Cinema: Caperucitas, Cappuccettos, LRRHs, Rotkäppchen et al.

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Little Red Riding Hood (1922). Walt Disney, director.

ANIMATED SHORT: "Mother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he eats one, and loses all 9 lives. Mother puts together a basket for Red to take to granny. Red uses her cart, which is pushed by her little dog; the cart gets a flat tire, and she inflates a donut to replace it. A wolf (a human lothario) drives by in a flivver, and dashes off to grandma's house, where he finds a note saying she's gone to the movies. He shrinks his car and stashes it in his pocket, then waits for Red, who stopped to watch a dancing flower. Red arrives, and they go into the house, where he attempts to have his way with her. The dog rushes off and gets help from an airplane pilot, who uses a skyhook to remove the house and, ultimately, lift the wolf in his car and drop him in the lake." (IMDB.com)

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Dizzy Red Riding Hood (1931). Dave Fleischer, director.
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ANIMATED SHORT: A Betty Boop interpretation of Little Red Riding Hood. Betty Boop goes to Grandma's through the woods despite warnings about wolves. Bimbo follows and gives the old story a new twist.

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The Big Bad Wolf (1934). Burt Gillett, director. Walt Disney, producer.
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ANIMATED SHORT: "The two foolish little pigs escort Red Riding Hood on a short cut through the woods, against the advice of their bricklayer brother. When they encounter the wolf, Red runs ahead to granny's house and the pigs run home. The wolf gets to granny's house first and scares her into a closet, then dresses as granny. Alerted by his brothers, the smart pig arrives just as granny has pulled Red into the closet with her and takes care of the wolf with the help of some hot coals and popcorn."(IMDB.com)

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The Trial of Mr. Wolf (1941). Friz Freleng, director.

Cast:
Mel Blanc .... Mr. Wolf (voice)

ANIMATED SHORT: A fractured fairy tale perhaps best remembered for Mel Blanc's vocal appearance. "The Big Bad Wolf, villain of children's stories for years, is on trial for crimes committed against Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. When given a chance to speak in his defense, Mr. Wolf explains the supposed real story behind the fairy tale, in which he is the victim and Red and her grandma are the ones to blame. Will the jury buy his story?" (IMDB.com)

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Red Riding Hood Rides Again (1941). Sid Marcus, director.

ANIMATED SHORT: "This satirical version of "Red Riding Hood" was, especially the ending, very topical when released in 1941, as the US had instituted a draft lottery long before Pearl Harbor (December 7,1941.) The wolf convinces Red he is a police dog and he hastily beats a path to Grandma's house with intentions of making a meal of her. But Grandma's boyfriend shows up and takes her dancing. He then plans on eating Red, but the postman arrives with his draft induction notice." (IMDB.com)

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Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944). Friz Freleng, director.

Cast:
Mel Blanc .... Big Bad Wolf (uncredited)
Ruby Dandridge .... Grandmother (uncredited)

ANIMATED SHORT: "An all-black cast, featuring the Three Bears as a jazz combo, combines the stories of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood." (IMDB.com)

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The Wolf's Pardon (1947). Eddie Donnelly, director.

ANIMATED SHORT: "In the last 10 years, much has changed in the world of Mother Goose. Little Boy Blue is now a hot jazz trumpeter; Little Tommy Tucker is a crooner; Tom Tom the Piper's Son is a cop; and the Big Bad Wolf is about to be paroled. He visits the three little pigs, but they're bigger than him now and run a construction company. Finally, he goes after Little Red Riding Hood; as expected, she's all grown up now, and as he approaches from behind, she's playing the piano, singing beautifully, and looks great until she turns around, wearing glasses, buck teeth, and looking just plain ugly. She's also man crazy, and chases after the wolf, who finally escapes into a soda shoppe where he's smothered with kisses from all the girls there." (IMDB.com)

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Little Red Rodent Hood (1952). Friz Freleng, director.

