Return of the Borrowers (1993)
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First telecast by the BBC on November 14, 1993, the two-part British TV movie The Return of the Borrowers is a sequel to the classic children's book by Mary Norton. Real-life husband and wife Ian Holm and Penelope Wilton head the cast as Pod and Homily Clock, a pair of teeny-tiny people who, with their equally microscopic daughter, Arietty (Rebecca Callard), live beneath the floorboards of a Victorian house. In order to survive, the Clock family must "borrow" various necessities from normal-sized people -- or as they're known to the trio, "Human Beans." Forced to move from their familiar digs, the Clocks stumble across a miniature model house that proves to be just right for their needs, and in the bargain they befriend a youthful Human Bean named George (Paul Cross). Alas, the well-being of the diminutive brood is threatened by the evil designs of one Mrs. Drivers (Sian Phillips). In America, The Return of the Borrowers was first seen over the TNT cable network on June 4 and 5, 1996. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Ian Holm - Pod Clock
- Rebecca Callard - Arietty Clock
- Sian Phillips - Mrs. Drivers
- Judy Parfitt - Mrs. Platter
- Pamela Cundell - Aunt Lupy
- Tony Haygarth - Mildeye
- Stanley Lebor - Uncle Hendreary
- Daniel Newman - Spiller
- Penelope Wilton - Homily Clock
- Paul Cross - George
- Robert Lang - Mr. Platter
- Ben Chaplin - Ditchley
- Victoria Donovan - Eggletina
- Gemma Jones - Miss Menzies
- Ross McCall - Ilrick
- Richard Vernon - Mr. Potts
- Director(s):
- John Henderson
- Writer(s):
- Richard Carpenter, Richard Carpenter
- Producer(s):
- Grainne Marmion
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