Charlotte's Web (1973 film)
Charlotte's Web | |
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Directed by | Charles A. Nichols Iwao Takamoto |
Written by | E.B. White (book) Earl Hamner Jr. |
Produced by | Joseph Barbera William Hanna |
Starring | Debbie Reynolds Paul Lynde Henry Gibson |
Cinematography | Dick Blundell Ralph Migliori Roy Wade Dennis Weaver |
Edited by | Larry C. Cowan Pat Foley |
Music by | Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates | March 1, 1973 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Charlotte's Web, a children's book by E. B. White, was adapted into an animated musical film by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions in 1973. The song score is by the Sherman Brothers. The film, distributed to theatres by Paramount Pictures on March 1, 1973, is the first of only three Hanna-Barbera features not based upon one of their famous television cartoons—Heidi's Song (1982) and Once Upon a Forest (1992) being the other two—and was a moderate critical and commercial success.
Paramount released a direct-to-video sequel, Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure, in the US in 2003 (Universal released the film internationally). A live-action film version of E.B. White's original story was released in December 2006.
Voice cast
- Debbie Reynolds as Charlotte A. Cavatica
- Paul Lynde as Templeton
- Henry Gibson as Wilbur
- Rex Allen as Narrator
- Danny Bonaduce as Avery Arable
- Pamelyn Ferdin as Fern Arable
- Joan Gerber as Edith Zuckerman and Mrs. Fussy
- Bob Holt as Homer Zuckerman
- Dave Madden as Ram and others
- Don Messick as Jeffrey
- Agnes Moorehead as The Goose
- Charles Nelson Reilly
- Martha Scott as Mrs. Arable
- John Stephenson as John Arable
- Herb Vigran as Lurvy
- William B. White as Henry Fussy
Songs
- "Charlotte's Web"
- "There Must Be Something More"
- "I Can Talk!"
- "Chin Up"
- "We've Got Lots In Common"
- "Deep In The Dark"
- "Mother Earth and Father Time"
- "A Veritable Smorgasbord"
- "Zuckerman's Famous Pig"
- "Puss To Fuck For Trucks"
See also
External link
- Animated film stubs
- Children's film stubs
- Hanna-Barbera stubs
- 1973 films
- American films
- Animated films
- Charlotte's Web films
- Children's films
- English-language films
- Films based on children's books
- Films featuring anthropomorphic characters
- Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Studios films
- Musical films
- Paramount films
- Sherman Brothers