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The Land Of Sometimes

The Land Of Sometimes

The Land Of Sometimes

Adventure is just... a wish away.

Runtime
94 min
Original title
The Land of Sometimes
Language
en

What it is about

Twins Alfie and Elise find a magical Wish Watch on Christmas Eve and are swept by the Wish Collector into the musical Land of Sometimes, where they learn that wishes have consequences.

Trailer

Cast

  • Ewan McGregor The Wish Collector (voice)
  • Helena Bonham Carter Mediocris (voice)
  • Alisha Weir Elise (voice)
  • Andrei Shen Alfie (voice)
  • Mel Brooks The Postman (voice)
  • Gregory Gudgeon Mr. Smaller Than Small (voice)
  • Terry Jones The Wish Watch (voice)
  • Ruby Turner Mrs. Blip (voice)
  • Jessica Henwick Mother (voice)
  • Stefan Ashton Frank The Guardian (voice)
  • Asa Butterfield The Lad With The Flying Feet (voice)
  • Callum Callahan Father / Talking Doors / Purple Sheep / SpringDoncs (voice)
  • Trevor Dion Nicholas The River Slouch Sling (voice)

Crew

  • Director Leon Joosen
  • Screenplay Tony Nottage
  • Screenplay Martin Casella
  • Original Music Composer Terry Davies
  • Director of Photography Nick Cooke
  • Editor Zurine Ainz
  • Producer Tony Nottage
  • Executive Producer Bonnie Arnold
  • Executive Producer Spencer Pollard
  • Executive Producer Soumyashree Mohapatra
  • Executive Producer James Reatchlous
  • Executive Producer Alan Yentob
  • Executive Producer Francesca Longrigg
  • Executive Producer Paul Loasby
  • Executive Producer Kevin Salter
  • Executive Producer Simon Bobin

What viewers said

Well the producers certainly assembled quite an half decent cast for the English language version of this colourful and vibrant animation, and they even coaxed renowned lyricist Sir Tim Rice back for the first time in a couple of decades to write the title song for Ewan McGregor. With their sea captain father away on a very long voyage, twins “Elise” and “Alfie” are living with their mother and getting fractious. They miss their dad and need something exciting to happen. […]

CinemaSerf — 6/10 · read in full

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