"The 10th Kingdom" (2000) TV mini-series

Directors:

David Carson
Herbert Wise

Writer (WGA):

Simon Moore (written by)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

27 February 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

The Most Magical Event of the Millennium!

Plot:

A father and daughter are caught in a parallel universe where the great queens Snow White, Cinderella, and Little Red Riding Hood have had their kingdoms fragmented by warring trolls, giants and goblins.

Plot Keywords:

Kingdom | Snow White | Fairy Tale | Magic | Fairy

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Kimberly Williams-Paisley	...	Virginia Lewis (9 episodes, 2000)
Scott Cohen	...	Wolf (9 episodes, 2000)
John Larroquette	...	Tony Lewis (9 episodes, 2000)
Dianne Wiest	...	Evil Queen (9 episodes, 2000)
Daniel Lapaine	...	Prince Wendell (9 episodes, 2000)
Ed O'Neill	...	Relish the Troll King (7 episodes, 2000)
Rutger Hauer	...	Huntsman (6 episodes, 2000)
Dawnn Lewis	...	Blabberwort the Troll (6 episodes, 2000)
Hugh O'Gorman	...	Burly the Troll (6 episodes, 2000)
Jeremiah Birkett	...	Blue Bell the Troll (6 episodes, 2000)
Robert Hardy	...	Chancellor Griswold (6 episodes, 2000)
William Osborne	...	Lord Rupert (6 episodes, 2000)
Edward Jewesbury	...	Old Retainer (6 episodes, 2000)
Warwick Davis	...	Acorn (4 episodes, 2000)

