The Nutcracker in 3D

The Nutcracker in 3D released on DVD as The Nutcracker The Untold Story is a 2009 BritishHungarian 3D Christmas fantasy film adaption of the ballet The Nutcracker, directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The film was met with negative reviews from critics upon its release, and was a box office bomb. The film does not credit the original The Nutcracker and the Mouse King story, nor its author E. T. A. Hoffmann.

In the climax of the film, the Nutcracker appears to have been killed, but Marys tears and declaration of love restore him to life and transforms him into a prince, his true form. The rats are all defeated and overthrown, but now Mary must reluctantly awaken from her dream. Before shes fully awake, N.C. promises that theyll meet again. After she does so, she goes to Uncle Alberts workshop, where she meets his new young neighbor, who is the exact image of the Nutcracker Prince and who asks to be called N.C. The two become close friends, and the last shot of the film shows them ice skating together.Director Konchalovsky stated that The Nutcracker in 3D had been his dream project for overyears. Konchalovsky was inspired to adapt the film into 3D for several reasons he believed that the format would be useful in conveying the fantastical nature of the material, capturing the emotions of CGI characters, and appealing to a family audience. At the same time, he opted to adapt the film with no ballet sequences because, according to him, ballet cannot work in cinema very well. ........

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