Cast:
Mel Blanc .... Sylvester (voice)

ANIMATED SHORT: "An elderly mouse tells the bedtime story of Little Red Riding Hood to her grandson, who visualizes the tale in cat-and-mouse terms, with himself as Red and Sylvester as the Big Bad Wolf." (IMDB.com)

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Red Riding Hoodwinked (1955). Friz Freleng, director.
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Cast:
Mel Blanc .... Sylvester (voice)

ANIMATED SHORT: "Red Riding Hood is on her way from the city to the country and to her grandmother's house, and along the way she meets the Big Bad Wolf. Her grandmother is Granny, and she is bringing Tweety Bird to Granny as a gift, which attracts Sylvester's attention. Sylvester and the Big Bad Wolf join forces; he wants to eat Tweety; Big Bad wants to eat Red. But Granny is a match for them both! " (IMDB.com)

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Fractured Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding Hood (1959-60) (TV). In Rocky and Bullwinkle. Jay Ward Productions.
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ANIMATED SHORT: The Fractured Fairy Tales segment became a popular part of the first season of the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (known under various names through the years) that premiered in the fall of 1959. They have remained in syndication ever since. Little Red Riding Hood originally aired in Episode 26 of Season 1.

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The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood (1965) (TV). Sid Smith, director.

Cast:
Liza Minnelli .... Little Red Riding Hood
Cyril Ritchard .... Big Bad Wolf
Vic Damone .... Woodsman

"This revisionist fairy tale is told from the Wolf's point of view. He was minding his business when along came this precocious little girl, Red Riding Hood. "And the nerve of that cowardly woodsman, daring to hint that I was attacking her", the wolf cries. Naturally, the animals of the forest do not believe him." (IMDB.com)

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Rough Riding Hood (1966). Sid Marcus, director.

ANIMATED SHORT: "Woody Woodpecker is reading the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and soon finds himself living the fable when a sobbing Red confronts him, telling him how a mean wolf has been bullying her on her entire trip to Grandma's. Woody plans to get even with the fiendish (and totally stupid) wolf by swapping places with her and going to HIS Grandma's. The wolf stops Woody carrying an apple pie and demands, "Let me have it" (Needless to say, he gets it alright!). Woody then offers the wolf a plum pudding (actually a beehive). The wolf takes a "shortcut" to get to Granny's first but Woody is on to his scheme leading him into several nasty spots (a water geyser, an eagle's nest, and a phone booth which blasts into orbit like a rocket). Woody arrives at Granny's and takes Granny's place finally getting rid of the wolf at last. Alas, when he tells Granny they're rid of that wolf, she angrily tells him, "For thirty years, I've been trying to MARRY that wolf" and gives the woodpecker a good spanking!" (IMDB.com)

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Pro Krasnuyu Shapochku (1977). Leonid Nechayev, director. USSR. USA Title: About the Little Red Riding Hood.

Cast:
Yevgeni Yevstigneyev .... Star Counter
Yana Poplavskaya .... Little Red Riding Hood
Rina Zelyonaya .... Grandma
Vladimir Basov .... Big Wolf

A sequel to the well-known story about a Little Red Riding Hood. This time, a family of a slain wolf decides to avenge his death. So they falsely inform Little Red Riding Hood that her grandma is sick and prepare to eat her on her way.

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Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: Little Red Riding Hood (1983) (TV).
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Cast:
Malcolm McDowell ... Big Bad Wolf
Mary Steenburgen ... Little Red Riding Hood
Frances Bay ... Granny
Diane Ladd ... Mother
Darrell larsen ... Chris
John Vernon ... Father

This television series originally aired on Showtime for six seasons and a total of 27 episodes. To see a full episode list, go to Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre.

