The Little Prince
Time Out says
A sad disaster for Donen with what was surely a misconceived project from the beginning. At each scene change, The Little Prince intrusively fractures the delicate mood of Saint-Exupéry's allegorical fable about a crashed pilot's encounter with a being from another planet. The book linked its simple line drawings to its text in a way that avoided both cuteness and sentimentality; the film frequently amazes with its grossness, notably in the planet sequence, where a nuance-less distorting lens technique is heavily overworked. Frederick Loewe's music is unmemorable (with Richard Kiley belting through the desert bawling out particularly un-singable lyrics) and the sentimentality often outrageously glutinous. Only Bob Fosse's Snake comes off in a regulation classic dance routine.
Details
Release details
Duration:
89 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Stanley Donen
Screenwriter:
Alan Jay Lerner
Cast:
Richard Kiley
Clive Revill
Gene Wilder
Donna McKechnie
Graham Crowden
Victor Spinetti
Joss Ackland
Bob Fosse
Steven Warner
Clive Revill
Gene Wilder
Donna McKechnie
Graham Crowden
Victor Spinetti
Joss Ackland
Bob Fosse
Steven Warner