Revolting Rhymes (film)

Revolting Rhymes
Based on
Revolting Rhymes
by
Screenplay by
Directed by
  • Jakob Schuh
  • Jan Lachauer
Starring
ComposerBen Locket
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producers
  • Elizabeth Kilgarriff
  • Dominic Gregory
Producers
  • Martin Pope
  • Michael Rose
EditorBenjamin Quabeck
Running time56 minutes
Production companyMagic Light Pictures
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release26 December (2016-12-26) –
27 December 2016 (2016-12-27)
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Revolting Rhymes is a 2016 British animated fantasy comedy drama television film written for the screen and directed by Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, based on the 1982 book of the same name written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

Retelling and intertwining five of the six fairy tales from the book, the two-part film was produced by Magic Light Pictures. The film was animated in Berlin (Magic Light Pictures Berlin) and Cape Town (Triggerfish Animation Studios).[1] It aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom and on PBS in the United States.

One of the parts was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards.[2]

  1. ^ Hopewell, John; Lang, Jamie (8 December 2017). "'My Life as a Zucchini,' 'Revolting Rhymes' Top European Animation Awards". Variety. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. ^ "90th Academy Award Animated Short Film Nominees". The Oscars 2018. Disney Enterprises, Inc. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.