MVPs behind the scenes
We’ve chatted Anjelica Huston, Rowan Atkinson and Mai Zetterling – but there were seriously talented players behind the camera as well.
19. What a muppet
The movie was produced by Jim Henson, the genius behind Kermit, Miss Piggy and the rest of the gang.
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Whilst Henson had already flexed his literary adaptation muscles with ‘A Muppet’s Treasure Island’, I can’t help but feel Kermit and the gang wouldn’t have been down for this.
20. Bit of a Roeg one
Nicholas Roeg was chosen to direct, despite being more famous for hist heavy going adult work like ‘Don’t Look Now’. This actually explains a lot.
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And whilst the movie sees children turned into mice, Roeg used his own son as a guinea pig. He showed his son footage from the shoot as the film was being edited- when the little boy had to run away and hide, that’s when a scene was cut. I really hope that kid is OK now. Can someone check on him please?
21. I could use a stiff drink after re-watching this
The screenwriter, Allan Scott, was nominated for a BAFTA in the Best British Film category, and bagged the Writer’s Guild Award 1978- but he started off as a Scotch Whisky executive.
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