TALE OF DESPEREAUX, THE
Rated:(G)
 
Computer-animated, painterly adaptation of the Newberry Award-winning children's novel is a blunt sword of moral lessons with a character more insufferable than inspiring.

Distributor: UNIVERSAL
Running Time: 94 mins.
Color: Color
Production: A Universal Pictures presentation, in association with Relativity Media, of a Larger Than Life production, in association with Framestore Animation.
Genre: Animation, Family
Film Width: 2.35
Sound: Dolby Digital (AC-3), DTS, SDDS
 
 
Cast:
Matthew Broderick (voice) | Dustin Hoffman (voice) | Kevin Kline (voice) | William H. Macy (voice) | Sigourney Weaver (voice) | Stanley Tucci (voice) | Robbie Coltrane (voice) | Tracey Ullman (voice) | Emma Watson (voice) | Frank Langella (voice) | Christopher Lloyd (voice) | Frances Conroy (voice) | Tony Hale (voice) | Ciarán Hinds (voice) | Richard Jenkins (voice) | Bronson Pinchot (voice)

Credits:
Director(s) Sam Fell | Rob Stevenhagen
Screenplay by Gary Ross | Will McRobb | Chris Viscardi
Based on a book by Kate Dicamillo
Producer(s) Gary Ross | Allison Thomas
Executive producer(s) William Sargent | Ryan Kavanaugh | David Lipman | Robin Bissell
Director(s) of photography Brad Blackbourn
Production designer(s) Evgeni Tomov
Art director(s) Olivier Adam
Edited by Mark Solomon
Music by William Ross
Visual effects supervisor(s) Barry Armour
Animation Supervisor(s) Gabriele Zucchelli