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The Company of Wolves (1984). Neil Jordan, director.
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Cast:
Angela Lansbury .... Granny
David Warner .... Father
Graham Crowden .... Old Priest
Brian Glover .... Amorous Boy's father
Kathryn Pogson .... Young Bride
Stephen Rea .... Young Groom

Not for kids! Based on the story by Angela Carter. "This movie is in fact a magical bag full of symbolic folklore about werewolves, or, rather, their sexual connotation. Grandmother Angela Lansbury tells her granddaughter Sarah Patterson strange, disturbing tales about innocent maidens falling in love with handsome, heavily eyebrowed strangers with a smouldering look in their eyes; about sudden disappearances of spouses when the moon is round & the wolves are howling in the woods; about babies found inside stork eggs, in a stork nest high up a tree; etc., etc. Of course the story of Little Red Ridinghood is also present, with a very handsome he-wolf! (And of course this he-wolf consumes Grandmother, but 'consumes' Little Red Ridinghood). All the stories are somehow reducable to loss of innocence, and fear of/hunger for (a newly acquired sense of) sexuality; their Freudian character is mirrored in their dreamlike shapes. This movie is not really a horror movie; it's more a multiple tale about growing up into adolescence." (IMDB.com)

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Cannon Movie Tales: Red Riding Hood (1987). Adam Brooks, director.
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Cast:
Amelia Curtis .... Linet
Amelia Shankley .... Linet
Isabella Rossellini .... Lady Jean
Craig T. Nelson .... Godfrey/Percival

"The high spirited daughter of the village lord and her mother have been living in the forest for seven years near her wise grandmother. They wait for her father to come home, meanwhile, her literally heartless uncle rules. He sells his soul for the aid of an enchanted wolf who turns himself human in order to spy. As the tyranical lord begins to see his niece as a threat, he sends the wolf to deal with her." (IMDB.com) To see a full list of Cannon Movie Tales, go to Cannon Movie Tales.

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Into the Woods (1991) (TV). James Lapine, director.
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Cast:
Bernadette Peters .... The Witch
Chip Zien .... Baker
Joanna Gleason .... Baker's wife
Tom Aldredge .... Narrator/Mysterious Man
Robert Westenberg .... Wolf/Cinderella's Prince
Kim Crosby .... Cinderella
Danielle Ferland .... Little Red Riding Hood
Ben Wright .... Jack
Barbara Bryne .... Jack's mother
Merle Louise .... Grandmother/Cinderella's Mother/Giant
Chuck Wagner .... Rapunzel's Prince
Pamela Winslow .... Rapunzel

FILM OF ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST PRODUCTION: A baker and his wife journey into the woods in search of a cow, a red cape, a pair of golden slippers and some magic beans to lift a curse that has kept them childless. Tony Award winners Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason and the rest of the original Broadway cast weave their magic spell over you in Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, directed by James Lapine, a seamless fusion of fairy tale characters and what happens after "happily ever after." With oft-recorded songs such as "Children Will Listen," "No One is Alone," and "Into the Woods" is a music lover's delight from start to finish--and will forever cement Stephen Sondheim's unparalleled position as the giant of the American musical theater.

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The Trial of Red Riding Hood (1992) (TV). Eric Till, director.

Cast:
Elizabeth Manley .... Red Riding Hood
Andrea Martin .... Grandma
Paul Martini .... The Woodsman

Red Riding Hood is tried for the murder of The Wolf.

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Freeway (1996). Matthew Bright, director.
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Cast:
Kiefer Sutherland .... Bob Wolverton
Reese Witherspoon .... Vanessa Lutz
Wolfgang Bodison .... Detective Mike Breer
Dan Hedaya .... Detective Garnet Wallace
Amanda Plummer .... Ramona Lutz
Brooke Shields .... Mimi Wolverton

Modern, street-savvy Riding Hood. Not for kids!

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Redux Riding Hood (1997). Steve Moore, director.

ANIMATED SHORT: Years after failing to catch Little Red Riding Hood, the obsessed Wolf tries again.

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Little Red Riding Hood (1997). David Kaplan, director.

Cast:
Christina Ricci .... Little Red Riding Hood
Timour Bourtasenkov .... The Wolf
Evelyn Solann .... Grandmother
Quentin Crisp .... Narrator

SHORT FILM: A film short which has made its rounds in the independent film festival circuit. It has also aired on the Sundance Channel. Not for kids!

