Abra Cadabra (film)

Abra Cadabra is a 1983 animated comic fantasy Australian film about an optimistic boy and his friends, based loosely on the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.[1] The film was directed and written by Alexander Stitt and stars John Farnham and Jacki Weaver. It is the first ever animated feature film to be made in 3-D.[2] Stitt co-produced the film with Phillip Adams.

Abra Cadabra
Directed byAlexander Stitt
Produced byPhillip Adams
Alexander Stitt
Written byAlexander Stitt
StarringJohn Farnham
Jacki Weaver
Music byPeter Buest
CinematographyVolk Mol
Production
company
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The film was theatrically released in stereoscopic 3D as well as in a regular version.[3]

See also

  • Grendel Grendel Grendel, the first animated feature directed by Alexander Stitt
  • List of animated feature-length films
  • List of 3D films

References

  1. "Abra Cadabra". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995 Ed Scott Murray, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p 2
  3. "Abra Cadabra". Screen Australia. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 9 April 2010.


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