A Rat's Tale
Brief Synopsis
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An enchanted tale which cronicles the adventures of Monty, Isabella and their alligator friend--all of whom are portrayed by marionettes--as they try to outwit an evil human developer in his attempty to eliminate the rat population from his property. Their adventures take them all over New York, fro
Cast & Crew
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Michael F Huse
Director
Lynsey Bartilson
Voice
Nicholas Benson
Voice
Jackie Recknitz
Lauren Hutton
Ray Guth
Voice
Film Details
Also Known As
Rat's Tale
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Release Date
1998
Distribution Company
LEGACY/LEGACY RELEASING
Location
Canary Islands, Spain; Warner Bros Movie World, Bottrop, Germany; New York City, New York, USA; Duisburg, Germany
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 29m
Synopsis
An enchanted tale which cronicles the adventures of Monty, Isabella and their alligator friend--all of whom are portrayed by marionettes--as they try to outwit an evil human developer in his attempty to eliminate the rat population from his property. Their adventures take them all over New York, from the sewers, to Central Park, to a magical underground city.
Director
Michael F Huse
Director
Cast
Lynsey Bartilson
Voice
Nicholas Benson
Voice
Jackie Recknitz
Lauren Hutton
Ray Guth
Voice
Daamen Krall
Voice
Danny Wells
Voice
Donald Arthur
Voice
Michael Schreiber
Channing Chase
Voice
Scott Weil
Voice
Thermond Pressley
Stefan Frings
Yoshinori Yamamoto
Beverly D'angelo
Andreas Herder
Josef Ostendorf
Eric Meyer
Wally Wingert
Voice
Steffen Wink
Christopher Soldevilla
Voice
Natja Brunckhorst
Daran Norris
Voice
Klaus Herzog
Heinz Dumbgren
Sam Morales
Jerry Stiller
John Moschitta
Voice
Marianne Muellerleile
Voice
Scott Macdonald
Voice
Dee Bradley Baker
Voice
Kati Farkas
Crew
Nastuh Abootalebi
Rerecording
Lothar Ahrensmeier
Welder
Farnaz Moshir Akhbabi
Makeup Artist
Sarah Altmann
Production
Sebastian Alvarez Castro
Production Manager
Don Angst
Best Boy
Tony Arnaud
Dolly Grip
Gulden Artun
Other
Holger Askerlund
Other
Michel Aubin
Assistant
Frank Avanzo
Wardrobe Supervisor
Antony Baldasare
Property Master
Jasmin Bareth
Puppeteer
Max Bauer
Foley Artist
Les Beaver
Other
Andreas Becker
Puppeteer
Rainer Becker
Other
John Bell
Music Arranger
Gerhard Bergfried
Other
William Bernie
Other
Michael Best
Production Assistant
Javier Betrin
Helicopter Pilot
Jurgen Biefang
Visual Effects
Thomas Biehl
Casting
James R Bilz
Effects Assistant
Turan Bingol
Production
Kate Biscoe
Makeup
Karl Heinz Bochnig
Special Effects Supervisor
Maria Bockenhoff
Visual Effects
Reg Boddy
Electrician
John Bolz
Video Assist/Playback
Friedewald Bottcher
Special Thanks To
Bill Bourne
Other
William Bouton
Other
Stefan Branca
Other
Sabine Broder
Production Manager
Helmut Brossmann
Special Thanks To
Neil Brown
Other
Steve Brown
Other
Corinne Bruand
Wardrobe
Edgar Bruck
Visual Effects
Leonard Bruno
Product Placement
David Bryden
Color Timer
Manfred Buettner
Production Manager
Edgar Burbach
Carpenter
Manuela Buthz
Negative Cutting
Martin Buttkus
Visual Effects
Steve Calalang
Assistant Camera Operator
Rose Chatterton
Hair
Dorothee Claes
Wardrobe
Hans Peter Clahsen
Producer
Kenneth Clarke
Other
Rona Conti
Assistant
Ralph Conway
Visual Effects
Colin Corby
Camera Operator
Martin Costa
Soloist
Steven Cuden
Other Writer
George Dean
Other
Rolf M Degener
Line Producer
Berthold Deigentasch
Carpenter
Terry Delsing
Music Editor
Costas Delyani
Product Placement
Louis Digiaimo
Casting Director
Anette Dittel
Other
Kay Domhardt
Photography
Kirsten Dullmann
Visual Effects
Claudia Dumere-manasse
Other
Kara Dusenbury
Production Assistant
Ali Eckert
Visual Effects
Terry Eckert
Grip
Bernd Eckhardt
Carpenter
Andreas Effer
Production
Virginia Ellsworth
Music Editor
Philip Elton
Other
Ute Engel
Visual Effects
Karen E. Etcoff
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Cornelius Everke
Caterer
Joe Facey
Craft Service
Claudius Falkenberg
Production
Michael Fechner
Property Master
Luis Fernandez
Production Assistant
Joe Fesser
Technical Director
Edwin Figueroa
Key Grip
Ralf Fischer
Construction
Patrick J. Foley
Adr Editor
