The Magic of Disney Feature Film The Nutcracker And The Four Realms
A Holiday tradition is our trip to the movies! I feel like a child every holiday season doing things I used to do as a child and diving into the newly created traditions in my own family. Sharing more time during that special Season is one of my favorite things! Yes, of course, movies and hot tea with lemon, or cocoa which kids crave are some of the favorites, too!
I could go on for a whole day reciting all the favorite things during a Holiday Season. But one tradition that is shared and treasured throughout many cultures is a story about that little girl who fought against the evil armies to win her right to be happy and bring it on to others. It is a classical story about Clara and the Nutckracker. Oh, how many times I’ve read and re-read this amazing book. And how many versions of movies did I see!
Check here fun facts taken from real life, countries and holiday traditions and used as inspiration in Disney’s OLAF short here!
But one of the most dramatic of the storytelling experience came to me through a live Nutcracker ballet performed by the Bolshoi Theatre company inside the Bolsho itself! These memories are here to stay and to be shared with my children and friends. But Disney is in its final stages to prepare a huge and magical unveiling of its feature film titled THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS.
This Disney MAGICAL Feature Film Opens
November 2, 2018
E.T.A. Hoffmann penned “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” in 1816. Alexandre Dumas Père’s subsequent adaptation, “The Nutcracker,” was set to Tchaikovsky’s music and the resulting ballet was commissioned in 1891 by director of the Russian Imperial Theatres.
Premiering a week before Christmas in 1892, the fairytale ballet – which takes place on Christmas Eve – became a holiday tradition around the world. The New York City Ballet first performed George Balanchine’s “Nutcracker” in 1954.
The Cast In The MOVIE Is Magical, Too!
All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key – which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world.
It’s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara’s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.
Starring Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Disney’s new holiday feature film “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston, and inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic tale.
Go HERE to Download Full Size POSTERS from the Nutcracker Movie
When Clara finds herself in a strange and mysterious parallel world that’s home to Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets, she must brave the ominous Fourth Realm and its ruling tyrant, Mother Ginger, to return harmony to the unstable world.
The Ever Talented Helen Mirren in Disney’s
The Nutcracker And The Four Realms
I have been following Helen Mirren’s movie and TV career for a while. She is such a versatile actress! Nobody can pigeonhole her into one typical role! She delivers on so many grounds with the depth and emotionality that we believe every word she says from the big screen! I am very biased towards this actress, as she is one of my favorites.
One of her memorable performances is in The Hundred Foot Journey, where she plays a very cold restaurant owner Mme. Mallory.
Misty Copeland Plays A Ballerina Princess
Misty Copeland is a leading ballerina in the American Ballet Theatre.
All To Be Revealed: Eccentric Characters & NO Shortage of Surprises
November 2, 2018
would make a great gift for my mom.
This would be an amazing holiday gift to see this with the family.
This is one I am looking forward to taking my grandchildren to the theater to enjoy so that we can really get the full effects of the beautiful costumes and scenery.
I would gift it to my daughter!
I would love this for my husband and myself
My nieces would love it.
That looks amazing.
This movie looks fantastic. I would enjoy watching it with my kids!
I would give it to my daughter-in-law since her birthday is coming up.
wow have no tv so watch movies
This movie looks so good! 🙂
I would love to watch this with my family. It looks like a wonderful movie.
I would love to watch this with my kids.
I’ve been looking forward to this one! I can’t wait to see it! My teenage daughter and I don’t agree on much these days, but we both agree that this movie is going to be amazing.
This looks like a beautiful film. I can’t wait to see it.
The movie and set I would keep bc I really want to watch it
It’s mine…all mine!
I would keep it for myself.
i saw this preview and i really want to see this movie. it looks really good.
I would love to watch this with my mom, I remember going to see the Nutcracker when I was a teen.
This would be for my mom.
This would be for my mom.
If I were fortunate enough to win the Adrift prize pack giveaway, it would be for my wife and I to enjoy! Thanks
this would definitely be for my sister!
I think I have been directed to wrong area? Giveaway for Adrift. I am keeping some…popcorn and gifting the rest to John and Katie
ADRIFT Giveaway, I would share with my sister.
this would be for my grandaughter,she loves to dance and dress up and she is the only girl in the family,,i have 7 grandsons and only 1 grandaughter
I would share the adrift gift with my sister who would also loves this. As far as the nutcracker movie can’t wait to see it with my 12 year old.
Regarding the ADRIFT giveaway, it would be a great gift for my son and his wife.
As for Disney’s THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, I want to see it with my family.
Also contest link brought me to this page. Adrift for me is a keeper!
I didn’t know this was coming out until now! It looks great! I’d love to watch it with my daughters!
I would like this for myself. I was also directed here by a contest link. At first I was a little surprised? I thought it was a mistake.
Seeing this film would be a great gift for any family!
I would love to see this with my mom and daughtenaomirs
This would be for me.
this looks great.
I think it looks like a great movie. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
It would be a gift for my daughter.
Thank you!
This would be for me and the hubby.
This looks wonderful. I would like this for my niece, Layla.
Maryann,
Take your niece to the movies beginning November 2nd! The Nutcracker opens its holiday screening! Wow! I am going for sure!
the gift will be for me. Looks like such a cool book
This would be for myself.
I’ve been directed to this page by a link in a contest here to say who I would want to give a prize to. I think it would be a deserving relative!
My daughter has been asking to see this when it comes out! She LOVES the Nutcracker!!
Amanda,
Miss ya!
Yes, this is the movie you and your girl would enjoy greatly. Such a Magical movie to start our Holidays!
This movie looks really. I am excited to see it.
Shelly,
I am going to see it with my kids and my friends on separate trips. This is going my kick off of the Holiday Season!
Such beautiful costumes and makeup. Will put this on my list for the season.
We love Disney! That company is a genius bringing masterpieces to the theaters and joy to children’s hearts! One of my granddaughter’s birthday is November 2nd. I would give this to her. She likes Mackenzie Foy ever since the Twilight movies.
Sue,
It would be a great gift to your granddaughter!
I am glad the movie opens early in Holiday Season. What a way to kick it off with a magical time together!
How exciting to see that this will be out for the Holidays. It looks so magical and lovely.