A Land of Broken Dishes

A Land of Broken Dishes is a 1984 Irish-French animated film produced by Stant Productions and Paul Grimault Productions and is distributed by Embassy Pictures in the UK/Ireland and Gaumont Film Company in France.
the project was announced following the success of 1973's The Before Earth and shall take nine years to make an animated feature. after the project was finished in 1983, it was released a year later.
==Cast==
*Original French Version (France 1984)
**Richard Darbois as Broken Bowl
**Roger Carel as Broken Plate
**Georges Aminel as Broken Cup
**Claude Bertrand as Fork
**Marcel Bozzuffi as Spoon
**Odile Versois as Vorta
*Original English Version (UK/Ireland 1984)
**Richard Briers as Broken Bowl
**John Hurt as Broken Plate
**Christopher Lee as Broken Cup
**Bernard Hepton as Fork
**Jeff Bridges as Spoon
**Julie Dawn Cole as Vorta
*Edited English Version (USA 1990)
**Michael J. Fox as Broken Bowl
**Matthew Broderick as Broken Plate
**Christopher Lee as Broken Cup
**Nathan Lane as Fork
**Steve Zahn as Spoon
**Julie Dawn Cole as Vorta
==Release==
in 1984 the film was released in the UK, Ireland and France. a year later, it was released on home video in Europe by Embassy Home Entertainment.
in February 1990, the film was released in North America by Judy Garland Pictures. Judy Garland Home Video released the film on VHS and Laserdisc four months later.
in 1997, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment released A Land of Broken Dishes on DVD Worldwide.
in 2001, A Land of Broken Dishes was released on DVD again by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released A Land of Broken Dishes on DVD in the USA in 2004, but was made from poor pan and scan video masters due to the RCA sound in the film still being used.
in 2009, DHX Home Entertainment released A Land of Broken Dishes on DVD and Blu-ray with a Quality of High Definition Picture and 10.2 surround sound.
==Songs==
there are songs in the new local groups.
*Hello Friends - Stant Chorus - Length: 3:00
*Take Over the World - Julie Dawn Cole - Length: 2:27
*Dishes Are Fun - Richard Briers (UK), Michael J. Fox (USA) - Length: 1:45
*Fork Police - Bernard Hepton (UK), Nathan Lane (USA) - Length: 3:13
*Hello Friends (reprise) - Stant Chorus - Length: 1:15
*One Moment in Time - Whitney Houston - Length: 5:27 (End Credits in the USA version only)
Category:Irish films
Category:Irish animated films
Category:French films
Category:French animated films
Category:Stant Studios films