"This quite short film is a little masterpiece of a fairy tale. There are only three characters. The scene opens with a very sexy-looking wolf stalking Red Riding Hood through the wood on her way to dear Grandma's cottage. By the time she reaches her destination the wolf has already digested Grandma apart from a few entrails which he has reserved in a bowl for little Red Riding Hood. The wolf with lathering lips waits expectantly in bed for the innocent young maiden. "Take off your clothes" he murmurs "Throw them in the fire. You won't be needing them any more". Puzzled she complies and then into bed beside the hairy body. Quentin Crisp's oily voice seems just right for the narration...very persuasive, very sexy. We are held in suspense waiting for the wolf's next move. Poor little Red Riding Hood, we think, she is only a little girl and completely at his mercy. How can she possibly outwit this monster? But this Red Riding Hood, bred and brought up in the country is no simpleton. Her big round eyes have seen many things and she has learnt from Nature. She soon realises that all is not as it seems. The conclusion to the film is as interesting as its beginning and the music selected adds a lovely freshness to the scenes." (IMDB.com)

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Jin-Roh:The Wolf Brigade (1998). Hiroyuki Okiura, director.
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ANIME: Amazon.com description: Written by Mamoru Oshii (the director of the cult favorite Ghost in the Shell) and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura (a key animator on Akira), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade offers a violent but compelling vision in animation. The story is set in a fictionalized version of the recent past, when a repressive Japanese government is battling the Sect, a violent revolutionary organization that uses adolescent girls they call "Red Riding Hoods" as couriers. During a raid, Capitol Police Constable Kazuki Fuse (pronounced "foo-seh," voice by Michael Dobson) balks at killing Nanami Agawa (Maggie Blue O'Hare), one of the Red Riding Hoods. She commits suicide with a powerful bomb. While Fuse undergoes retraining, he meets Nanami's older sister, Kei (Moneca Stori), and initiates an odd romance. Soon both characters are caught in a web of plots and counterplots that center on the possibility that Fuse may be a "wolf," a member of a secret cabal within the Capitol Police. Suitable for ages 18 and up: considerable violence, profanity, and tobacco use.

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The 10th Kingdom (2000) (TV). David Carson and Herbert Wise, directors.
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Cast:
Kimberly Williams .... Virginia Lewis
Scott Cohen .... Wolf
John Larroquette .... Antony 'Tony' Lewis
Dianne Wiest .... The Evil Queen/Christine Lewis
Camryn Manheim .... Snow White
Ann-Margret .... Queen Cinderella

This epic 10-hour miniseries was a ratings bust on television Kimberly Williams is Virginia, a waitress who still lives with her janitor father (John Larroquette) and yearns for something exciting to happen to her. Her wish comes true when she and her father are transported from New York City into the nine kingdoms populated by characters from fairy tales of yore. They team up with a dog who's really a prince--Wendell, grandson of Snow White--changed into canine form by the evil Queen (Dianne Wiest), who plots to usurp Wendell's throne. Father, daughter, and his royal dogness are relentlessly pursued through the nine kingdoms by the Troll King (Ed O'Neill) and his three bumbling and horrible children, and the conflicted Wolf (Scott Cohen), who is allied with the Queen but tames his inner beast and falls in love with Virginia. The 10th Kingdom is a special effects extravaganza. There is indeed, as one character marvels, magic to behold here. But despite the Hallmark brand name and the presence of a grown-up Snow White (Camryn Manheim) and Cinderella (Ann-Margret), bewitched animals, magic mirrors, and trolls, this is not kid's stuff. It can get scary, surprisingly violent, and quite intense; you know, just like real fairy tales.

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Falsehood (2001). Kenneth Lui, director.

