LITTLE NEMO: ADVENTURES IN SLUMBERLAND* (Theatrical Release Japan 1989)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.8|5.0 Starsììì

Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland—weird movie that seems to pander to a children’s audience and then plays around in a Matrix-styled intellectual framework. This film does not provoke interest until the last part of the movie and that part of the movie works like the old child’s game of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey while blindfolded. The final scenes do not go well with this film. The movie builds up through the first and second scenes and then randomly chooses its exit strategy.

Storyline

A boy becomes deeply involved in a fantasy.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Directors Masami Hata and William Hurtz for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Yutaka Fujioka for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Nemo (voice of Gariel Damon), Flip (Voice of Mickey Rooney), Professor Genius (Voice of Rene Auberjonois), Icarus (Voice of Danny Mann), Princess Camille (Voice of Laura Mooney), King Morpheus (Voice of Bernard Erhard), Nightmare King (Voice of Bill Martin), Oomp (Voice Alan Oppenheimer), Oompy (Voice of Michael Bell), Oompe (Voice of Sidney Miller), Oompa (Voice of Neil Ross), Oompo/Dirigible Captain (Voice of John Stephenson), Nemo’s Father/Flap (Voice of Greg Burson), Nemo’s Mother (Voice of Jennifer Darling), Bon Bon (Voice of Sherry Lynn), Courtier/Cop (Voice of Guy Christopher), Page (Voice of Nancy Cartwright), Page (Voice of Ellen Gerstell), Elevator Creature (Voice of Tress MacNeille), and Etiquette Master (Voice of Michael McConnohie).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Maybe. The film shows talent in the animation of its characters. Read a plotline before going.

*Also Known As: Nemo, Nimo, Little Nemo

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Ben Meyers