The Little Vampire (2000)

Director:

Uli Edel

Writers (WGA):

Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (novel)
Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

27 October 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

They're not just best friends. They're blood brothers.

Plot:

A lonely boy becomes best friends with a vampire.

Plot Keywords:

Horror For Kids | Boy Pretending To Be A Vampire | Reverse Footage | Child Vampire | Children

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Jonathan Lipnicki	...	Tony Thompson
Richard E. Grant	...	Frederick Sackville-Bagg
Jim Carter	...	Rookery
Alice Krige	...	Freda Sackville-Bagg
Pamela Gidley	...	Dottie Thompson
Tommy Hinkley	...	Bob Thompson
Anna Popplewell	...	Anna Sackville-Bagg
Dean Cook	...	Gregory Sackville-Bagg
Rollo Weeks	...	Rudolph Sackville-Bagg
John Wood	...	Lord McAshton
Ed Stoppard	...	Von Sackville-Bagg
Jake D'Arcy	...	Farmer McClaughlin
Iain De Caestecker	...	Nigel
Scott Fletcher	...	Flint
Johnny Meres	...	Teacher
Georgie Glen	...	Babysitter Lorna
Elizabeth Berrington	...	Elizabeth McAshton
Harry Jones	...	Caretaker

Directed by
Uli Edel

Writing credits (WGA)
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg		(novel series "The Little Vampire")
Karey Kirkpatrick		(screenplay) &
Larry Wilson		(screenplay)

Produced by
Klaus Bauschulte	....	co-producer
Alexander Buchman	....	executive producer
Richard Claus	....	producer
Carsten H.W. Lorenz	....	co-producer
Daniel Musgrave	....	associate producer
Anthony Waller	....	executive producer
Larry Wilson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nigel Clarke
Michael Csányi-Wills

Cinematography by
Bernd Heinl

Film Editing by
Peter R. Adam

Casting by
Joyce Nettles

Production Design by
Joseph C. Nemec III

Art Direction by
Nick Palmer

Set Decoration by
Jille Azis

Costume Design by
James Acheson

Makeup Department
Katja Reinert-Alexis	....	makeup supervisor (as Katja Reinert)
Leendert Van Nimwegen	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Klaus Bauschulte	....	post-production supervisor
Chris Brouwer	....	production supervisor
Arnold Heslenfeld	....	production supervisor
Chris Wheeldon	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Drew Cain	....	third assistant director: Scotland
Tom Delmar	....	action unit director
Mark Layton	....	first assistant director: second unit
Barrie McCulloch	....	second assistant director
Jan Pester	....	second unit director
Zoe Rohde	....	assistant director
Myrna Selling	....	assistant director
Marc van der Bijl	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Boris Bartholomäus	....	constructor
Boris Bartholomäus	....	sculptor
Klaus Bienen	....	on-set stand-by carpenter
Daniel Birkner-Brzoskowski	....	carpenter
Britta Bogers	....	painter
Alex Boswell	....	props: second unit
Michael Böttger	....	construction manager: Germany
Claudin Brackhagen	....	painter
Reiner Brüggen	....	assistant sculptor
Kevin Farrell	....	illustrator
Kevin Farrell	....	storyboard artist
Matthew Foster	....	props
Wolfgang Gosberg	....	construction coordinator
Bernie Hearn	....	props
Gregor Hees	....	carpenter
Herbert Hees	....	sculptor
Martin Kingsley	....	supervising props
Marc Lorenz	....	carpenter
Adolfo Martínez Pérez	....	storyboard artist
Silke Putz	....	painter
John Rawsthorn	....	chief painter
Lorenzo Sartor	....	carpenter
Britta Sassmannshausen	....	painter
Kirstie Stephenson	....	art department coordinator
Tom Still	....	set designer
Christoph Tang	....	carpenter
Ty Teiger	....	property master
Beni von Alemann	....	construction trainee: Germany
Peter Watson	....	props
Howard Weaver	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Jef Hendrickx	....	assistant sound mixer
Pit Kuhlmann	....	foley editor
Pit Kuhlmann	....	sound effects editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Andreas Musolff	....	sound effects editor
Margit Pfeiffer	....	dialog & adr editor
Yuri Reese	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Roberto van Eijden	....	production sound mixer

Special Effects by
Ernst Gschwind	....	senior technician
Michael Luppino	....	special effects senior technician
Uli Nefzer	....	special effects supervisor
Nigel Nixon	....	computer video playback buyer
Brigitta Peitz	....	special effects producer
Bernd Rautenberg	....	special effects technician
Marcus Schmidt	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Bernd Angerer	....	animation supervisor
Elisabeth Arko	....	technical director
Daniel Brylka	....	Inferno artist
Giuseppe Canamela	....	recording
Cania	....	paint artist
Peter Chesney	....	visual effects supervisor
Kristian Coleman	....	CG animation artist
Peter 'Beak' Cvijanovic	....	Inferno artist
Mira Djovcos	....	assistant to visual effects producer
Rory Fellowes	....	CG animation artist
John Grower	....	visual effects supervisor
Dietrich Hasse	....	character animation
Robert Hoffmeister	....	senior Inferno artist
Alexander Hupperich	....	tracking artist
Juergen Jensch	....	CG animation artist
Michael Kaelin	....	digital artist: SBS
Hans-Joerg Keim	....	texturing artist
Katrin Klaiber	....	compositing supervisor
Cathleen Klein	....	paint artist
Scott Liedtka	....	visual effects technical director
Susa Lie	....	Inferno artist
Patrick Lowery	....	character animator
Sascha Luderer	....	digital compositor
Axel Mähler	....	CG supervisor
Joe Mandia	....	character animator
Marius Mohnssen	....	visual effects producer
Bob Monaghan	....	visual effects
Barbara Oeben	....	digital effects management
Mike Pope	....	digital compositor
Monique Ress	....	lead scanning operator
Sandra Roach	....	flame compositor
Eric Saindon	....	visual effects
Juri Stanossek	....	sequence supervisor
Rainer Stolle	....	senior CG modeler
Petra Stueben	....	paint artist
Dragisa Trifkovic	....	lead painter
Robert Tucker	....	paint artist
Nicholas Waller	....	visual effects
Nina Wels	....	paint artist
Kelly Wilcox	....	CG virtual veterinarian
Matthias Wittmann	....	character animator

