A Gnome Named Gnorm
This article has multiple issues. Please help or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
A Gnome Named Gnorm | |
---|---|
Directed by | Stan Winston |
Screenplay by | John Watson Pen Densham |
Story by | Pen Densham |
Produced by | Robert W. Cort Scott Kroopf Pen Densham Richard Lewis |
Starring | Anthony Michael Hall Jerry Orbach |
Cinematography | Bojan Bazelli |
Edited by | Marcus Manton |
Music by | Richard Gibbs |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
Release date |
|
Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
A Gnome Named Gnorm (also known in some markets as Upworld) is a 1990 fantasy buddy comedy film directed by Stan Winston and written by Pen Densham and John Watson. The film stars Anthony Michael Hall, Jerry Orbach and Claudia Christian, and is about a Los Angeles police detective who teams up with a gnome to solve a murder.
Plot[]
Gnorm is just an average gnome (a tunneler) who lives underground, but he wants to impress a lady gnome by doing something heroic. So he takes the lumen, a stone that must be brought to the surface (called Upworld by the gnomes) to be exposed to the sun to recharge it. When he gets to the surface, he witnesses a murder and the killer ends up with the lumen. Detective Casey (Hall), who was working a sting operation with the murdered man, is blamed for botching the sting, and the man's death. Wanting to catch the killer to clear his name, he teams up with Gnorm, whom he accidentally discovers. He is going to need his partner Samantha's (Christian) help, but she thinks he is a nut. See, no one else knows about Gnorm.[1]
Cast[]
- Anthony Michael Hall as Detective Casey Gallagher
- Jerry Orbach as Captain Stan Walton
- Claudia Christian as Detective Samantha
- Eli Danker as Zadar
- Mark Harelik as Detective Kaminsky
- Robert Z'Dar as Reggie
- Pat Crawford Brown as Female Mourner
- Joseph R. Sicari as Ferril
- Greg Kean as Budd
- Michelle Johnston as Stripper
- Wren T. Brown as Hearse Driver
- Rueben Grundy as Cop #1
- Guy Garner as Cop #2
- Gnorm is played by several actors,[2] and is voiced by Rob Paulsen
References[]
- ^ "Upworld (1990) : Plot Summary". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ^ "Upworld (1990) : Full cast". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
External links[]
- 1990 films
- English-language films
- 1990 comedy films
- 1990s fantasy-comedy films
- American films
- American buddy cop films
- American fantasy-comedy films
- Fictional portrayals of the Los Angeles Police Department
- Films about gnomes
- Films directed by Stan Winston
- Films featuring puppetry
- Films set in Los Angeles
- Films shot in Los Angeles
- Films scored by Richard Gibbs
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment films
- Films produced by Scott Kroopf
- 1990s comedy film stubs