Distributor:
Paramount Home Entertainment Certificate: M15+ | 89
minutes Director:Stanley Donen
Cast:Richard Kiley, Gene
Wilder, Bob Fosse, Steven Warner, Joss Ackland, Clive Revill, Graham
Crowden, Victor Spinetti Extras: No
With
it’s script by Alan Jay Lerner
and choreography by the
legendary Bob Fosse (who also
appears) this musical version of
Antoine De St-Exupery’s
beautiful children’s book is
never less than very interesting.
Throw
in the eccentric Gene Wilder and a whole raft of stalwart British
character actors (including the likes of Joss Ackland, Clive Revill,
Graham Crowden and Victor Spinetti) and some very high quality
production values and set design and you have a nicely entertaining
movie.
De St-Exupery went missing in strange
circumstances during world war II but left behind a wonderfully
whimsical story of a young boy who lives on an asteroid but travels to
Earth to discover something of life. Turned into a musical by director
Stanley Donen (music and lyrics by Lerner and Lowe).
The
Little Prince is a nice family movie that should still appeal to
today’s overstimulated child.
