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Tom's Midnight Garden

Tom's Midnight Garden

It was a special time... and a special place....

19995.91h 47m

Overview

When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious, he is not allowed to play outside and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden.

Directed by Willard Carroll
Written by Philippa Pearce, Willard Carroll
Produced by Charles Salmon, Adam Shapiro
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Top Cast

Anthony Way

Anthony Way

Tom Long

Nigel Le Vaillant

Nigel Le Vaillant

Thomas Long (Adult)

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Marlene Sidaway

Doris Schuster

Serena Gordon

Serena Gordon

Melody Long

Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi

Aunt Gwen Kitson

James Wilby

James Wilby

Uncle Alan Kitson

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Alfie Lawrence

Harriet Long

Mel Martin

Mel Martin

Alice Long

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Nick Robinson

Peter Long

Liz Smith

Liz Smith

Mrs Willows

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Themes & Keywords

gardenbased on children's bookstriped pyjamas

About Tom's Midnight Garden

Tom's Midnight Garden is a family, mystery, adventure, fantasy film released in 1999 exploring themes of garden, based on children's book, striped pyjamas. Directed by Willard Carroll, it stars Anthony Way, Nigel Le Vaillant, Marlene Sidaway. When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious, he is not allowed to play outside and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden.

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