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Each night, young Nemo goes to Slumberland and has adventures and befriends the king of Slumberland, Morpheus. But one night Nemo discovers Nightmare Land, and the evil nightmare king, throw... Read allEach night, young Nemo goes to Slumberland and has adventures and befriends the king of Slumberland, Morpheus. But one night Nemo discovers Nightmare Land, and the evil nightmare king, throwing Slumberland and Nemo himself into danger.Each night, young Nemo goes to Slumberland and has adventures and befriends the king of Slumberland, Morpheus. But one night Nemo discovers Nightmare Land, and the evil nightmare king, throwing Slumberland and Nemo himself into danger.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Gabriel Damon
- Nemo
- (voice)
Mickey Rooney
- Flip
- (voice)
Danny Mann
- Icarus
- (voice)
Laura Mooney
- Princess Camille
- (voice)
Bernard Erhard
- King Morpheus
- (voice)
Bill Martin
- Nightmare King
- (voice)
- (as William E. Martin)
Alan Oppenheimer
- Oomp
- (voice)
Michael Bell
- Oompy
- (voice)
Sidney Miller
- Oompe
- (voice)
John Stephenson
- Oompo
- (voice)
- …
Greg Burson
- Nemo's Father
- (voice)
- …
Sherry Lynn
- Bon Bon
- (voice)
Guy Christopher
- Courtier
- (voice)
- …
Nancy Cartwright
- Page
- (voice)
Ellen Gerstell
- Page
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first anime movie to receive a wide release in the United States. Production began in 1982, with the intention of the film being a big-budget showcase of Tokyo Movie Shinsha Co.'s animation style to American audiences. The efforts to make it a movie that would appeal to both Japanese and American audiences resulted in the film having a long and troubled production history, as different arms of production (writing, casting, animation, etc) received conflicting instructions as to how to proceed with the film. Over the course of seven years, numerous powerful figures from both Japanese and American film-making were hired in various attempts to salvage production. Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata worked for a year, between 1982-1983, but ultimately left due to creative differences with the American production company; Miyazaki later called it "the worst experience" of his career. Gary Kurtz and Chris Columbus were each brought on board at different points to act as directors/producers/writers, and Ray Bradbury was hired to write a new script. It is unknown how much each contributed to the final product. Although the film premiered in Japan in 1989, it did not receive its intended American release until 1992, a full decade after the start of production; in a final effort to market the film to American audiences, several minutes of the movie had to be edited in order to secure a softer rating.
- GoofsIn the opening sequence, the sheets on Nemo's bed are removed when he nearly falls off, but are reattached by the time the train appears.
- Alternate versionsThe film was originally 94 minutes. When the film was released in the US in 1992, some intense sequences and additional material was cut to obtain a G rating and to make the film shorter. The Japanese DVD box-set and 2004 US DVD restored these sequences.
- SoundtracksLittle Nemo
Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Performed by Melissa Manchester
Featured review
"Little Nemo" a joy true to the spirit of the original
"Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland" is a joy and a wonder, just like the original Winsor McCay cartoons. For those ignorant of the history of American cartoons, McCay's "Little Nemo" series was a classic of naive pop surrealism exploring the adventures of a boy in the dream-world. McCay was sometimes deficient in spelling, but he was never deficient in drawing or imagination. Of course, the movie has to elide or telescope things a bit. After all, the original cartoon was a serial running episodically in newspapers. I find no serious fault with this. I took particular delight in how some scenes here meticulously mirrored the original cartoon. The animation is at various points dreamy, beautiful, dark, menacing and, of course, surreal. I think it is a mistake to view this film purely as a product of the anime industry - the film is instead a meeting of the Japanese culture with American culture. The merger of sensibilities here is quite wonderful. I loved the squirrel's petulant irritation at being called a "rat." And I loved the nightmare monster-heel. And, of course,the trickster figure, Pip. The whole thing has the quality of a twisting dream, sometimes good, sometimes bad, just like real dreams. Don't hesitate to buy and watch this. Greg Cameron, Surrey, B.C., Canada
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- greg-glen
- Mar 5, 2009
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Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,368,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $407,695
- Aug 23, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $1,368,000
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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