The Magic Pudding

The Magic Pudding is a 2001 Australian animated movie based on the story of the same name by Norman Lindsay.
==Plot==
In the South Pole in the year 1957, Bill Barnacle and his crew are cruising across the waters when their ship crashes. The crew run out of food and are starving and their evil shipmate Buncle wants to eat Sam (The first mate). However they discover a magic pudding called Albert that can talk, change flavour on request, lasts forever and demands that they continue to eat him. The crew are divided over the pudding but two of them resolve to protect and look after it. Ten years later in 1967 a young koala named Bunyip Bluegum discovers that he is not an orphan and sets out on a quest to find his parents, Meg and Tom Bluegum. The old crew and the koala paths cross on the road when Bunyip stumbles into the middle of an attempt by thieves to steal the everlasting pudding from Bill and his first mate Sam.
==Cast==
Actor 	Role
John Cleese 	Albert the Magic Pudding
Geoffrey Rush 	Bunyip Bluegum
Hugo Weaving 	Bill Barnacle
Sam Neill 	Sam Sawnoff
Jack Thompson 	Buncle
Toni Collette 	Meg Bluegum
Roy Billing 	Tom Bluegum
Greg Carroll 	Watkin Wombat
Dave Gibson 	PossumUncle Wattleberry
Mary Coustas 	Ginger
John Laws 	Rumpus Bumpus
Sandy Gore 	Frog on the Log
Michael Veitch	Bandicoot
Peter Gwynne 	Benjamin Brandysnap
Martin Vaughan	Parrot
Gerry Connolly	Dobson Dorking
Robyn Moore 	Henrietta Hedgehog
==Release==
The film was first released in Australia on 26 January 2001.
The VHS tape and DVD were released in Australia in June 2001.
It was then released in New Zealand four months later after the Australian release on 9 April 2001.
A re-release of the DVD was released in Australia in 2013.
==Reception & accolades==
The Magic Pudding received mixed reviews. Although there's no approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes yet, the Audience Score is currently 54%.
Award 	Category 	Subject 	Result
AACTA Awards(2001 AFI Awards)	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Harry Cripps 	
AACTA Awards(2001 AFI Awards)	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Greg Haddrick 	
AACTA Awards(2001 AFI Awards)	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Simon Hopkinson	
AACTA Awards(2001 AFI Awards)	Best Sound 	Julius Chan 	
AACTA Awards(2001 AFI Awards)	Best Sound 	Liam Egan 	
AACTA Awards(2001 AFI Awards)	Best Sound 	Dave Eggins 	
AACTA Awards(2001 AFI Awards)	Best Sound 	Les Fiddess 	
AACTA Awards(2001 AFI Awards)	Best Sound 	Phil Judd 	
FCCA Award 	Best Screenplay - Adapted	Harry Cripps 	
FCCA Award 	Best Screenplay - Adapted	Greg Haddrick 	
FCCA Award 	Best Screenplay - Adapted	Simon Hopkinson	
==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack was recorded by the Marionette Theatre of Australia and released in the next year after the movie on 14 July 2001.
==Video games==
* The Magic Pudding Adventure - The same month when the movie was released, an interactive game called "The Magic Pudding Adventure" was released with video highlights from the movie and 5 re-playable activities including Sink or Swim also released on DVD.
==References==
==External links==
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Category:2000 animated films
Category:Australian films
Category:Australian animated films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films set in Australia
Category:Films set in 1957
Category:Films set in 1967
Category:2001 animated films
Category:2001 films
Category:Films starring Sam Neill
Category:Films starring Geoffrey Rush
Category:Films starring Hugo Weaving
Category:Films starring Jack Thompson
Category:Films starring Toni Collette
Category:Films starring John Cleese
Category:Rated G