Animals In The Secret Garden

1993 American film

The Secret Garden
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Agnieszka The netherlands
Screenplay by	Caroline Thompson
Based on	The Secret Garden past Frances Hodgson Burnett
Produced by	Fred Fuchs Tom Luddy Fred Roos
Starring	Kate Maberly Heydon Prowse Andrew Knott Maggie Smith
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Edited past	Isabelle Lorente
Music by	Zbigniew Preisner
Product company	American Zoetrope
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	13 August 1993 (1993-08-13) (US) 20 January 1994 (1994-01-20) (UK)
Running fourth dimension	101 minutes
Countries	United States United Kingdom Poland
Language	English
Box part	$xl million^[1]

The Surreptitious Garden is a 1993 fantasy drama picture show directed by Agnieszka Holland, executive-produced by Francis Ford Coppola and distributed by Warner Bros. nether their Family unit Entertainment imprint. The movie stars Kate Maberly, Heydon Prowse, Andrew Knott, John Lynch, and Maggie Smith, was written by Caroline Thompson and based on the 1911 novel of the same proper noun by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The novel was previously adapted into two films: a 1949 drama motion-picture show and a 1919 silent film, which starred Lila Lee and Spottiswoode Aitken.

Fix in Yorkshire, England, Yorkshire'south Allerton Castle was used for well-nigh of the outside shots of Misselthwaite Manor, too as interior shots. The moving-picture show was a critical and commercial success. Maggie Smith was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 2005, the British Picture Plant included information technology in their listing of the "50 films you should meet by the age of fourteen".

Plot [edit]

In 1901, recently orphaned 10-yr-old Mary Lennox is sent from her dwelling house in British Bharat to her uncle Lord Archibald Chicken's mansion, Misselthwaite Manor, in Yorkshire, England. She was unloved and neglected by her parents, who were killed in an earthquake in India. Every bit a result, Mary is cold, self-centered then repressed that she is unable to cry.

Head housekeeper Mrs. Medlock informs Mary that her uncle, who spends most of his time away, will likely non see her. Mary hears foreign sounds of crying in the house and discovers a hidden door in her room that leads to uninhabited areas, including her aunt's old room. There, she discovers a large primal. Mrs. Medlock continuously sends Mary to play out on the grounds to keep her occupied whenever the crying starts in the firm. Mary discovers her late Aunt Lilias' walled garden, which has been locked up since her death 10 years prior. She realizes that the key she found earlier unlocks the garden, only keeps it a secret. She befriends Dickon Sowerby, the younger blood brother of the estate's housemaid. Dickon is an outdoorsy boy who is adept with animals. Mary and Dickon slowly clean up the underground garden, and Mary becomes happier. She also finally meets her uncle, who is sullen but kind.

Hidden away in the mansion is Lord Craven's son and Mary'south cousin, Colin Chicken, who has been treated similar a sickly invalid his entire life. A spoiled, brusque-tempered boy, he has never left his room nor ever walked and is bars to his bed or a wheelchair. His father barely comes to see him in fear that Colin volition dice before long and he volition lose his son. Mary eventually discovers Colin, learning that he was the source of the crying in the firm. Although taken aback past his difficult nature, she puts her foot down and refuses to give in to his whims, showing him that he is not really sick. Encouraged by Mary, Colin goes outside for the first time and Mary and Dickon take him to the secret garden.

The three children grow shut and spend their free time in the garden everyday, where Colin, with their assistance, learns to walk. The trio go along all of this a secret from the staff. Colin wants his father to be the first one to see him on his legs. Lord Chicken has a dream of Lilias calling him home and returns. In the secret garden, he sees Colin walking for the beginning time, leaving him speechless with joy.

Mary bursts into tears for the first time in her life, certain that she is unwanted by her uncle and the garden volition be locked up over again as he had ordered it to be. Lord Craven reassures her that she is now part of the family. Promising never to lock it up again, he thanks her for bringing his family unit dorsum to life. Dickon informs his sis and the rest of the manor staff of the good news. The staff watches in shock and joy every bit Lord Craven and the children come home together.

The movie ends with a voiceover of Mary stating that "If you lot look the correct way, the whole globe is a garden."

