Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel (1983)

Tim Burton's reimagined classic combines live action and stop motion, making for a creepy adventure into the woods. It is known for having aired only once on Disney Channel, on Halloween Night in 1983.

Date of release
1983-10-31
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (48)
Runtime
35m
Genres
TV Movie, Fantasy, Horror
Director
Tim Burton

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel is a television special that was made in 1983 for The Disney Channel, directed by Tim Burton. It only aired twice on October 29 and 31, 1983, at 10:30 P.M. The only other times it was shown was as part of the Tim Burton retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and the Tim Burton L'Exposition at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris as part of a traveling exhibit.

Production

Filmed for $116,000 on 16mm, this live-action short film features a cast of East Asian-American amateur actors, kung fu fights, and Japanese toys, as Burton was obsessed with Japanese culture at the time of production. The film's design style and color schemes pay homage to the Godzilla films and feature heavy special effects such as front projection, forced perspective, and even some stop-motion animation.

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