The Halloween Tree (film)
1993 film directed by Mario Piluso / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Halloween Tree is a 1993 animated fantasy-drama television film produced by Hanna-Barbera and based on Ray Bradbury's 1972 fantasy novel of the same name. The film tells the story of a group of trick-or-treating children who learn about the origins and influences of Halloween when one of their friends is spirited away by mysterious forces. Bradbury serves as the narrator of the film, which also stars Leonard Nimoy as the children's guide, Mr. Moundshroud. Bradbury also wrote the film's Emmy Award winning screenplay. The animation of the film was produced overseas for Hanna-Barbera by Fil-Cartoons in the Philippines. The film premiered on ABC on October 2, 1993.[1]
The Halloween Tree | |
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Based on | The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury |
Written by | Ray Bradbury |
Directed by | Mario Piluso |
Voices of | Leonard Nimoy Annie Barker Alex Greenwald Edan Gross Kevin Smets Andrew Keegan |
Narrated by | Ray Bradbury |
Composer | John Debney |
Country of origin | United States Philippines |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | David Kirschner |
Producers | Mario Piluso Co-executive producer: Mark Young Associate producer: Kunio Shimamura |
Editor | Gil Iverson |
Running time | 69 minutes |
Production companies | Hanna-Barbera Cartoons Animation: Fil-Cartoons |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | October 2, 1993 (1993-10-02) |
The movie is often featured on Cartoon Network during the Halloween season. The film changes the novel's group of night travelers from eight boys to three boys and a girl. A longer limited edition "author's preferred text" of the novel was published in 2005, which included the screenplay.[2]