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词条 Child of Glass
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Filming

  4. DVD release

  5. References

  6. External links

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| based_on = The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck
| writer = Jim Lawrence
| director = John Erman
| starring = Barbara Barrie
Biff McGuire
Anthony Zerbe
Nina Foch
Katy Kurtzman
Steve Shaw
Olivia Barash
| music = George Duning
| country = United States
| language = English
| executive_producer = Ron Miller
| producer = Jan Williams
Tom Leetch
| editor = Lloyd L. Richardson
| cinematography = William Cronjager
| runtime = 93 minutes
| company = Walt Disney Productions
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| network = NBC
| first_aired = {{Start date|1978|5|14}}
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Child of Glass is a 1978 American made-for-television family-fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and based upon the novel The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck. It originally aired on NBC as part of The Wonderful World of Disney on May 14, 1978. The film was also re-aired sporadically during the early to mid-1980s, often on weekends during the afternoon. The filming locations were in Danville, Kentucky and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Plot

Alexander Armsworth and his family move into an antebellum Louisiana plantation. Alexander's mother and sister fall in love with the mansion and become set on restoring it to its former glory, but Alexander is both frustrated at the amount of chores he is expected to do and unsettled by mysterious, spooky lights he sees around the property. He also meets his new neighbor, Blossom Culp, a superstitious girl raised by her spiritualist grandmother. In spite of Blossom's strange and sometimes annoying ways, she becomes a loyal friend.

One night Alexander sees the mysterious lights once more and follows them into the old barn, where he finds the ghost of a young Creole girl, Inez Dumaine, and her dog. Inez's wicked uncle was Jacques Dumaine, the former owner of the plantation and a notorious pirate. In life, Inez refused to reveal the location of her family's treasure to her uncle, who murdered her and her dog by throwing them down the well in the barn. In revenge, he also cursed her ghost to remain on the property. Inez must be reunited with the "child of glass" in order to be free of the curse and begs Alexander to help her find it. If the "child of glass" is not found before All Saints' Eve (Halloween), Inez will be trapped forever, unable to reunite with the spirits of her parents and forced to reenact her murder every night.

Alexander enlists Blossom and her grandmother to find the "child of glass." In a vision, Alexander sees Inez alive with her mother, who makes her promise to look after her china doll Babette. He also witnesses Jacques Dumaine murder Inez. Waking from the vision, Alexander realizes that the doll Babette must be the "child of glass."

Meanwhile, Alexander's mother fires a disgruntled handyman, Amory Timmons, who swears revenge on the family and attempts to burn down the barn. Alexander witnesses him, and Amory attempts to murder him to silence him. Alexander escapes by jumping down the old well, where he finds Babette. Alexander is rescued from the well by Blossom and his parents, but Amory escapes.

Alexander and Blossom located Inez's family tomb and lay the doll on her grave, freeing her from the curse. However, Amory tracks Alexander and Blossom to the tomb and is on the verge of killing them both when Inez manifests as a terrifying, wailing ghost that scares him into fleeing. Inez thanks Alexander and Blossom for their help before going to her final rest. Before Inez departs forever, the doll rises from the grave and smashes on the floor, revealing that its head is full of diamonds--the long-lost Dumaine treasure that Inez was sworn to protect. Inez has given Alexander the treasure to help his family restore her home.

Cast

  • Barbara Barrie .... Emily Armsworth
  • Biff McGuire .... Joe Armsworth
  • Anthony Zerbe .... Amory Timmons
  • Nina Foch .... Aunt Lavinia Culp
  • Katy Kurtzman .... Blossom Culp
  • Steve Shaw .... Alexander Armsworth
  • Olivia Barash .... Inez Dumaine
  • Denise Nickerson .... Connie Sue Armsworth
  • Jack Rader .... Sheriff Muncey
  • Irene Tedrow .... Miss Merryweather
  • Lilyan Chauvin .... Madame Dumaine
  • David Hurst .... Jacques Dumaine
  • Sue Ann Gilfillan .... Ludee Calhoun

Filming

The film was shot on location in Danville, Kentucky. The graveyard scenes were filmed in Bellevue Cemetery in Dansville, but there was no appropriate tomb for the final scene, therefore one was built in the cemetery. The set remained a popular tourist attraction for years afterwards.

DVD release

Disney released a DVD-on-Demand version of this film as part of their Disney Generations Collection line of DVDs on December 5, 2011.

References

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External links

  • [https://www.amazon.com/Child-Glass-Barbara-Barrie/dp/B0069WB688/ref=pd_cp_mov_1 Child of Glass DVD]
  • {{IMDb title|id=0077325}}
{{John Erman}}

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