Franklin and the Green Knight

Franklin and the Green Knight
Directed byJohn van Bruggen
Written byBetty Quan
Based onFranklin the Turtle by Paulette Bourgeois
Brenda Clark
Produced byMerle Anne Ridley
StarringNoah Reid
Elizabeth Saunders (as Elizabeth Brown)
Luca Perlman
Kyle Fairlie
Ali Mukaddam
Olivia Garratt
Shirley Douglas
Kristen Bone
Juan Chioran
Paul Essiembre
Jonathan Wilson
Richard Newman
Ruby Smith-Merovitz
James Rankin
Gary Krawford
Valerie Boyle
Adrian Truss
Elizabeth Hanna
Catherine Disher
Paul Haddad
Jim Jones
Debra McGrath
Annick Obonsawin
Music byRay Parker
Tom Szczesniak
Production
company
Distributed byKaboom! Entertainment
Release date
  • October 17, 2000 (2000-10-17)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Franklin and the Green Knight (also known as Franklin and the Green Knight: The Movie) is a 2000 Canadian animated adventure film. The first Franklin film, Franklin and the Green Knight was released direct-to-video and DVD. The movie follows Franklin setting out to help spring arrive with the help of his friend, Snail.[1] It has since aired on Noggin and Nick Jr. in the United States in 2004, and Canada's Family Channel.[2]

Plot

Franklin Turtle is excited about the coming of spring and the baby his parents will get, but it is still winter. Franklin's mom tells him about the Green Knight to cheer him up when he had brought spring to the kingdom and an idea of how to bring spring himself.

Voice actors

Songs

  • "Brothers and Sisters" by Leah Cudmore, Laura Lynn, Luca Perlman, Noah Reid, Liz Soderberg and Cassandra Vasik
  • "Spring Where Are You?" by Kristen Bone, Leah Cudmore, Laura Lynn, Luca Perlman, Noah Reid, Liz Soderberg and Cassandra Vasik
  • "I Wonder" by Noah Reid and Kristen Bone
  • "Franklin Theme" by Bruce Cockburn (Ending credits)

References

  1. ^ McCormick, Moira (September 16, 2000). "Franklin the Turtle Stars in Direct-to-Video Feature from USA". Billboard. p. 75. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.
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