Summary
Animated musical fantasy about a scarecrow that saves an orphaned girl from the evil clutches of a maniacal count. Brought to life through magic and love, and aided by his two sidekicks -- a cantankerous mouse and a flying broom -- he's willing to sacrifice everything to win her freedom.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 58
IMDb6.5
Audience score58%
Running time
1 h 21 min
A typical length for animated movies, −8 min on the typical 89
typical 8981Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 19 countries
Released
2000
August 26, 2000
26 years ago
Genre
AnimationLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
and 3 more12 people
- SHShawn HoffmanScarecrow (voice)
- Belinda MontgomeryPolly (voice)
- Ray PorterGrisham (voice)
- CAChristine AlbersMiss Bee Bee (voice)
- Corey FeldmanMax (voice)
- DLDavid LlewellynWooden (voice)
- PMPaul MasonsonCheswick / Gumshoe / Bristles (voice)
- PDPrince DavidsonCooper (voice)
- Scotty LeavenworthFarley (voice)
- CPChelsea ParnellGretchen (voice)
- Jim J. BullockMagistrate (voice)
- Christine LakinThe Maid (voice)
Directing · 2
- Richard Rich Director, Story, Producer
- Brian Nissen Director, Screenplay, Story
Production · 6
- Seldon O. Young Executive Producer
- Jared F. Brown Executive Producer
- Clifford Werber Executive Producer
- Thomas J. Tobin Producer
- Terry L. Noss Producer
- Brett Hayden Production Manager
Editing · 1
- James Koford Supervising Editor
Sound · 1
- Kurt Bestor Original Music Composer
Art · 14
- Larry Scholl Storyboard Artist
- Steve Lumley Storyboard Artist
- Floro Dery Storyboard Artist, Character Designer
- Frank Paur Storyboard Artist
- Rhoydon Shishido Storyboard Artist
- Steven E. Gordon Storyboard Artist, Character Designer, Animation
Visual Effects · 7
- Elena Kravets Character Designer, Animation
- Michael Coppieters Character Designer
- Hae Reem Lee Animation Director
- Bronwen Barry Character Designer
- Patrick Gleeson Animation
- Il Nam Kim Animation Director
Other crew · 1
- Darrell Hammond Additional Dialogue
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