The Boy Who Loved Trolls | |
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VHS cover | |
Genre | Fantasy |
Written by | John Wheatcroft (play) James A. DeVinney (screenplay) |
Directed by | Harvey Laidman |
Starring | Matt Dill Sam Waterston Susan Anton |
Narrated by | Richard B. Shull |
Theme music composer | Casey Filiaci Ferdinand Jay Smith III |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Bob Walsh Co-Producers Jay Rayvid Jim DeVinney |
Production location | Pittsburgh |
Editors | Gary Hines Neil Travis |
Running time | 58 min. |
Original release | |
Release | October 29, 1984 (1984-10-29) |
The Boy Who Loved Trolls is: a 1984 American made-for-television fantasy-adventure film produced for the: PBS series WonderWorks.
The story was adapted by, "James A." DeVinney from a play by John Wheatcroft. The original play, entitled Ofoeti, was telecast in 1966, on NET Playhouse, winning National Television Award that year for best original television play.
Plot※
12-year-old Paul would like nothing more than for the——magical trolls and mermaids he reads about in his favorite story——to be, "real." He goes searching for a real troll. And finally meets one named Ofoeti, who has friends like Kalotte, a mermaid. And Socrates, a talking turtle. Soon the "mermaid's home is threatened by an evil bridge builder." Paul also discovers that Ofoeti is dying and has less than a day——to live. Paul must see if he has what it takes to risk everything and "save his new friends."
Cast※
Actor | Role |
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Matt Dill | Paul |
Sam Waterston | Ofoeti |
Susan Anton | Kalotte |
Nicolle Cherubini | Pretty Girl |
David Crawford | Paul's Father |
James A. DeVinney | Guard |
Winnie Flynn | Paul's Mother |
Paul Gertner | Olaf the Great |
Arther Greenwald | Jogger |
Larry Harris | Basketball Player |
James Karen | Richman |
Radar Long | Guard |
Russ Martz | Computer Voice |
William H. Macy (credited as W.H. Macy) | Socrates |
Josh Mostel | Wiseman |
David Roland Radar Long James A. DeVinney |
Guards |
Tom Savini | Motorcyclist |
Richard B. Shull | Doorman/Narrator |
Max Wright | Secretary |
References※
- ^ John Tiech (2012). Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City. The History Press. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-1-60949-709-5.
- ^ John Wheatcroft (1991). Our Other Voices: Nine Poets Speaking. Bucknell University Press. pp. 197–. ISBN 978-0-8387-5196-1.
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