The Little Prince is a 1974 American/British science fiction musical film with screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. It became one of the creative team's last collaborations—they would later reunite to write extra songs for a stage version of Gigi.
Directed and produced by Stanley Donen, the film stars Steven Warner in the title role, with Richard Kiley as the aviator. Additional cast members included Bob Fosse (w...
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The Little Prince is a 1974 American/British science fiction musical film with screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. It became one of the creative team's last collaborations—they would later reunite to write extra songs for a stage version of Gigi.
Directed and produced by Stanley Donen, the film stars Steven Warner in the title role, with Richard Kiley as the aviator. Additional cast members included Bob Fosse (who choreographed his own dance sequence), Gene Wilder, Donna McKechnie, Joss Ackland, and Victor Spinetti. The desert sequences were filmed on location in Tunisia.
Based on the 1943 classic book of the same name by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, the fable tells the story of an aviator (Richard Kiley) forced to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert. There he is befriended by a young boy, the Little Prince from Asteroid B-612. In the days that follow, The Pilot hears about his past and various journeys throughout the solar system. As he...
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