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The Pickwick Papers (1985 film)

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The Pickwick Papers
Directed byWarwick Gilbert
Written bySteven Fosberry
Based onThe Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Produced byTim Brooke-Hunt
Starring
  • Colin Borgonon
  • Margaret Christensen
  • Wallas Eaton
  • Brian Harrison
  • Phillip Hinton
  • Richard Meikle
  • Judy Nunn
  • Henri Szeps
Edited by
  • Peter Jennings
  • Caroline Neave
Music bySimon Walker
Production
company
Release date
  • 26 March 1985 (1985-03-26)[1]
Running time
72 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Pickwick Papers is a 1985 animated Australian TV film based on the 1837 novel of the same name by Charles Dickens.[2]

Cast

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  • Colin Borgonon
  • Margaret Christensen
  • Wallas Eaton
  • Brian Harrison
  • Phillip Hinton
  • Richard Meikle
  • Judy Nunn
  • Henri Szeps

Release

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INI Entertainment Group Inc. licensed the film, alongside others in the International Family Classics library, to 20th Century Fox.[3] To date, it's the only one known to have its rights utilized by the latter company, as it aired on HBO on June 14, 1989.[4][5] It was released by GoodTimes Home Video on DVD, under license by INI's successor, Liberty International Entertainment.

Soundtrack album

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The music score for this film by Simon Walker was released as a soundtrack album in 2002 on 1M1 Records (1M1CD1021).

References

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  1. ^ The Pickwick Papers, IMDB description page
  2. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995, Oxford University Press, 1996, p. 120.
  3. ^ Greek VHS cover
  4. ^ In-between commercials on YouTube
  5. ^ The Pickwick Papers at Rotten Tomatoes
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