Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
In this Pacific Northwest Ballet performance, it is Christmas Eve and festivities are underway. Clara is excited when her godfather arrives with a bag full of gifts, one of which is an intriguing wooden nutcracker. That night, while the household sleeps, Clara visits the Christmas tree to inspect her nutcracker and soon finds herself immersed in a dream world both dark and enchanting.
- genus: Family, Fantasy, Music
- Studio: Hyperion Pictures, The Kushner-Locke Company, Pacific Northwest Ballet
- keyword: musical, based on play or musical, uncle niece relationship, rat, ballet performance, dream realm, filmed theater, wooden soldier, evil king
- cast: Hugh Bigney, Patricia Barker, Vanessa Sharp, Wade Walthall, Russell Burnett, Laura Schwenk
