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Director
  
Dave Borthwick

Initial DVD release
  
August 25, 1998

Writer
  
Dave Borthwick

Language
  
English

7.4/10
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Genre
  
Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom  United States

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Release date
  
December 10, 1993 ( United Kingdom)

Initial release
  
December 10, 1993 (United Kingdom)

Cast
  
Nick Upton
(Pa Thumb),
Deborah Collard
(Ma Thumb),
Frank Passingham
(Man)

Music director
  
John Paul Jones, Startled Insects

Similar movies
  
Stille Nacht III: Tales from the Vienna Woods
,
The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer
,
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
,
The Comb
,
In Absentia
,
The Calligrapher

Tagline
  
A nursery crime of epic proportions...

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The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb is a 1993 surrealist horror mystery stop-motion animated film directed by Dave Borthwick made by Bolexbrothers studio, and funded by Richard Hutchinson, BBC, La Sept, and Manga Entertainment, which also distributed the film on video. Though it draws its title character from the fairy tale Tom Thumb, the story and setting is substantially different, depicting Tom as a fetus-like child living in a grim and squalid urban environment.

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Plot

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The story follows the tiny Tom Thumb as he is abducted from his loving parents and taken to an experimental laboratory, and his subsequent escape. He discovers a community of similarly-sized people living in a swamp, who help him on his journey to return to his parents. The film is largely dialogue-free, limited mostly to grunts and other non-verbal vocalizations.

Production

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The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb was made using a combination of stop-motion animation and pixilation (live actors posed and shot frame-by-frame), often with live actors and puppets sharing the frame. It was originally commissioned as a 10-minute short for BBC2's Christmas programming, but was rejected for being too dark for the festive season. The short version nevertheless garnered critical acclaim through showings at animation festivals, and a feature-length version was commissioned by the BBC a year later.

Awards

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  • 1993 - Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival - Best Director
  • 1993 - Cinanima Espinho Portugal - Best Feature
  • 1994 - Fantasporto - International Fantasy Film Award - Best Director
  • 1994 - Fantasporto - Critics' Award - Special Mention
  • 1994 - Houston Worldfest - Gold Special Jury Award - Feature Film
  • 1994 - San Francisco International Film Festival - Best Animation
  • 1994 - Worldfest Charleston - Gold Special Jury Award - Feature Film
  • 1994 - Video Home Entertainment - Award of Excellence
  • 1995 - Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Technical/Artistic Achievement
  • 1995 - Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival - Special Jury Prize - Feature Film
  • 1995 - Atlanta Film and Video Festival - Best Animated Film
  • 1995 - Mediawave - Grand Prix
  • 1995 - Mediawave - Audience Prize
  • 1996 - Európai Animációs Játékfilm Fesztivál - 1st Prize

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    References

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