Series Directed by
David Carson		(unknown episodes)
Herbert Wise		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Simon Moore		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Brian Eastman	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Robert Halmi Jr.	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Robert Halmi Sr.	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Simon Moore	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Ted Morley	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Jane Prowse	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Anne Dudley		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Chris Howard		(unknown episodes)
Lawrence Jones		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Andrew McClelland		(unknown episodes)
Chris Wimble		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
James Jones		(unknown episodes)
Sue Jones		(unknown episodes)
Lynn Kressel		(unknown episodes)
Kate Rhodes James		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Julian Fullalove		(unknown episodes)
Rob Hinds		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Steve Carter		(unknown episodes)
Steve Clark		(unknown episodes)
Nigel Evans		(unknown episodes)
Henry Jaworski		(unknown episodes)
Leigh Walker		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Sara Wan		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Jill Taylor		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Suzan Broad	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Stuart Conran	....	prosthetic makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Neill Gorton	....	prosthetics / special makeup effects artist (unknown episodes)
Stevie Hall	....	chief hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Mary Hillman	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Veyatie MacLeod	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Donald McInnes	....	hair dailies (unknown episodes)
Ian Morse	....	special makeup effects artist (unknown episodes)
Steve Painter	....	prosthetics / special makeup effects artist (unknown episodes)
Steven Painter	....	special makeup effects supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Margaret Adams	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Alexis Arnold	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)
Bruce Everett	....	post-production supervisor (unknown episodes)
Stéphane Weibel	....	assistant unit manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Edward Brett	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Jonathan Farmer	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes)
Mark Goddard	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Harvey Harrison	....	second unit director (unknown episodes)
Martin Krauka	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Jeffrey Lazar	....	first assistant director: title sequence (unknown episodes)
Andrew McEwan	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Andreas Meszaros	....	second second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Paul Morris	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Conny Neetenbeek	....	dailies second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Danny Pruett	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes)
Steve Robinson	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Roger Simons	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Nick Dent	....	stand-by art director (9 episodes, 2000)
James Enright	....	modelmaker (9 episodes, 2000)
Thomas Martin	....	supervising carpenter (9 episodes, 2000)
Kenny Palmer	....	props (9 episodes, 2000)
Marshall Aver	....	production buyer (unknown episodes)
Steve Bohan	....	construction manager (unknown episodes)
Paul Booth	....	stand-by art director (unknown episodes)
Guy Bradley	....	junior draughtsman (unknown episodes)
Graham Caulfield	....	drapesmaster (unknown episodes)
Chris Cull	....	props (unknown episodes)
Ron Jeremy Downing	....	stand-by props (unknown episodes)
Paul Duff	....	carpenter (unknown episodes)
Hannah Evans	....	art department assistant (unknown episodes)
Mark Guest	....	dressing props (unknown episodes)
Brian Hampton	....	props storeman (unknown episodes)
Simon McGuire	....	set designer (unknown episodes)
Brian Mitchell	....	stagehand (unknown episodes)
Nick Pelham	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Mike Povey	....	property master (unknown episodes)
Chris Rawlings	....	dressing props (unknown episodes)
Michel Rollant	....	property buyer (unknown episodes)
Annushka Russell	....	art department assistant (unknown episodes)
Dicken Warner	....	thatcher (unknown episodes)
Eddie Wolstencroft	....	painter (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Harry Barnes	....	foley editor (unknown episodes)
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr mixer / foley mixer (unknown episodes)
Rudi Buckle	....	sound (unknown episodes)
John Casali	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer (unknown episodes)
Matthew Gough	....	co-sound mixer / sound assistant (unknown episodes)
Lee Lemont	....	supervising adr editor (unknown episodes)
Gerard Loret	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Jerome McCann	....	sound assistant (unknown episodes)
Mike Prestwood Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Colin Ritchie	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
Steve Schwalbe	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)
Nigel Stone	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
Carl D. Ware	....	additional adr mixer (unknown episodes)
Mike Wood	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Paul Fenn	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Jim Francis	....	special effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
James Francis Jr.	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Mark Howard II	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Paul Hulbert	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Kevin Huse	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Nick P. Phillips	....	effects technician (unknown episodes)
Edward Smith	....	special effects supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Julian Mann	....	digital effects artist (9 episodes, 2000)
Richard Bain	....	digital effects: Double Negative (unknown episodes)
Adrian Banton	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Jim Bowers	....	digital matte painter (unknown episodes)
Richard Briscoe	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Frazer Churchill	....	digital effects: Double Negative (unknown episodes)
Andrew Daffy	....	senior animator (unknown episodes)
Ian Differ	....	visual effects editor (unknown episodes)
Emily Edwards	....	visual effects coordinator: Double Negative (unknown episodes)
Paul J. Franklin	....	senior 3D animator: Double Negative Ltd (unknown episodes)
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative Ltd (unknown episodes)
P.J. Harling	....	visual effects editor (unknown episodes)
Katie Hecker	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Kieron Helsdon	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Rudi Holzapfel	....	senior compositor: Double Negative (unknown episodes)
David Hulin	....	CG animator: Framestore: title sequence (unknown episodes)
Elie Jamaa	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Jesper Kjölsrud	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Steve MacPherson	....	technical operations manager: Double Negative (unknown episodes)
Christian Manz	....	digital effects artist: title sequence (unknown episodes)
Mitch Mitchell	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Paul Norris	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Joe Pavlo	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Sarah Soulsby	....	digital effects artist: for Double Negative (unknown episodes)
Jelena Stojanovic	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Leigh Took	....	visual effects artist (unknown episodes)
Derek Wentworth	....	3D animator (unknown episodes)
Arthur Windus	....	visual effects producer (unknown episodes)
Michelle Wraight	....	modeler (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Shelly Benison	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Dani Biernat	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tracey Caudle	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steve Griffin	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tony Smart	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Blake Sporne	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Marc Atherfold	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Chris Bailey	....	electrician: second unit (unknown episodes)
Darren Bailey	....	remote camera technician (unknown episodes)
Jon Best	....	gaffer (unknown episodes)
Ian Buckley	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Bob Cooke	....	clapper loader (unknown episodes)
Nic Cupac	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Paul Donachie	....	focus puller (unknown episodes)
Jonathan Earp	....	focus puller (unknown episodes)
Paul Edwards	....	Steadicam operator (unknown episodes)
Mike Evans	....	focus puller: second unit (unknown episodes)
Paul Harris	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
David Holliday	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Stuart Howell	....	Steadicam operator (unknown episodes)
Ed Jones	....	clapper loader (unknown episodes)
Mark Jury	....	camera trainee (unknown episodes)
Bill Kaye	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Danny Lee	....	clapper loader (unknown episodes)
Simon Mills	....	focus puller (unknown episodes)
Terence Montague	....	gaffer (unknown episodes)
Dean Morrish	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Ron Nicholls	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Barney Piercy	....	focus puller: "c" camera (unknown episodes)
Darren Quinn	....	grip: second unit (unknown episodes)
Steve Scammell	....	clapper loader (unknown episodes)
Andrew Speller	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
David Taylor	....	best boy (unknown episodes)
Oliver Upton	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Colin Vinton	....	best boy (unknown episodes)
David Weller	....	rigger (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Sue Jones	....	casting: UK (unknown episodes)
Lynn Kressel	....	casting: USA (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yves Barre	....	costume design assistant (unknown episodes)
Giles Gale	....	wardrobe assistant (unknown episodes)
Anita Lad	....	wardrobe assistant (unknown episodes)
Charlotte Sewell	....	costume design assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Cherry Brewer	....	post-production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Ian Differ	....	first assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Justin Eely	....	on-line editor (unknown episodes)
P.J. Harling	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Steve Pang	....	second assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Ross Porter-Ward	....	trainee assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Luke Rainey	....	color timer (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Martin Bell	....	music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Jean-Marc Dupuy	....	assistant to transportation captain (2 episodes, 2000)
Brian Baverstock	....	transportation captain (unknown episodes)
Jimmy Carruthers	....	facility driver (unknown episodes)
Willie Fonfe	....	transportation manager (unknown episodes)
Brian Hathaway	....	transportation coordinator (unknown episodes)
Walter Ludwig	....	driver: Mr. Ted Morley (unknown episodes)
Billy Turner	....	unit driver (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Kate D. Lewis	....	casting department runner (9 episodes, 2000)
Alison Bage	....	nurse (unknown episodes)
John Beharrell	....	production accountant (unknown episodes)
Penelope Beharrell	....	assistant production accountant (unknown episodes)
Andrew Cooke	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Fliss Coombs	....	publicist (unknown episodes)
Judith Edwards	....	unit nurse (unknown episodes)
Jenny Elliott	....	production secretary (unknown episodes)
Christian Henson	....	drum programmer (unknown episodes)
Jonathan Hook	....	key assistant location manager (unknown episodes)
Pauline Hume	....	graphic artist: titles (unknown episodes)
Jennifer Lambert	....	unit nurse (unknown episodes)
Amanda Lean	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Tess Malone	....	script supervisor: second unit (unknown episodes)
Simon McNair Scott	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Angus More Gordon	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Grégoire Mouveau	....	assistant location manager (unknown episodes)
Daniel Pothecary	....	runner (unknown episodes)
Gill Raddings	....	animal trainer (unknown episodes)
Holger Schott	....	assistant location manager: Austria (unknown episodes)
Diane Shorthouse	....	stand-in: Kimberly Williams (unknown episodes)
John Udall	....	accounting assistant (unknown episodes)
Faye Villalba	....	production coordinator: France (unknown episodes)
Timothy Webber	....	director: title sequence (unknown episodes)
Joseph Zolfo	....	location manager: New York (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Babelsberg Film und Fernsehen
• Carnival Films
• Hallmark Entertainment
• NBC Studios
• Production Line

