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Written by | Original fable: Aesop Teleplay: Maxine Fisher |
Directed by | Michael Sporn |
Starring | John Lithgow Crystal Gayle |
Theme music composer | David Evans |
Country of origin | ![]() |
Original language(s) | English |
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Producer(s) | Michael Sporn |
Running time | 25 min. |
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Original network | HBO |
Original release | December 8, 1993 |
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale is an animated TV special from Michael Sporn Productions, which aired in December 1993 as part as the HBO Storybook Musicals series. As the title implies, the story is an adaptation of the Aesop fable that is set around Christmastime.
The special's two characters, Emily and Alexander, were voiced respectively by Crystal Gayle and John Lithgow. These two cousins would appear in the animated series The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures, also on HBO.
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale has not been announced on MOD DVD from Warner Archive Collection (HBO), or DHX Media (Michael Sporn Productions). Warner Home Video currently, they also serve distributor for television and/or movie products released by HBO. DHX Media currently, they also serve distributor for television and products released by Cookie Jar Group.
Synopsis
At a house in the country, a female mouse named Emily, whose existence is known to the two children living there, decides to go into the city to visit her cousin Alexander for Christmas. However, the chef the restaurant Alexander lives in has set a variety of anti-mice precautions, thus scaring the two cousins out of the restaurant. The two mice return to the country house to celebrate Christmas together.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale at IMDb
- The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale at AllMovie
- Review at Variety
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