| Five Children and It | |
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| Directed by | John Stephenson |
| Written by | David Solomons |
| Based on | Five Children and It by E. Nesbit |
| Produced by | Nick Hirschkorn Lisa Henson Samuel Hadida |
| Starring | Freddie Highmore Tara FitzGerald Jonathan Bailey Zoë Wanamaker Kenneth Branagh Eddie Izzard |
| Cinematography | Mike Brewster |
| Edited by | Michael Ellis |
| Music by | Jane Antonia Cornish |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Pathé Distribution (United Kingdom) Warner Home Video (United States) Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Capitol Films (International) |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States France |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.3 million |
Five Children and It is a 2004 family fantasy-comedy-drama adventure film adaptation of the 1902 novel Five Children and It, which features live action and computer animation. It was directed by John Stephenson, produced by Nick Hirschkorn, Lisa Henson and Samuel Hadida, written by E. Nesbit and David Solomons with music by Jane Antonia Cornish and starring Tara FitzGerald, Freddie Highmore, Alex Jennings, Jonathan Bailey, Jessica Claridge, Poppy Rogers, Alec Muggleton, Zak Muggleton, Zoë Wanamaker, Kenneth Branagh, Alexander Pownall, Robert Tygner, Eddie Izzard as the voice of It-Psammead, Georgio Serafini, John Sessions, Kim Fenton, Norman Wisdom and Duncan Preston and Zak.[1]
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2004 and was theatrically released on 15 October 2004. The digital puppetry and CGI animation for Psammead was created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Five Children and It grossed £1,519,049 worldwide. The film was released on DVD on 5 July 2005.
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