Distributors

• Hallmark Entertainment (2000) (worldwide) (all media)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2000) (USA) (TV)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2000) (Canada) (DVD)
• Artisan Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Family Home Entertainment (FHE) (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Hallmark Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Double Negative
• Snow Business International (snow effects)
• Special Effects GB

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  extras casting
• Anvil Post Production  foley recording

Also Known As:

Das 10te Königreich (Germany) (DVD title)
Das zehnte Königreich (Germany)
The Tenth Kingdom (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

417 min | 45 min (9 episodes) | 85 min (5 episodes) (original version)

Country:

UK | Germany | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as Dolby Surround)

Certification:

Spain:T | USA:Not Rated (DVD rating) | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alice Holt Forest, Hampshire, England, UK

Company:

Babelsberg Film und Fernsehen

Trivia:

The 4th Kingdom is clearly based on Germany, from several details including: its central location on the map of the kingdoms (which was based on a map of Europe), its large size, and the proposition that it be divided into quarters to be run by the Council of the Nine Kingdoms (akin to Germany's division by the Allies after WWII)

Goofs:

Continuity: The handwriting, when the dog adds Tony Lewis' name to the work detail, changes between shots.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Virginia: [voice over] My name is Virginia... And I live on the edge of the forest.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Strongbad_email.exe: Disc Five (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Night Fever

Happily ever after is back!

The 10th Kingdom was much better than I had expected, and I had high hopes going into it! It was a visual delight with fantastic effects and locations. I couldn't wait for each installment. Scott Cohen did a fantastic job as the over-the-top Wolf. I was routing for Wolf and Virginia from their first meeting. Dianne Wiest makes a potentially one dimensional character come to life. Kimberly Williams and John Larroquette shine! The trolls are delightful and disgusting at once, particularly Ed O'Neill. The movie reminded me of all of the fairy tales I heard growing up. I was eagerly awaiting the addition of each new well-known character. Camryn Manheim as Snow White was a surprise, but she did a wonderful job. Happily ever after may not have lasted as long as Prince Wendell wanted, but its definitely back with the 10th Kingdom!