Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
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| Directed by | Carroll Ballard |
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| Starring | Pacific Northwest Ballet |
| Cinematography | Stephen H. Burum |
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| Music by | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
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| Distributed by | Atlantic Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $781,727 |
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture, also known as Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker or simply Nutcracker, is a 1986 American Christmas performing arts film produced by Pacific Northwest Ballet in association with Hyperion Pictures and Kushner/Locke, and released theatrically by Atlantic Releasing Corporation. It is a film adaptation of 1892 ballet The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the 1816 short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E. T. A. Hoffmann.