The Tale of Despereaux
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Sam Fell
William H. Macy
Sam Fell
Charles Shaughnessy
Robbie Coltrane
Matthew Broderick
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In the faraway kingdom of Dor, four unlikely heroes emerge: Despereaux, a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro, a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea, a Princess in a gloomy castle who is prisoner to her father's grief; and Mig, a servant girl who longs to be a Princess, but is forced to serve the jailer. Tiny and graced with oversized ears, Despereaux was born too big for his little world. Refusing to live his life cowering, he befriends a Princess named Pea and learns to read (rather than eat) books--reveling in stories of knights, dragons and fair maidens. Banished from Mouseworld for being more man than mouse, Despereaux is rescued by another outcast, Roscuro, who also wants to hear the tales. But when the Princess dismisses Roscuro's friendship, he becomes the ultimate rat and plots revenge with fellow outsider Mig. After Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux discovers he is the only one who can rescue her--and that even the tiniest mouse can find the courage of a knight in shining armor.
Cast
William H. Macy
Sam Fell
Charles Shaughnessy
Robbie Coltrane
Matthew Broderick
Kevin Kline
Frank Langella
Mcnally Sagal
Bronson Pinchot
Dustin Hoffman
Christopher Lloyd
Patricia Cullen
Sigourney Weaver
Jane Karen
Frances Conroy
Emma Watson
Richard Jenkins
Ciarßn Hinds
Tracey Ullman
Stanley Tucci
Tony Hale
Crew
Adel Abada
Olivier Adam
Matt Adler
Shane Aherne
Riccardo Albiero
David Alcarria
Darren Alexander
Will Alexander
Rob Allman
Laia Alomar
Steve Alterman
Valenti Amador
Anuj Anand
Nicklas Andersson
Laurence Andrews
Chiara Antelmi
Steve Apostolina
Yalda Armian
Barry Armour
Rosie Ashforth
Atanas Atanasov
Dino Athanassiou
Robin Auld
Paul Aulicino
Isabel Auphan
Dan Ayling
Arshad Mirza Baig
Mark Bailey
Prano Bailey-bond
Prano Bailey-bond
Kirk Baily
Chris Baker
Jason Baker
Felix Balbas
Rebecca Barbour
Matthew Barnett
Jim Barr
Tom Barrow
Pedro Bascon
Andreas Bauer
Yakov Baytler
Matthew Beale
Lizi Bedford
David Beer
Sabina Bejasa-dimmock
Adrian Bell
Matthew Bell
Lon Bender
Lon Bender
Soeren Bendt
Laurent Benhamo
Lucy Benson
Dan Beresford
Dave Bergstrom
Rodrigo Bernardo
Xavier Bernasconi
Christophe Bernaud
Jeremy Berruel
Johanna Bessiere
Jenny Bichsel
Daniele Bigi
Antoine Birot
Robin Bissell
Alfonso Blaas
Brad Blackbourn
Michael Blain
Robert Bloom
Jorge Bobadilla Jr.
Brendan Body
Barthelemy Boirot
Luca Bonatti
Amanda Bone
Daniel Booty
Philip Borg
Stephen Borneman
Chris Bouchard
Maria Bowen
Jamie Bowers
Ron Bowman
Celia Boydell
Gavin Boyle
James Braid
Christian Breitling
Jeanette Browning
Laurie Brugger
Leonardo Bruni
Bertrand Bry-marfaing
Lela Budde
Ross Burgess
Niva Burke
Matthieu Burri
Henry Bush
Andrew Butler
Chris Butler
Unjoo Byars
Darren Byford
Daire Byrne
Melanie Byrne
Jesùs Del Campo
Cyrille Caron
Ronan Carr
Oliver Carroll
Oliver Carroll
Derek Carter
Ferran Casas
Sergio Casas
Andrea Castagnoli
Paul Chandler
Je-ren Chen
Lei Chen
Sylvain Chomet
Po-ming Chu
Terry Claborn
Paul Claessens
Aaron Clark
Jacob Clark
Simon Clarke
Arantxa Claudio
Robert Clotworthy
Justine Codron
Hye Young Coh
Rebecca Coles
Chris Cooper
Georgina Cordova
Tobie Cote
Mike Cottee
David Cowgill
Kat Cressida
Graham Cristie
Casey Crowe
Pilar Cubria
Alexia Cui
James Cunliffe
Uzma Curtis
Wendy Cutler
Giovanni D'alessandro
Rahul Dabholkar
Phil Dale
Luca Damiani
Sean Danischevsky
Martin Davey
Cara Tallulha Davies
Amanda Davison
Joanna Davison
Graham Day
Anshul Dayal
Virginie Degorgue
Sylvain Degrotte
Jorge Del Valle
Cedric Desaintleger
Vincent Devay
Stephane Deverly
Adam Dewhirst
Laura Dias
Kate Dicamillo
Kate Dicamillo
Mathieu Dimuro
Jim Dodd
Peter Dodd
Clym Dodds
Claire Dodgson
Charlie Dodiya
Richard Dolan
Alex Dowding
Robin Atkin Downes
Chris Downs
Alex Doyle
Emanuel Druckmann
Eric Dsouza
Cecile Dubois Herry
Benoit Dubuc
Michael Duffy
Gary Dunn
Gary Dunn
Kacy Durbridge
Hayley Easton
Jedrik Eliasen
Stuart Ellis
Arslan Elver
Nick Epstein
Onias Erb
Valentina Ercolani
Karl Erlandsen
Daniel Evans
Morgan Evans
Matt Everitt
James Farrington
Guy Faulkner
Guy Faulkner
Samy Fecih
Amanda Fernie
Kelly Fischer
David Fish
Michael Ford
Thierry Fournier
Mael Francois
Simon French
Eddie Frierson
Howard Fuller
Christian Furr
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 19, 2008
Released in United States on Video April 7, 2009
Based on the children's book "Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread" written by Kate DiCamillo published by Candlewick Press; September 2003.
Mike Johnson previously attached to direct.
Source material won the 2004 Newbery Medal.
Project will be animated using traditional hand-drawn cells.
Literary Sale Date: 03/08/2004.
Released in United States Winter December 19, 2008
Released in United States on Video April 7, 2009
