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The Secret Garden (1987) Country of Origin: UK Year of Production: 1987 Running Times: 100 mins Format: colour 35mm Ratio: Sound: CREDITS PRODUCTION Production Companies: Rosemont Productions Limited / Viacom Productions Inc Executive Producer: Norman Rosemont Producer: Steve Lanning SCRIPT Script: Blanche Hanalis Novel: Frances Hodgson Burnett DIRECTION Director: Alan Grint PHOTOGRAPHY Director of Photography: Robert Paynter EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION Editor: Keith Palmer MUSIC Music: John Cameron MAKE UP AND COSTUMES Costume Designer: Diane Holmes DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION Production Designer: John Stoll Construction Coordinator: Michael Redding LOCATIONS Locations: Highclere Castle, Newbury, England, UK Location Manager: Nigel Goldsack CAST Gennie James (Mary Lennox) Barret Oliver (Dickon Sowerby) Jadrien Steele (Colin Craven) Michael Hordern (Ben Weatherstaff) Billie Whitelaw (Mrs Medlock) Derek Jacobi (Archibald Craven) Lucy Gutteridge (Mrs Lennox) Colin Firth (adult Colin Craven) Julian Glover (Colonel McGraw) Cassie Stuart (Martha) Margaret Whiting (Nurse Boggs) Philip Locke (pitcher) Karen Archer (Mrs Crawford) Irina Brook (adult Mary) David Waller (Dr Craven) Pat Heywood (Mrs Sowerby) Carmel McSharry (Mrs Gordy) Sophie Thursfield (Betty) Tony Selby (Sergeant Barney) Alison Doody (Lilias) Edward Tudor-Pole (John the footman) Stephen Dillane (Captain Lennox) Dominic Hawksley (young officer) SUMMARY A spoiled young girl, Mary, is orphaned in India when plague claims both her parents and she returns to England to live with her melancholy old uncle in a gloomy old mansion. Mary determines to find out what it was that made her kindly uncle so sad - and to find out who or what is causing the howling and screaming that echoes through the house at nights... CENSORSHIP HISTORY USA Rating: PG <AWARDS 1988 Emmy Awards, USA Outstanding Children's Program (Steve Lanning, Norman Rosemont) - winner 1989 Young Artist Awards, USA Best Young Actress in a Special, Pilot, Movie of the Week or Mini-series (Gennie James) - nominated TIMELINE 1987 November 30: USA - theatrical release LINKS SEE ALSO O Jardim Encantado (1959) The Secret Garden (1919) The Secret Garden (1949) The Secret Garden (1975) The Secret Garden (1993) The Secret Garden (1994) KEYWORDSbook into film; gardens; children |