Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1992
Running Times: 85 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co Ltd
Producer: Yutaka Fujioka
Co-Producers: Barry Glasser, Eiji Katayama, Shunzo Kato

DIRECTION
Directors: Masami Hata, Masanori Hata, William T. Hurtz

ANIMATION
Script: Ray Bradbury, Chris Columbus, Richard Outten
Story: Yutaka Fujioka, Jean Giraud
Comic Strip: Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay

MUSIC
Music: Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker
Songs: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
Music Editor: Roy Prendergast

SOUND
Supervising ADR Editor: Catt LeBaigue

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Designer: Corny Cole
Conceptual Designer: Brian Froud
Storyboards: Boyd Kirkland

VOICES
Gabriel Damon (Little Nemo)
Mickey Rooney (Flip)
Rene Auberjonois (Professor Genius)
Bever-Leigh Banfield (woman)
Michael Bell (Oompy)
Greg Barger (equestrain master)
Greg Burson (Fla)
Nancy Cartwright, Ellen Gerstell (pages)
Guy Christopher (courtier)
Jennifer Darling (Nemo's mother)
Bernard Erhard (King Morphy Morpheus)
June Foray (librarian)
Kathleen Freeman (dance teacher)
Michael Gough (2nd teacher)
Sherry Lynn (Bon Bon)
Tress MacNeille (elevator creature)
Danny Mann (Icarus)
William E. Martin (Nightmare King)
Michael McConnohie (etiquette master)
Laura Mooney (Princess Camille)
Alan Oppenheimer (Oomp)
Neil Ross (Oompa)
John Stephenson (Oompo)
Michael Sheehan (fencing master)
Beau Weaver (1st teacher)

PLOT SUMMARY

A young boy finds himslef transported into the world of his own dreams and accidentally uncovers a centuries old secret that could destroy both his dream world and the real world.

Germany
DVD Distributors: MAWA Film und Medien (13158)

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Hemdale Film Corporation
Video Distributors: Hemdale Home Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Hemdale (8140)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Germany
Rating: 6

USA
Rating: G

AWARDS

1992
Cinekid, Netherlands
Audience Award (Masami Hata) - winner

1993
Annie Awards, USA
Best Animated Feature - nominated

TIMELINE

1992
July
24: Japan - theatrical release

August
21: USA - theatrical release

December
14: France - theatrical release

1993
February
24: USA - laserdisc release (Hemdale (8140))

1996
February
9: Denmark - theatrical release

1998
June
3: Finland - video release

1999
August
1: Germany - DVD release (MAWA Film und Medien (13158))

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Kleine Nemo, avonturen in dromenland - Dutch title
Little Nemo - Abenteuer im Schlummerland - German title
El pequeño Nemo - Spanish title
Pikku Nemo - Finnish title

SEE ALSO
Little Nemo (1911)
Little Nemo: The Dream Master (1990)

MAGAZINES

epd Film vol.9 no.12 (1 December 1992) p.39 (Germany)
review (by Martin Rabius)

Première January 1995 p.42 (France)
review (by Gerard Delorme)

animation, anime, comic into film, children, dreams

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009