The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Frank Passingham
Andy Joyce
Deborah Collard
John D Schofield
George Brandt
Richard Goleszowski
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in a world of dark and shadowy tenements, shining high-tech labs and septic landscapes of garbage and ruins, a tiny child is mysteriously born to a couple in the seediest part of town. Tiny Tom is snatched by sinister forces who kill his mother and force him to undergo evil experiments in a lab full of mutant creatures. He narrowly escapes into a world where he finds companionship with people his own size and starts to fight back against the "giants" alongside Jack the Giant Killer. Together, they track down Tom's father. But later, in a dark alley where drunken men congregate, Tom witnesses a violent fight in which his father is beaten to death. The two small friends find themselves alone in the hostile city. They "hi-jack" a giant and make their way to the laboratory, eventually reaching the diabolic Imp Chamber. Bent on destruction, Jack releases the Imp's raging energy, causing a chain reaction that envelopes Tom who is reborn into a world full of light and love... or is it?
Cast
Andy Joyce
Deborah Collard
John D Schofield
George Brandt
Richard Goleszowski
Mike Gifford
Paul Veysey
Dave Alex Riddett
Marie Clifford
Peter Townshend
Frank Passingham
Robert Heath
Brett Lane
Helen Veysey
Tim Hand
Nick Upton
Tim Norfolk
John Beede
Andy Davis
Andy Mccormack
Andrew Bailey
Crew
Jane Adams
Dave Borthwick
Dave Borthwick
Dave Borthwick
Dave Borthwick
Dave Borthwick
Dave Borthwick
Mark Brierly
Chris Dickens
Justin Exley
Tim Farrington
Thierry Garrel
Mike Gifford
Paul Hamblin
Richard Hutchison
John Paul Jones
Andy Kennedy
Beverly Knowlden
Hengameh Panahi
Frank Passingham
Frank Passingham
Frank Passingham
Cathy Price
Colin Rose
Jan Sanger
John D Schofield
Jean Thurlow
Bill Thurston
Lee Wilton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1988
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States April 1994
Released in United States January 13, 1995
Released in United States March 1994
Released in United States November 1993
Released in United States Spring April 13, 1994
Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival April 7-17, 1994.
Shown at London Film Festival November 4-21, 1993.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 4-13, 1994.
Shown at USA Film Festival in Dallas April 21-28, 1994.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 30 - October 16, 1994.
Shown at WorldFest Houston International Film Festival April 15-24, 1994.
Received a Special Jury Citation from the National Film Board of Canada at the 1994 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Broadcast over BBC2 in United Kingdom December 23, 1993.
Released in United States 1988 (Project started as a 10-minute series pilot, screened by the BBC during Christmas 1988.)
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.)
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 30 - October 16, 1994.)
Released in United States January 13, 1995 (Nuart; Los Angeles)
Released in United States March 1994 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 4-13, 1994.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival April 7-17, 1994.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at USA Film Festival in Dallas April 21-28, 1994.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at WorldFest Houston International Film Festival April 15-24, 1994.)
Released in United States Spring April 13, 1994
Released in United States November 1993 (Shown at London Film Festival November 4-21, 1993.)