Cast [edit]

Kate Maberly equally Mary Lennox
Heydon Prowse as Colin Craven, Lord Craven's son and Mary'due south cousin
Andrew Knott equally Dickon Sowerby, Martha'due south younger blood brother
Laura Crossley as Martha Sowerby, Mrs. Medlock'southward servant and Dickon's older sister
John Lynch as Lord Archibald Craven
Maggie Smith as Mrs. Medlock, Lord Craven's servant and housekeeper
Irène Jacob equally Mrs. Lennox/Lilias Chicken
Peter Moreton every bit Will
Colin Bruce as Major Lennox
Walter Sparrow every bit Ben Weatherstaff, the gardener

Product [edit]

Yorkshire's imposing Allerton Castle was used for nearly of the exterior shots of Misselthwaite Estate, and some of the interior was also used.^[2] Fountains Hall was also used for part of the exterior.^[two] Interiors of the former Midland One thousand Hotel were used for filming too, notably the scenes on the yard staircase.^{[ citation needed ]}

Soundtrack [edit]

The flick features the terminate credits song "Winter Light" performed by Linda Ronstadt, which is based on two themes from the score past Zbigniew Preisner. However, this song was not included in the motion-picture show'due south original soundtrack release, but was in Ronstadt's eponymous album Winter Lite.^[iii] Sarah Brightman and the youngest member of Celtic Woman, Chloë Agnew, covered information technology for their albums; Brightman'due south Classics and Agnew'southward Walking In The Air. The soundtrack, released by Varèse Sarabande, contains the original score.^[4]

Home media [edit]

The Secret Garden was originally released on VHS in the UK on 1 Baronial 1994 and was re-released on 15 December 1997 by Warner Dwelling Video.

Reception [edit]

Since its 1993 release, the pic has garnered positive reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 88% of critics have given the motion-picture show a positive review based on 42 reviews, with an boilerplate rating of 7.9/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "The Clandestine Garden honors its archetype source material with a well-acted, beautifully filmed adaptation that doesn't shy from its story's darker themes".^[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted boilerplate score of 74 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[vi] Audiences polled past CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.^[7]

Desson Thomson of The Washington Post praised the acting by young actors, calling their acts "quite skillful and un-sappy also", merely calculation, "information technology'south not their fault if they too often seem like chessmen being moved around on the managing director's lath, composed into picturesque tableaux".^[eight] Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote that "[the pic is] executed to virtually perfection in all creative departments", and chosen it "[a] superior adaptation", mentioning that "[the adaptation] of the perennial favorite novel volition discover its core public amidst girls, but should prove satisfying enough to a range of audiences".^[ix]

Owen Gleiberman of Amusement Weekly gave the film a "C+" and chosen it "earnest, heartfelt, and, for all its lavishness, rather plodding".^[10] Janet Maslin of The New York Times chosen this new adaptation of The Secret Garden "[an] elegantly expressive, a discreet and lovely rendering of the children'south classic past Frances Hodgson Burnett".^[11]

Trevor Johnston of Time Out said that "With well-judged performances played straight, and topical subtexts (Dark-green consciousness, the dysfunctional family unit), this 'children's' motion picture sets no age limit on its potential audience".^[12]

The film grossed $31.2 million in the Usa and Canada.^[13] Internationally, it grossed $8.8 million for a worldwide total of $40 meg.^[1]

Awards and nominations [edit]

Award wins

Los Angeles Motion picture Critics Association Award for Best Music – (Zbigniew Preisner)

Honour nominations

BAFTA Laurels for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - (Maggie Smith)

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b "Top 100 grossers worldwide, '93-94". Variety. 17 October 1994. p. K-56.
^ ^a ^b McDonald, Guy (2004). England. New Holland Publishers. p. 834.
^ Promis, Jose F. "Wintertime Low-cal - Linda Ronstadt". AllMusic . Retrieved 27 Baronial 2021.
^ "Surreptitious Garden, The. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "The Secret Garden (1993)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "The Secret Garden Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "Dwelling". CinemaScore . Retrieved ten March 2022.
^ Howe, Desson (thirteen August 1993). "'The Secret Garden' (G)". The Washington Post . Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ McCarthy, Todd (6 Baronial 1993). "The Hole-and-corner Garden". Variety.
^ Gleiberman, Owen (13 August 1993). "The Hush-hush Garden". Amusement Weekly.
^ *Maslin, Janet (13 August 1993). "Review/Film; Blossom Time for a Solitary Girl". The New York Times. p. C3.
^ Johnston, Trevor (9 February 2006). "The Secret Garden". Time Out.
^ "The Secret Garden (1993)". Box Function Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 27 Baronial 2021.

Bibliography [edit]

Wolf, Matt (8 August 1993). "Film; 'The Secret Garden' and How It Grew". The New York Times. p. xi.

External links [edit]

The Secret Garden at IMDb