George's Marvellous Medicine is a 1997 American animated fantasy film produced by Miramax Animation and based on the 1981 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film follows George Kranky, a boy who lives with his parents on a farm near a village, who, after having enough of his maternal grandmother, makes a magic medicine to replace her old one. When his magic medicine proves to be very effective, George's family offers to sell it to farmers across the world, while George is left to think about the implications of his actions, as if he is granted access to a magical world unlike anything he had ever seen.
The film was released in the United States on April 18, 1997 by Miramax Films under their Miramax Family Films imprint. Upon release, it was met with mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, many of whom praised it for its faithfulness to its source material, animation, humor, John Debney's score, and performances. In addition, the film was a box office hit, making about $392.3 million worldwide, prompting a TV series that ran from September 12, 1998 to 2000 on Toon Disney.
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- Jonathan Lipnicki as George Kranky
- Betty White as George's grandmother
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- Main article: George's Marvellous Medicine/Soundtrack
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George's Marvellous Medicine was first released on VHS and LaserDisc on December 2, 1997. The film was later released on DVD on January 19, 1999 with both full-screen and widescreen versions on one disc, an audio commentary by the filmmakers and a sneak preview at Miramax Animation's next feature film, Savannah Run, among other features. It was later re-released as a Special Edition DVD on April 27, 2004 with new special features on top of what was already available on the previous DVD release. On September 12, 2017, for the film's 20th anniversary, the film was released for the first time on Blu-ray, and contained new special features in addition to most, if not all, of the old special features from the previous DVD releases.
On March 4, 2021, George's Marvellous Medicine, along with other Miramax Animation films, became available on Paramount+.
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- Main article: George's Magical Adventures
A spin-off animated series, simply titled George's Magical Adventures, ran from 1998 to 2000 on Toon Disney. Produced and developed by Miramax Television Animation, the series is set after the events of the film, where George has learned about the magical world, and now visits it daily to meet his magical friends.
Video game[]
A video game based on the film was developed by Traveller's Tales and released by Activision for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows. The game received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, praising it for its atmosphere and soundtrack.
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To see the main transcript of the film, click here.
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