Synopsis

After Madame Thel gives a crystal ball reading in Crumbfest Cove, both Eckhart and Boss Mouse become intrigued with the idea of fortune telling, but their ideas on the subject are very different. Boss Mouse finds a shiny key and announces to all the mice that he is now in sole possession of the key to the future. Eckhart takes charge of his own destiny, and he realizes that the future isn't controlled by a key or crystal ball.

Characters

Eckhart, Mavis, Mingo, Jasper, Bridgid, Tomis, Ned, Winnie, Clara, Sweeney, Shorty

Credits

Directing

Director: John Laurence Collins

Producing

Producer: Nancy Chapelle, Steve Ching, Kevin Gillis, Gretha Rose, Lawrie Rotenberg (Executive Producers)

Writing

Writer: David Weale (Original Book)

Crew

Cinematography: John Handler
Casting: Katrina Walsh
Voice Recordists (French Version): Daniel Fontaine-B?in, Henry Godding Jr
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Eric Lambi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer (French Version): Henry Godding Jr
Sound: Diep Le
Recording Engineer: Ken MacCaull
Story Editor: David Beatty
Production Assistant: Kristen Hudecki
Post-Production Supervisor: Kristine Klohk

Production notes

Eckhart celebrates the pioneering spirit, and the joys and challenges of growing up in a beautiful, magical place called Prince Edward Island. The family series explores really big themes from a very small perspective- that of a mouse named Eckhart, who is full of irrepressible wonderment about the mysteries of his world. A cast of colorful characters joins Eckhart: Grandpa Tomis, mother Clara and sister Mavis; Bridgid and Sweeney, the barn mice; Boss Mouse and his henchmen Ned and Shorty; Madame Thel; Sir Roswald the skunk; Winnie the horse; and many others.

Thirty-nine episodes are planned.

Spun off from "The True Meaning of Crumbfest," an award-winning 1998 Christmas special.

Based on David Weale's "The True Meaning of Crumbfest," which first appeared in "An Island Christmas Reader" in 1994.