Toonhound - Truckers

     "They had always lived in the corners of the world, but
       suddenly there weren't many corners left..."

     Faced with imminent extinction, and guided by a mysterious handheld black
     box, the surviving members of an alien race of small people - Nomes - embark
     upon a quest to find a new home, safe from the unwelcome attentions of us
     destructive humans...

     Terry Pratchett's popular children's book is adapted into a splendid stop-motion
     series by the folk at Cosgrove Hall. Much of the detail and business of TP's work
     is faithfully incorporated. Truckers' design and atmosphere is quite similar to that
     of the Bollex Brothers Secret Adventures Of Tom Thumb, which was released a
     year later, in 1993 - even down to the 'real-life' humans inserted into the animation...

     Masklin & Grimma

     There were plans afoot to adapt all three titles in Terry's Bromeliad Trilogy, but
     the projects were folded when Thames lost their broadcast franchise and,
     consequently, were forced to re-evaluate their relationship with Cosgrove Hall.
     In 1997 Cosgrove Hall adapted two of Terry's Discworld novels into animated
     form. Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music were animated using traditional cel
     techniques (with a smidgen of CGI)...

     In 2001 DreamWorks announced aquisition of screen rights to the Bromeliad
    Trilogy. At one point Truckers was to have been turned into a computer-generated
     feature from Andrew Adamson and Joe Stillman. Adamson co-directed Shrek,
     whilst Stillman was a co-writer on the film. However, things have gone rather
     quiet since news first broke. Still, we live in hope...

       More on Truckers

      TRUCKERS - Character Gallery
       TRUCKERS - Expanded Storyline

        producer:      Jackie Cockle
       exec. prod:    John Hambley
       director:        Jackie Cockle
       writer:           Brian Trueman
                           from Terry Pratchett's novels
       music:          Colin Towns
       voices:         Joe McGann (Masklin)
                          Debra Gillette (Grimma)
                          John Jardine (Old Torrit)
                          Rosalie Williams (Granny Morkie)
                          Edward Kelsley (The Thing)
                          Brian Trueman
                          Jimmy Hibbert

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			Terry Pratchett's Truckers (1992) producers: Cosgrove Hall for Thames TV animation: stop-motion animation episodes: 13 x 11mins

	"They had always lived in the corners of the world, but suddenly there weren't many corners left..." Faced with imminent extinction, and guided by a mysterious handheld black box, the surviving members of an alien race of small people - Nomes - embark upon a quest to find a new home, safe from the unwelcome attentions of us destructive humans... Terry Pratchett's popular children's book is adapted into a splendid stop-motion series by the folk at Cosgrove Hall. Much of the detail and business of TP's work is faithfully incorporated. Truckers' design and atmosphere is quite similar to that of the Bollex Brothers Secret Adventures Of Tom Thumb, which was released a year later, in 1993 - even down to the 'real-life' humans inserted into the animation... There were plans afoot to adapt all three titles in Terry's Bromeliad Trilogy, but the projects were folded when Thames lost their broadcast franchise and, consequently, were forced to re-evaluate their relationship with Cosgrove Hall. In 1997 Cosgrove Hall adapted two of Terry's Discworld novels into animated form. Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music were animated using traditional cel techniques (with a smidgen of CGI)... In 2001 DreamWorks announced aquisition of screen rights to the Bromeliad Trilogy. At one point Truckers was to have been turned into a computer-generated feature from Andrew Adamson and Joe Stillman. Adamson co-directed Shrek, whilst Stillman was a co-writer on the film. However, things have gone rather quiet since news first broke. Still, we live in hope... More on Truckers TRUCKERS - Character Gallery TRUCKERS - Expanded Storyline producer: Jackie Cockle exec. prod: John Hambley director: Jackie Cockle writer: Brian Trueman from Terry Pratchett's novels music: Colin Towns voices: Joe McGann (Masklin) Debra Gillette (Grimma) John Jardine (Old Torrit) Rosalie Williams (Granny Morkie) Edward Kelsley (The Thing) Brian Trueman Jimmy Hibbert On the web Cosgrove Hall Films http://www.chf.co.uk Info here on all the studio's films and series are featured, together with news on the latest happenings and developments at the studio. It loads quickly too!... index » previous » next »

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