The Borrowers (1973 film)
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The Borrowers is a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV special first broadcast in 1973 on NBC.[1] The movie script was adapted from the 1952 Carnegie Medal-winning first novel[2] of author Mary Norton's Borrowers series: The Borrowers. The film stars Eddie Albert, Tammy Grimes and Judith Anderson. It was directed by Walter C. Miller.
The Borrowers | |
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Genre | Family Fantasy |
Based on | The Borrowers (children's novel) Mary Norton |
Written by | Jay Presson Allen Mary Norton (novel) |
Directed by | Walter C. Miller |
Starring | Eddie Albert Tammy Grimes Judith Anderson |
Music by | Rod McKuen |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Duane C. Bogie Robert Kline |
Producers | Walt deFaria Warren Lockhart Frank Nesbitt (associate producer) |
Production location | Whitby, Ontario |
Running time | 81 min. |
Production companies | 20th Century Fox Television Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates Foote, Cone and Belding Productions Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions Walt DeFaria Productions |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | 14 December 1973 (1973-12-14) |
In 1974, the special was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming and was nominated for Outstanding Children's Special (producers Duane Bogie, Walt deFaria and Warren Lockhart), Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (performer Judith Anderson), Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (performer Juul Haalmeyer) and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming (director Walter C. Miller).[3]
The special tells the story of the Clock Family, tiny people who live under the floorboards in a Victorian-era English house.
This movie is presently in the public domain.[citation needed]