Snow Queen

Snow Queen is a 2002 made-for-television Hallmark Entertainment film directed by David Wu and based on the story "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. The film originally aired on the Hallmark Channel as a two-part miniseries, but has since been released as a full-length film on DVD.
Jim Henson's Creature Shop supplied an animatronic polar bear. Suit performer Dan Payne also played the bear after he was transformed into a human prince.
==Plot==
Set in the present day in the north, the story focuses on Gerda, who lives in a hotel with her father Wolfgang (embittered by the death of his wife Amy years before). Gerda develops a romance with bellboy Kai, but a splinter of ice alters his personality, drawing him inexorably to the destructive Snow Queen. Kai vanishes one night, departing with the mysterious woman, but not without leaving a note asking for help. Asmonths pass, a distraught Gerda is determined to find her love, encountering the Snow Queen's siblings (representing the other three seasons), who each want to detain her. Meanwhile, Kai is trapped in a frozen castle, prevented from leaving until he reconstructs a magic mirror, unable to find an exit, and guarded by an irascible talking polar bear.
==Cast==
* Bridget Fonda as Snow Queen
* Chelsea Hobbs as Gerda
* Jeremy Guilbaut as Kai
* Robert Wisden as Wolfgang
* Jennifer Clement as Spring Witch
* Kira Clavell as Summer Princess
* Suzy Joachim as Autumn Robber
* Wanda Cannon as Minna
* Meghan Black as Robber Girl
* Duncan Fraser as Mayor
* Dan Payne as Polar Bear Puppeteer / Polar Bear Prince
* Richard Coombs as Polar Bear Puppeteer
* Jim Byrnes as Polar Bear (voice)
==Jim Henson's Creature Shop==
*Project supervisor: Jamie Courtier
*Producer: Myf Hopkins
*On set supervisor: Guy Stevens
*Art director: Sharon Smith
*Sculptor: Ian Whittaker
*Animatronic designers: Adrian Parish, Daniel Burnett, Bill Whyte
*Fabrication supervisor: Nikky Lyons
*Fabricators: Daria Gibson, Charlotte Greenwood, Helen Christie, Giselle Grant, Sarah Stammler
*Art finish supervisor: Tacy Kneale 
*Electronics supervisor: Mark Ross
*Mould Shop supervisor: Kenny Wilson
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Category:Creature Shop Movies