The Glitterball

The Glitterball

Title Card
Directed by Harley Cokliss
Produced by Mark Forstater
Written by Michael Abrams, Howard Thompson, Harley Cokliss
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Alan Hall
Edited by
  • Thomas Schwalm
  • Nick Gaster
Production
company
Release dates
1977 (UK)
Running time
55 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Glitterball is a 1977 British Sci Fi children's film made by Mark Forstater Productions for the Children's Film Foundation.[1][2] It was directed by Harley Cokeliss, credited under his birth name of Harley Cokliss. The film was screened at the 2010 Edinburgh Film Festival as part of a retrospective of 16 "rarely seen" British films made between 1967 and 1979, "rediscovered" after a year of detective work by event staff.[3] In 1979, Methuen Publishing released the children's novel by the same name, written by screenwriters Howard Thompson and Harley Cokliss. ISBN 9780416863406.

Plot

Two boys befriend a stranded alien in the shape of a little silver ball and help it to return home.[4]

Cast

Reception

Des was enchanted, gave it 9.5/10

Awards and nominations

References

  1. "Review: The Glitterball". Time Out. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. Landers Film Reviews. Volume 28: Landers Associates. 1983. p. 109.
  3. Carrell, Severin (1 June 2010). "Edinburgh film festival to screen 'lost and forgotten' British movies. Rarely seen works by Ken Russell, Stephen Frears and Albert Finney among festival retrospective". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  4. Cinefantastique, Volumes 6-7. F. S. Clarke. 1977. p. 35.
  5. "The Glitterball (1977)". The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film and Television. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

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