Michael J. Anderson
Hopfrog
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Fool's Fire: Directed by Julie Taymor. With Michael J. Anderson, Mireille Mossé, Tom Hewitt, Paul Kandel. A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jester plots a terrible revenge.
- (132)
- Drama
- Julie Taymor
- 1992
An adaptation on the "American Playhouse" series of a story by Edgar Allen Poe. A dwarf court jester is forced to play the fool to a corpulent King and his rotund ministers. Incorporates a variety of masks and puppets, and includes a short documentary on the process of making puppets.
- Neil Smith, Julie Taymor, Kenneth Van Sickle
- Alexander Kaschock
Fool's Fire (1992 TV Movie) Review this title. 6 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 10/10. Eerie,strange and beautiful adaptation of great Poe story. Grovelhog 12 April 2001. I accidently caught this strange and beautiful tv movie when it first aired in the early 90's, while I was on a ski trip.
Following Hop-frog's physical comedy and a sumptuous banquet, the king's guests wheel in a giant bird cage, containing a young dwarfish woman named Tripetta, as a gift for the king.
May 12, 2018 · Fool’s Fire (1992) A crippled dwarf is forced to become jester to a tyrannical king, but when the king abuses a beautiful dwarf with whom the jester is in love the jester plots a terrible revenge. Director: Julie Taymor. Stars: Michael J. Anderson, Mireille Mossé, Tom Hewitt, Paul Kandel, Reg E. Cathey, Kelly Walters, Thomas Derrah, Patrick ...
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Fool’s Fire is the world where theatre meets cinema. It was inspired by those first masters of film, the Lumiere Brothers, Murnau, and Melies, who not only through necessity but also through the love of a magical medium played with the world of reality by transforming it. —Julie Taymor.
