The Boy Who Loved Trolls
The Boy Who Loved Trolls | |
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Genre | Fantasy |
Written by | John Wheatcroft (play) James A. DeVinney (screenplay) |
Directed by | Harvey Laidman |
Starring | Sam Waterston Susan Anton |
Narrated by | Richard B. Shull |
Theme music composer | Ferdinand Jay Smith III |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Bob Walsh Co-Producers Jay Rayvid Jim DeVinney |
Production location | Pittsburgh |
Editors | Gary Hines Neil Travis |
Running time | 58 min. |
Distributor | BWE Video |
Release | |
Original release |
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The Boy Who Loved Trolls is a 1984 American made-for-television fantasy-adventure film produced for the PBS series WonderWorks.[1]
The story was adapted by James A. DeVinney from a play by John Wheatcroft. The original play, entitled Ofoeti, was telecast in 1966, on NET Playhouse, winning a National Television Award that year for best original television play.[2]
Plot[]
12-year-old Paul would like nothing more than for the magical trolls and mermaids he reads about in his favorite story to be real. He goes searching for a real troll and finally meets one named Ofoeti, who has friends like Kalotte, a mermaid, and Socrates, a talking turtle. Soon the mermaid's home is threatened by an evil bridge builder. Paul also discovers that Ofoeti is dying and has less than a day to live. Paul must see if he has what it takes to risk everything and save his new friends.
Cast[]
Actor | Role |
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Paul | |
Sam Waterston | Ofoeti |
Susan Anton | Kalotte |
Pretty Girl | |
Paul's Father | |
Guard | |
Paul's Mother | |
Paul Gertner | Olaf the Great |
Jogger | |
Larry Harris | Basketball Player |
James Karen | Richman |
Guard | |
William H. Macy (credited as W.H. Macy) | Socrates |
Josh Mostel | Wiseman |
David Roland | Guard |
Tom Savini | Motorcyclist |
Richard B. Shull | Doorman/Narrator |
Max Wright | Secretary |
References[]
- ^ John Tiech (2012). Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City. The History Press. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-1-60949-709-5.
- ^ John Wheatcroft (1991). Our Other Voices: Nine Poets Speaking. Bucknell University Press. pp. 197–. ISBN 978-0-8387-5196-1.
External links[]
- 1984 films
- 1984 television films
- 1980s fantasy adventure films
- American fantasy adventure films
- 1980s children's adventure films
- 1980s children's fantasy films
- Films about trolls
- American films based on plays
- American films
- 1980s English-language films
- Fantasy film stubs