Steve Foster
Gaffer
Andreas Fragel
Boom Operator
Dorothee Freitag
Carpenter
Peter Fuchs
Assistant Engineer
Len Furey
Construction Coordinator
Michael Furstenberg
Visual Effects
Rick Garcia
Production Assistant
Liz Gardner
Assistant
Michael Gardner
Wardrobe Assistant
Wilfreid Geike
Special Thanks To
Nicole Gerhards
Assistant Location Manager
Nicoletta Gerlach
Visual Effects
Frank Germann
Boom Operator
Martin Gessner
Digital Effects Supervisor
Rene Giessen
Soloist
Dena Gittelman
Assistant Director
Adam Gittlin
Production Assistant
Chantal Giuliani
Set Decorator
Hannah Glaser
Other
Druckstudio Gmbh
Special Thanks To
Gabriele Goiczyk
Unit Manager
Frederic Gondot
Music
Sebastian Goy
Dialogue Consultant
Rich Greenberg
Assistant Director
William Griggs
Music Editor
Viola Grimm
Projectionist
Jorg Grimmer
Carpenter
Hairdressing Gronemann's
Special Thanks To
Christian Gross
Welder
Olav Gross
Sound
Chat Gunter
Sound Mixer
Stefan Guntli
Other
Jorg Guntner
Assistant Camera Operator
Katharina Gutter
Assistant
Markus Haas
Production
Michaela Hamacher
Construction Coordinator
Ulrike Hamacher
Assistant Director
Arvid Handgraf
Editor
Rossi Handsley
Key Grip
Alex Hanfstingl
Carpenter
Simone Harmann
Assistant Camera Operator
Alex Hartmann
Electrician
Michael R Hase
Consultant
Oliver Heid
Continuity
Armin Heimerl
Construction Coordinator
Michael Helfrinch
Visual Effects
Christian Hennecke
Video Assist/Playback
Mo Henry
Negative Cutting
Imke Henze
Puppeteer
Alexandra Herbrand
Art Assistant
Thomas Hielscher
Special Effects
Dan Hiland
Rerecording
Andres Hildebrandt
Visual Effects
Anna Hintz
Other
Claudia Hodel
Other
Piet Hohl
Visual Effects
Bjorn Holzhausen
Props Buyer
Sabine Hoppe
Other
Aurelia Hornung
Animal Trainer
Sarah Horton
Art Director
Bastiaan Houtkooper
Camera Operator
Gabriele Hulswitt
Carpenter
Irmgard Huse
Special Thanks To
Stefan Isfort
Props Buyer
James Jacobs
Grip
Jurgen Jansen
Accountant
Zachary Jasie
Production Assistant
Emil Jevtic
Electrician
Maciej Kaniewski
Other
Arno Karbacher
Production
Hans Kautzmann
Puppeteer
Michael Keinath
Foley Mixer
Bobo Keller
Digital Effects Supervisor
Theo Kempermann
Art Department
Daniel Kenney
On-Set Dresser
Eun-young Kim
Costumes
Holger Kist
Production
Andre Klein
Visual Effects
Christa-maria Klein
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Klenk
Assistant
Dirk Klimaschewski
Carpenter
Christian Klopp
Assistant Camera Operator
Dan Kolnik
Assistant Camera Operator
Bernd Komarek
Other
Oliver Konig
Assistant Location Manager
Sascha Koszinowski
Location Manager
Joannis Koukourakis
Production
Dirk Kowitz
Grip
Jurgen Kracht
Carpenter
Doreen Krambeer
Assistant Editor
Martin Kratzheller
Carpenter
Stefan Krausen
Production
Martin Krefft
Production
Peter Kreysler
Assistant
Sascha Krien
Electrician
Tomas Kubovsky
Other
Woitek Kukla
Assistant Art Director
Christian Kunstler
Visual Effects
Mel Kutbay
Foley Artist
Laura Lambert
Art Department Coordinator
Rochelle Renee Langford
Accounting Assistant
Marc Laub
Assistant Editor
Catt Lebaigue
Adr Editor
Christian Lehner
Other
Piotr Lenar
Director Of Photography
Iris Lengauer
Visual Effects
George Leong
Boom Operator
Michael Lerman
Assistant
Ana Lima
Production Coordinator
Richard Lindl
Gaffer
Gerd Lingner
Accountant
Dieter Littmann
Welder
Jason Livingstone
Production Assistant
Larry Loewinger
Sound Mixer
Alesandro Lopez
Production
Film Details
Also Known As
Rat's Tale
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Release Date
1998
Distribution Company
LEGACY/LEGACY RELEASING
Location
Canary Islands, Spain; Warner Bros Movie World, Bottrop, Germany; New York City, New York, USA; Duisburg, Germany
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 29m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Awarded Germany's 1997 Bavarian Film Award.
Limited Release in United States March 20, 1998
Released in United States March 1998
Released in United States Spring March 20, 1998
Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival March 19-29, 1998.
Released in United States March 1998 (Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival March 19-29, 1998.)
Limited Release in United States March 20, 1998
Released in United States Spring March 20, 1998
