TO a few days before Christmas, Pluto TV – Paramount’s free streaming service – inaugurates a true marathon sui generis. From now for five consecutive days – 120 hours in total – proposes continuously The Nutcracker by George Balanchinedirected by Emile Ardolino, with Macaulay Culkin. The film will be available until December 27, 24 hours a day.
The Nutcracker by George Balanchinethe plot of the movie
For a child, a ray of light can become a snowflake, a little color can look like a Christmas tree, and a wooden toy can transform into a hero. Let the magic of imagination take flight and Macaulay Culkin and the New York City Ballet transport you to a timeless classic.
With this magical introduction the book opens trailer of the film. A real invitation to escape from everyday life and become a child again. After all, Christmas is the perfect time to make room for dreams, even those lost over the years. The protagonist is Marie (Jessica Lynn Cohen), a little girl who receives a wooden nutcracker for Christmas (Macaulay Culkin) from his godfather, a magician.
When he falls asleep, a dream begins that has all the contours of a fairy tale. She is transported to the world of the Sugar Plum Fairy together with the nutcracker, who is actually a prince ready to save her from an evil rodent. They immerse themselves in an adventure That, between enveloping music by Tchaikovsky and ballets choreographed by the genius of Balanchinearrives at the grand finale to the rhythm of a waltz.
“George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” on Pluto TV.
Macaulay Culkin, the star of the cast after the success of Mom I missed the plane
Born in 1980, Macaulay Culkin is the real star of the film. In 1993 he was fresh from the global success of Mom I missed the planereleased in 1990 and followed in 1992 by Mom, I missed the plane again: I got lost in New York, in which he played Kevin McCallister. Two cult films for more than a generation, which consecrated him, transforming him into the most famous – and richest – child in Hollywood.
After The nutcrackerit’s in Dad, I’ll fix you!, Pagemaster – The wonderful adventure And Richie Rich – The richest in the world. Not everything that glitters is gold. The popularity that has invested him and the family disputes that followed his success, in fact, overwhelm him to the point that at just fifteen years old he decides to retire from the scene.
He returned to cinema in 2003 with Party Monster and follow, among others, Saved!, The Wrong Ferrari, Zoolander 2 And Changeland. Between the series, appears in Will & Grace, Kings, Dollface And American Horror Story. Regarding his private life, in 1998 he married the actress Rachel Miner, but divorced in 2002. He began a relationship with Mila Kunis, which came to an end in 2011, and since 2017 he has been engaged to Brenda Song. The couple has two children, born in 2021 and 2022.
Emile Ardolino, from Dirty Dancing to The nutcracker
To sign The Nutcracker by George Balanchine is Emile Ardolino. This is not a traditional film, but a filming of the theater performance of the ballet performed by the New York City Ballet, together with the actors in the cast. A successful experiment which, despite the singular setting, did not undermine the magic of the story.
The film is based on the fairy tale of Nutcracker and the Mouse King by ETA Hoffmann (1816), and the Russian ballet of the same name inspired by it. A work by Tchaikovsky (first performed in St. Petersburg in 1892), the ballet was also staged in America in 1954, directed and performed by the Russian choreographer, a naturalized American, George Balanchine, and became a true Christmas tradition in the States.
Born in 1943 in New York, Emile Ardolino began his career on Broadway. Dance has always been part of his life and his films. NoIn 1983 he won an Oscar for best documentary with He makes me feel like dancin’. In 1987 one of his most successful films was released in cinemas. Certainly the first that makes him immortal. AND Dirty Dancing – Forbidden dancesstarring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Also in this case, dance is at the center of the story and it is dancing that saves the shy protagonist Baby from social conventions. The film won a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe and the Oscar Award for Best Song I’ve had the time of my life.
1989 is the year of A strange casewith Robert Downey Jr., Cybill Shepherd and Ryan O’Neal, while 1990 was the turn of Three bachelors and a little girlwith Tom Selleck. In 1992 another global success with another cult filmstill loved today: Sister Act – A nutcase in a nun’s habit. The protagonist is Whoopi Goldberg in the role of a con artist forced to hide in a convent under a false identity. Two Golden Globe nominations and unstoppable success. The TV movie Gypsy And The Nutcracker by George Balanchine they are his latest works. Emile Ardolino died on November 20, 1993 from complications from AIDS.
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