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Director
  
Brian Cosgrove

Language
  
English

8.6/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

The Talking Parcel movie poster

Writer
  
Gerald Durrell
,
Rosemary Anne Sisson

Release date
  
26 December 1978 (UK)

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The Talking Parcel (also published as The Battle for Castle Cockatrice) is a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which children are transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. They are aided by a talking parrot and encounter many other magical creatures, including a mooncalf.

Contents

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Film adaptation

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It was made into an animated feature for television by Cosgrove Hall Films in 1978, debuting on ITV. However, the film differs from the book mainly by introducing only one human protagonist, the girl Penelope.

Voice cast

  • Lisa Norris ... Penelope
  • Freddie Jones ... Parrot
  • Mollie Sugden ... Hortense, the Flying Train
  • Roy Kinnear ... Ethelred
  • Edward Kelsey ... H.H. Junketbury
  • Windsor Davies ... Chief Cockatrice
  • Michael Hordern ... Oswald, the Sea Serpent
  • Peter Woodthorpe ... Werewolf
  • Harvey Ashby ... Duke Wensleydale
  • Raymond Mason
  • Daphne Oxenford
  • References

    The Talking Parcel Wikipedia
    The Talking Parcel IMDb The Talking Parcel themoviedb.org