The Magic Pudding
- Studio
- Energee Entertainment, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Icon Entertainment International, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Premium Movie Partnership
- Distributor
- Icon Entertainment International, 20th Century Fox Australia
Synopsis
A truly unique animated film about a pudding- or rather puddin'- that talks, enjoys being eaten, but never runs out, and that can turn itself into just about anything pretty much. Oh, and everyone is trying to steal it. At the North Pole, captain Bill, penguin Sam and the mean Buncle find a magic pudding. It's not just that you can't stop eating it - the pudding is also alive, and can speak! And his name is Albert. Buncle wants to steal it, but Sam and Bill save the pudding, and they become friends. But Buncle won't stop until he gets the pudding back. During their adventurous travels, Sam and Bill encounter the young koala Bunyip, who is in search for his lost parents. Together they start searching for his mom and dad.
Characters
Sam Sawnoff, Bill Barnacle, Albert The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, Uncle Wattleberry, Possum, Rumpus Bumpus, Watkin Wombat, Benjamin Brandysnap, Bandicoot, Henrietta Hedgehog, Buncle, Ginger, Frog on the Log, Meg Bluegum, Tom Bluegum, Parrot, Dobson Dorking
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Robbert Smit, Karl Zwicky
Producing
- Producer
- Gerry Travers, Edward Trost
- Executive Producers
- Gerry Travers, Paddy Conroy, Bruce Davey
Writing
- Writer
- Harry Cripps, Greg Haddrick, Simon Hopkinson
- Book
- Norman Lindsay
Animation
- Animator
- Robert Smit (Animation Director)
- Assistant Animator
- Jezreel Mann Carlos II
Voices
- Voice
- Sam Neill (Sam Sawnoff), Hugo Weaving (Bill Barnacle), John Cleese (Albert The Magic Pudding), Geoffrey Rush (Bunyip Bluegum), Dave Gibson (Uncle Wattleberry, Possum), John Laws (Rumpus Bumpus), Greg Carroll (Watkin Wombat), Peter Gwynne (Benjamin Brandysnap), Michael Veitch (Bandicoot), Robyn Moore (Henrietta Hedgehog), Jack Thompson (Buncle), Mary Coustas (Ginger), Sandy Gore (Frog on the Log), Toni Collette (Meg Bluegum), Roy Billing (Tom Bluegum), Martin Vaughan (Parrot), Gerry Connolly (Dobson Dorking), Keith Scott (Voice Guide Tracks), Karl Zwicky (Voice Guide Tracks), Lee Perry, Marg Downey
Music
- Music
- Chris Harriott
- Music Preparation
- Laura Bishop
- Assistant Music Editor
- Damian Candusso
- Orchestrators
- Christopher Gordon, Nerida Tyson-Chew
- Conductor
- Christopher Gordon
- Orchestra Contractor
- Coralie Hartl (uncredited)
- Concert Master
- Phillip Hartl (uncredited)
Editing
- Editor
- Richard Hindley
- Associate Editor
- Danielle Akayan
Crew
- Casting
- Helen Salter
- Production Design
- Helen Steele, Kelly Wallwork
- Production Manager
- Kylie Andrews
- Color Stylist
- James Rose
- Sound Effects Editors
- Julius Chan, Liam Egan
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Phil Judd
- Foley Artist
- Les Fiddess
- ADR Editor
- Tony Murtagh
- Digital Film Technical Director
- David Cole
- Production Accountants
- William Creamer, Jeanette Galyer
- Music Editing Services
- Trackdown Digital
- Music Recording and Mixing
- Trackdown Digital
Companies and other credits
- Orchestra Score Recording Facility: Studios 301
Awards
Nominee, Australian Film Institute Award, Best Achievement in Sound, Phil Judd, Dave Eggins, Julius Chan, Liam Egan and Les Fiddess, 2000.
Nominee, Australian Film Institute Award, Best Screenplay Adapted From Another Source, Harry Cripps, Greg Haddrick and Simon Hopkinson, 2000.
Nominee, Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, Best Screenplay - Adapted, Simon Hopkinson, Greg Haddrick and Harry Cripps, 2001
Nominee, Australian Film Institute Award, Best Screenplay Adapted From Another Source, Harry Cripps, Greg Haddrick and Simon Hopkinson, 2000.
Nominee, Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, Best Screenplay - Adapted, Simon Hopkinson, Greg Haddrick and Harry Cripps, 2001