Really Rosie
Also known as: Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie
- Studio
- Sherriss Productions
- Animation studio
- D & R Productions
Synopsis
Rosie decides to make the movie of her life. Convinced of her limitless talent, charm and ability, she sweeps her friends, the neighborhood Nutshell Kids, into the beam of her private spotlight as they perform in her pretend movie. Maurice Sendak's poems are set to music composed and sung by Carole King, helping Rosie and her friends sing and dance their way- hopefully to stardom. These stories explore the concepts of numbers and countnig the months of the year, the alphabet, and manners.
Characters
Rosie, Nutshell Kids (Johnny, Alligator, Pierre, Little Girl), Jenny, Buttermilk
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Maurice Sendak
Producing
- Producer
- Sheldon Riss
Writing
- Writer
- Maurice Sendak (Story)
Voices
- Voice
- Carole King (Rosie), Dale Soules, Alice Playten (as Alice Playton), Baille Gerstein, Mark Hampton (Nutshell Kids), Louise Goffin, Sherry Goffin (Background Vocal), Maurice Sendak (Jenny's Bark), Bingo Wyer (Buttermilk's Meow), Andrew Riss (Special Whistle)
Music
- Music
- Carole King
- Lyrics
- Maurice Sendak
Animation
- Animation Directors
- Dan Hunn, Ronald Fritz
- Animator
- Lucifer Guarnier, Marty Taras, Doug Crane, Jack Schnerk, Cosmo Anzillotti, John Svocak, Willis Pyle, Helen Komar, Joseph Gray, Jim Logan, Gerry Dvorak
- Animation Producers
- Dan Hunn, Ronald Fritz
Art Department
- Art Director
- Maurice Sendak
Camera
- Camera
- Al Rezek, Al Schirano, William Goshgarian
Editing
- Editor
- Pablo Zavala
Sound
- Sound Engineer
- Hank Cicalo
Music Department
- Music Performed By
- Carole King
- Music Produced By
- Lou Adler, Mary Jane Lieberman
Casting
- Dialogue Director
- Merril Brockway
Crew
Companies and other credits
- Copyright © 1975 by Maurice Sendak
Production notes
Songs: "Really Rosie," "One Was Johnny," "Alligators All Around," "I Don't Care," "Chicken Soup With Rice."
Awards
Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival.
Notable Film, American Library Association
Notable Film, American Library Association