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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

Director(s) Henry Levin, George Pal
Producer(s) George Pal (uncredited)
Top Genres Adventure, Animation, Biographical, Comedy, Drama, Family
Top Topics Writers and Poets
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Overview:

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) was a Animation - Biographical Film directed by Henry Levin and George Pal and produced by George Pal.

Academy Awards 1962 --- Ceremony Number 35 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno; Set Decoration: Henry Grace, Dick PefferleNominated
Best CinematographyPaul C. VogelNominated
Best Costume DesignMary WillsWon
Best Music - ScoringLeigh HarlineNominated
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Musical Monday: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

on Dec 14, 2020 From Comet Over Hollywood

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: The Wonderful World of t... Read full article

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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Quotes:

Jacob Grimm: It's an outrage. In my speech, I'm going to tell them...
Wilhelm Grimm: [cutting him off] Jacob. Just tell them...
[pause]
Wilhelm Grimm: Just tell them I'm your brother.
Hans: Don't you worry, sir. I'll be just as good a master to you as you were to me.
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Facts
Producer George Pal originally wanted Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness to play the Brothers Grimm, but MGM vetoed the idea.
The second major motion picture filmed in 3-camera Cinerama, although it was released before the first, How the West Was Won.
Although 'buddy Hackett' sang in "The Music Man", he had what could be described as a "funny" singing voice which would have seemed out of place in the eerie "flute-playing" scenes of "The Singing Bone". So his singing was dubbed by Clinton Sundberg, the actor who played the Prime Minister in the film, and who rarely sang onscreen. Although Sundberg did not have a trained singing voice, it had the right gravitas for the somber fairy tale.
Turner Classic Movies now shows the full-length version of this film, having added the short prologue, plus Overture, Intermission with Entr'Acte and Exit Music that were not included on the VHS or laserdisc.
In the original version of The Singing Bone, the killer and his victim are a pair of brothers who set out to find and kill a dragon. In the movie version, they were made into a knight and his squire who fight a dragon so as to avoid having Terry-Thomas's character commit fratricide.
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