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The demise of troubled publisher Brash Entertainment almost kept "The Tale of Despereaux" videogame off shelves, a fate averted by a last minute deal with Atari. For players, this is a mixed bag.
UNIVERSALDespereaux is voiced by Matthew Broderick in "The Tale of Despereaux." The Tale of Despereaux (G) Universal (94 min.) Directed by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen. With the voices of ...
The question “Are you a man or a mouse?” gets a whole new meaning in “The Tale of Despereaux,” an animated feature about rodents. The movie is about other things, too: bravery, class ...
In making the leap to the big screen from Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Medal-winning 2003 novel, “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread ...
Kate DiCamillo's novel "The Tale of Despereaux" won the 2004 Newberry Medal, an award given for children's literature. Jeffrey Brown speaks with DiCamillo about her award-winning novel.
"The Tale of Despereaux" talks a good game. It talks and talks and talks. This fairy tale cartoon, based on Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal-winning novel, makes for a cluttered, static film with ...
There’s a startling moment in the thoroughly charming musical adaptation “The Tale of Despereaux” when a dad rats out his own son. Startling, in part, because they are mice.But th… ...
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A ship rat named Roscuro (voiced by Dustin Hoffman) accidentally causes the death of the Queen of Dor when he falls into her soup. The king, heartbroken, outlaws the annual Soup Festival, banishes ...
Photo Credit: The cast of The Tale of Despereaux, book, music, and lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co., based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo July 6 - August 11, 2019 at The Old Globe.
In making the leap to the big screen from Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Medal-winning 2003 novel, “The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread ...