{"id":7827,"date":"2018-10-31T07:36:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T11:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7827"},"modified":"2018-10-31T07:36:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T11:36:38","slug":"holiday-movie-season-launches-disneys-nutcracker-four-realms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2018\/10\/holiday-movie-season-launches-disneys-nutcracker-four-realms.html","title":{"rendered":"Holiday movie season launches with Disney&#8217;s &#8220;The Nutcracker and the Four Realms&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the crossroads of faith and media:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS<\/em> opens in theaters<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540985108703_3007\"> this<\/span> Friday, Nov. 2nd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Featurette - Family Traditions (2018) | Movieclips Coming Soon\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ntFTuiVS3s4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Fall On Me (From Disney&#039;s &quot;The Nutcracker And The Four Realms&quot; \/ English Version)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y3x38EQSq-I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540985108703_3105\" class=\"yiv1880019832MsoNormal\"><u id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540985108703_3104\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540985108703_3103\">ABOUT THE MOVIE:<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540985108703_3041\" class=\"yiv1880019832MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1540985108703_3040\">All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key \u2013 a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer\u2019s (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key\u2014which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It\u2019s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara\u2019s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world. Starring Keira Knightley as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Disney\u2019s new holiday feature film \u201cThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms\u201d is directed by Lasse Hallstr\u00f6m and Joe Johnston, and inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann\u2019s classic tale. Rated PG.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the crossroads of faith and media: THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS opens in theaters this Friday, Nov. 2nd. ABOUT THE MOVIE: All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key \u2013 a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift. 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