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The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet

20041h 33mG

Overview

Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home. A truncated edit of the three-hour miniseries for the home video market.

Directed by Michael Kerrigan
Written by Edith Nesbit, Helen Cresswell
Produced by Giles Ridge
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Top Cast

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Cook

Lesley Dunlop

Lesley Dunlop

Eliza

I

Ivan Berry

Robert

Christopher Biggins

Christopher Biggins

Mr. Tonks

B

Ben Simpson

Cyril

C

Charlotte Chinn

Jane

Jessica Fox

Jessica Fox

Anthea

Jean Alexander

Jean Alexander

Lily

David Suchet

David Suchet

The Phoenix (voice)

Francis Wright

Francis Wright

The Psammead (voice)

Themes & Keywords

literary adaptationfantasybbc

About The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Phoenix and the Carpet is a family, fantasy, adventure film released in 2004 exploring themes of literary adaptation, fantasy, bbc. Directed by Michael Kerrigan, it stars Miriam Margolyes, Lesley Dunlop, Ivan Berry. Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home. A truncated edit of the three-hour miniseries for the home video market.

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