Cast:
Anne Welles .... Little Bo Peep
Mark Irvingsen .... The Big Bad Wolf
Marie Noelle Marquis .... Little Red Riding Hood
Erynn Dana Dalton .... Rapunzel
Nancy Hasenmayer .... Grandma
Cathy King .... Cinderella
Stuart Proffitt .... The Hunter
Ariadne Shaffer .... Snow White Charming

SHORT FILM: "Once upon a time, Little Bo Peep lost her sheep and was forced into early retirement. She blamed The Wolf for the slaughter of her sheep and was never allowed to tend sheep ever again. After that traumatic event, Bo Peep eventually grew up and became the best public defense lawyer in the land. Now she faces the most difficult case of her entire career: defending The Wolf in the infamous Red Riding Hood rape trial. Every pig, witch and princess anticipates the outcome of what has turned into the most controversial trial of all time." (IMDB.com)

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Red Riding Hood (2003). Giacomo Cimini, director. Italy/USA.
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Cast:
Kathleen Archebald .... Rose McKenzie
Robert Purvis .... Thomas Hunt
Henry Cavill .... The Hunter
Joey Fatone .... Big Bad Wolf

Not for kids! Horror film with violent scenes and horrible reviews. Only adding here to be complete. Rated R (USA).

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DysEnchanted (2003). Terri Miller, director.

Cast:
Laura Kightlinger .... Cinderella
Sarah Wynter .... Sleeping Beauty
Alexis Bledel .... Goldilocks
Jaime Bergman .... Alice
K.D. Aubert .... Little Red Riding Hood
Shiva Rose McDermott .... Snow White
Amy Pietz .... Clara
Jill Small .... Dorothy
James Belushi .... Doctor (The Shrink)

SHORT FILM: "Storybook characters Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Goldilocks, Alice, Dorothy, and Red Riding Hood are in group therapy dishing and dealing with what comes after "happily ever after." When Clara, a New Jersey divorcee, joins the group, she finds out that while life is no fairy tale, it doesn't mean her dysenchantment has to be terminal." (IMDB.com)

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Red Riding Hood (2004). Randal Kleiser, director. USA.
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Cast:
Andrea Bowen .... Ashley #2
Henry Cavill .... The Hunter
Joey Fatone .... Big Bad Wolf
Steve Fogel .... Shopkeeper
Bob Glouberman .... Scoutmaster
David Kaufman .... Hunter's Dad
Lainie Kazan .... Grandma
Suzanne Kent .... Gypsy Woman
Debi Mazar .... Red's Mom
Ashley Rose Orr .... Ashley #1

MUSICAL: "An adolescent girl, Red, is tasked by her mother with delivering a package to her grandmother who lives deep in the magic Forest. What she doesn't know is that her mission masks an even greater task: to carry on the age old fairy tale legacy and become Red Riding Hood. However, before she can become the legendary maiden in red, Red must overcome her fears to ultimately outwit and defeat the Big, Bad Wolf." Rated PG (USA).

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Hoodwinked (2005). Cory Edwards and Todd Edwards, directors.
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ANIMATION: From the studio: "Everyone knows the story of Little Red Riding Hood . . . or so they think. That’s all about to change because no one has ever seen their favorite fairy tale quite like this -- turned upside-down, inside-out and reinvented as a computer-animated caper comedy that at last reveals the shocking true-crime investigation behind the legend. At last, the full story can be revealed of how Red (ANNE HATHAWAY), Granny (GLENN CLOSE), The Woodsman (JIM BELUSHI) and the Wolf (PATRICK WARBURTON) all came together as criminal suspects in a case that almost HOODWINKED the law. With inventive story telling, spunk and wit, filmmakers Cory & Todd and Tony Leech bring to the screen a story for the young, the young at heart and everyone in between." Rated PG (USA).

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Rotkäppchen: The Blood of Red Riding Hood (2009). Harry Sparks, director. USA.

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HORROR: Not all fairy tales are for children. From director Harry Sparks comes this modern update of a classic fairy tale unlike any you have seen before. Rotkäppchen: The Blood of Red Riding Hood is the story of a German teenage girl named Rose who is brought to America by her mother to stay with her Grandmother. Soon, Rose discovers that she just does not fit in at her new school and retreats into her own fantasy world of her favorite childhood story. Shot on location in Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland and the United States, Rotkäppchen: The Blood of Red Riding Hood is an exciting, suspenseful, erotic fantasy that is sure to keep you entertained. Starring Stefanie Geils, Sativa Verte, Nicole Leigh Vuono, Phil Gibson, Chris O'Brocki, Betty Biehler, Debbie D, and Angelina Leigh.

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