The Magic Pudding

The Magic Pudding (2000)

Always Running Away But Never Running Out!

Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight off the bungled attempts of pudding thieves, Possum and Wombat, and try to solve the mystery of Bunyip's parents' disappearance.

Date of release
2000-12-14
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Animation, Music, Family
Director
Karl Zwicky

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$1.1M
  • Based on: The Magic Pudding
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2

The Magic Pudding is a 2000 Australian animated musical adventure comedy film loosely adapted from the 1918 book of the same name by Norman Lindsay. Directed by Karl Zwicky, the film features a voice cast of well known actors including Sam Neill, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Jack Thompson, Toni Collette and John Cleese.

Production

The Lindsay family had previously rejected many international requests to sell the rights to The Magic Pudding, preferring to wait until an Australian company presented the right formula for adaptation. Past contenders were Rolf Harris, Jim Henson Productions and even Walt Disney himself. Eventually, in 1997, the Lindsays sold the film rights to Energee Entertainment, one of the country's then-leading independent animation companies.

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