- The Little Prince (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Little Prince
image_size =
caption =film poster byRichard Amsel
director =Stanley Donen
producer = Stanley Donen
writer =Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Alan Jay Lerner
narrator =
starring =Richard Kiley Steven Warner
music =
cinematography =Christopher Challis
editing = Peter Boita
George Hively
distributor =Paramount Pictures
released =November 7 1974
runtime = 88 mins
country = flagicon|UKUnited Kingdom , flagicon|CanadaCanada , USA
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:29587
imdb_id = 0071762"The Little Prince" is a 1974
musical film with ascreenplay andlyrics byAlan Jay Lerner and music byFrederick Loewe . It proved to be the creative team's penultimate collaboration (they would reunite to write extra songs for a stage-version of "Gigi").Based on the classic book of the same name by
Antoine de Saint-Exupery , thefable tells the story of anaviator forced to make an emergency landing in theSahara Desert . There he is befriended by a young boy fromAsteroid B-612. In the days that follow, the pilot hears about his past and various journeys throughout theSolar System . Not until he reaches Earth does the child learn important life lessons.Directed and produced by
Stanley Donen , the film starredSteven Warner in the title role, withRichard Kiley as the aviator. Additional cast members includedBob Fosse (whochoreographed his own dance sequence),Gene Wilder ,Donna McKechnie ,Joss Ackland , andVictor Spinetti . The desert sequences were filmed on location inTunisia .A
soundtrack album was released byABC Records (which had recently bought Paramount Records). It is available in CD format onDecca Records .ong list
* "I Need Air"
* "Be Happy"
* "I'm on Your Side"
* "You're a Child"
* "Little Prince"
* "I Never Met a Rose"
* "Why is the Desert"
* "A Snake in the Grass"
* "Closer and Closer and Closer"In 1973, Lerner and Loewe recorded the score at the
Palm Springs Desert Museum , with Lerner on vocals and Loewe at the piano. It included "Matters Of Consequence," which was cut from the film. It is one of only a few existing recordings of the duo performing together.The film had Production Design by John Barry (not to be confused with composer John Barry, who later composed a failed musical-adaptation of "
The Little Prince " for Broadway).External links
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* [http://www.bluedalmatian.bluegrasswest.com/blue_dal/public_html/little_prince.htm/ Lerner & Loewe recording]
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