| Babes in Toyland | |
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| Based on | Babes in Toyland by Glen MacDonough |
| Screenplay by | Paul Zindel |
| Directed by | Clive Donner |
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| Theme music composer | Leslie Bricusse |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Production location | Munich, Germany |
| Cinematography | Arthur Ibbetson |
| Editor | David Saxon |
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| Budget | $5 million[3] |
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| Network | NBC |
| Release | December 19, 1986 |
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Babes in Toyland is a 1986 American made-for-television Christmas musical film directed by Clive Donner and starring Drew Barrymore, Richard Mulligan, Eileen Brennan and Keanu Reeves. Based on the 1903 operetta of the same title by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, this version features a new score by Leslie Bricusse along with select portions of Herbert's score.
Shot on location in Munich, West Germany, in summer 1986,[4] it was broadcast on NBC on December 19, 1986 and released on VHS in 1991. The film was shortened to 94 minutes for overseas theatrical release; it is this version that received a worldwide home media release, leaving the original 145-minute cut unreleased.
- ^ "Babes in Toyland (1986) - The Director's Cut (w/ Intro)". Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Watch Babes in Toyland (1986) | Prime Video". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Drew Barrymore Saved Christmas in Babes in Toyland". The Hollywood Reporter. December 15, 2023. p. 92.
- ^ Barrymore, Drew (1990). Little Girl Lost (p. 125). Pocket Books, New York City. ISBN 0-671-68923-1.