Stunts
Jake Delmar	....	stunt double
Max Delmar	....	stunt double
Tom Delmar	....	stunt coordinator
Steve Griffin	....	stunts
Ray Nicholas	....	stunt double
Jörg Romankiewicz	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
John Attwood	....	electrician: Scotland
Valerie Blom	....	best girl
Etienne Braun	....	still photographer
Kenneth Cornils	....	electrician
Kenneth Cornils	....	grip: second unit, Germany
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography
Nino Neuboeck	....	first assistant camera
Jan Pester	....	director of photography: second unit
Derrick Peters	....	clapper loader: Scotland
Micky Reeves	....	gaffer: second unit
Erwin Roodhart	....	gaffer
Mike Satrazemis	....	camera operator
Gary Spratling	....	focus puller: Scotland
Eric Wobma	....	rigging best boy (uncredited)

Animation Department
Bernd Angerer	....	animation supervisor

Casting Department
Suzanne Crowley	....	additional casting
Gilly Poole	....	additional casting
Johanna Ray	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jane Law	....	principal costume maker
Alison Mitchell	....	costume assistant: UK
Martin Mandeville	....	costume buyer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Margit Pfeiffer	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Elena Chouchkova	....	orchestral manager
Nigel Clarke	....	orchestrator
Sally Connolly	....	music supervisor
Daryl Griffith	....	orchestrator
Daryl Griffith	....	score producer
Robin Morrison	....	score producer
Gerry O'Riordan	....	music recording engineer
Robin Page	....	conductor
Margit Pfeiffer	....	music editor
Paul Reeves	....	music coordinator
Erin Scully	....	music executive

Transportation Department
Werner Ahrendt	....	driver
Gary Birmingham	....	transportation coordinator: UK

Other crew
Judith Albers	....	assistant to studio director: Warner Bros. Studios Germany
Abigail Boss	....	nurse: second unit, Scotland
Mira Djovcos	....	assistant to producer
Ewerhard Engels	....	studio director: Warner Bros. Studios Germany
Simone Goodridge	....	assistant: Uli Edel
Rachel Kinnock	....	production coordinator
Joanna Klein	....	office production assistant
Alexander Luzar	....	assistant to assistant director
Laura Mihartescu	....	production secretary
Mark Mostyn	....	location manager
Duncan Muggoch	....	location unit manager
Elke Sasserath	....	production coordinator
Antonio Schmidt	....	studio operation manager: Warner Bros. Studios Germany
Paul van Leeuwen	....	production accountant
Susan Weeks	....	tutor chaperone
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Avrora Media
• Comet Film Produktion GmbH
• Cometstone Productions
• Propaganda Films
• Stonewood Communications

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Communications (Canada)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Cometstone Productions
• Fox-Warner (2000) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (Russia)
• Icon Entertainment International (UK)
• Independent Films (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Manga Films (2000) (Spain) (all media)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2000) (France) (theatrical)
• New Line Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• New Line Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Nexo
• Sherlock Media S.L. (Spain)
• Universal Pictures Video (2001) (Netherlands) (video)
• Warner Bros. (Argentina)
• Warner Bros. (2000) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Die Nefzers
• Digital Renaissance

Other Companies

• Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra  orchestra
• Custom Film Effects  opticals
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• International Stunt Company, The  stunt services
• New Line Records  soundtrack
• Onkel Tuca FilmDecor  set construction
• Sparks Lighting B.V.  lighting crew

Also Known As:

Kleine Vampir, Der (Germany)
Kleine vampier, De (Netherlands)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild peril.

Runtime:

95 min | Spain:91 min

Country:

Germany | Netherlands | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #37513) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Malaysia:18SG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Spain:T | UK:U | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Culross, Fife, Scotland, UK

Company:

Avrora Media

Trivia:

The family name "Sackville-Bagg" in this film is a reference to J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit", as Bilbo and Frodo Baggins are related to the "Sackville Bagginses".

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the initial scene where Tony and Rudolph are searching for the amulet in Tony's room, almost every line has been dubbed over. Their mouths remain closed.

Quotes:

Rudolph Sackville-Bagg: We want to become humans, not eat them for dinner.

Movie Connections:

Version of "The Little Vampire" (1986)

Soundtrack:

Trisch-Trasch Polka

Cute and Witty Magical Fun!

When I first saw the movie, I thought it was the cutest thing. I'm 17 years old and I'm not ashamed to say that I really like this movie. It had a cool plot that made it not so much of a kid movie. And it really shows you can make friends in even the weirdest conditions. Movies like this, allows you to sit back and forget about the stress of everyday and you can let the little kid inside you take over full of imagination and amazement. Really this is an excellent movie who need to escape without really escaping!