Released | September 11, 2004 |
Duration | 89 minutes |
Director | John Stephenson |
Written by | David Solomons (screenplay) and E. Nesbit (novel "Five Children and It") |
Music | Jane Antonia Cornish |
Studio | Jim Henson Pictures, Sandfairy, Capitol Films and Endgame Entertainment |
Rated | G |
Five Children and It is a 2004 theatrical feature, adopted from a popular British children's novel. The story focuses on five children, sent to stay with their eccentric Uncle Albert by the seaside, while their father fights during World War II. They soon discover a cranky sand fairy, or Psammead, called It. Jim Henson's Creature Shop created It, as both an animatronic puppet and a CG digital character.
Cast
- Tara Fitzgerald as Mother
- Freddie Highmore as Robert
- Alex Jennings as Father
- Jonathan Bailey as Cyril
- Jessica Claridge as Anthea
- Poppy Rogers as Jane
- Alec Muggleton and Zak Muggleton as Lamb
- Zoë Wanamaker as Martha
- Kenneth Branagh as Uncle Albert
- Alexander Pownall as Horace
- Eddie Izzard as It (voice)
- John Sessions as Harold Peasemarsh
Credits
- Producers: Nick Hirschhorn, Lisa Henson, and Samuel Hadida
- Creative Supervisor: Jamie Courtier
- Head of Design & Sculpt: Sharon Smith
- Animatronics Designer: Igor Chevalier
- Shell Maquette Sculpt: Emma Jackson
- Animatronic Body Supervisor: Richard Darwin
- Animatronic Head Designer: Adrian Parish
- CG Supervisor: Sean Lewkiw
- Animation Director: John Stephenson
- It Puppeteer/Performance Animation: Rob Tygner
- Animators: Steve Brown, Will Correia, Mark Davies, Andy Fraser, Saul Freed, Joelle Newton-Mold, Karl Schudeck, Richard Smith
- Digital Paint/Roto Artist: Vicky Stockwell