The Phoenix And The Carpet Movie

This is the british bbc adaptation of the phoenix and the carpet from 1997.

The phoenix and the carpet movie.

The phoenix the carpet movie dvd details director. The phoenix and the magic carpet is a dated 90s movie with bad child acting and cheesy special effects. Cyril anthea robert jane and the lamb. She wrote 44 books including the railway children 1906 and five children and it 1902.

Stuck in their late grandfather s sir peter ustinov s country cottage with no television anthea laura kamrath robert nick klein and chris timothy hegeman are resigned to a boring week until they find a moldy old carpet and a strange golden egg. Directed by zoran perisic. Embark on marvelous adventures with the phoenix and the carpet. Previously adapted for british television in 1976 edith nesbit s 1904 children s novel the phoenix and the carpet was again brought to the small screen by the bbc beginning november 16 1997.

It is the second in a trilogy of novels that begins with five children and it 1902 and follows the adventures of the same five children. Tonks phillip bird reverend blenkinsop. Their mother buys the children a new carpet to replace one from the nursery that they have destroyed in. This adaptation has an all star cast.

Quite by accident they become the owners of an ancient talking bird the phoenix when it hatches from a magnificent egg after 2 000 years of rest. The phoenix and the carpet is a fantasy novel for children written by e. The book was written by edith nesbit in 1904. Four young children hope for anything to happen and when they become owners of the phoenix their adventure begins.

Jane robert cyril and anthea hope for something to happen and their wish is granted most spectacularly. Nesbit and first published in 1904. With peter ustinov dee wallace timothy hegeman laura kamrath. Despite peter ustinov s best efforts at bringing gravitas to the role of the phoenix his efforts are marred by a phoenix that looks less like a majestic mythological creature and more like a store bought cornish game hen with a chicken puppet head stuck on top.