Nutcracker Sweeties (1997)

Nutcracker Sweeties is Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington’s big band take on the Tchaikovsky classic—The Nutcracker as you've never seen or heard it before! It portrays Broadway and America in the 1940s: full of humor, irony, commentary, swing, and blues. The cast, dressed in an array of glamorous Jasper Conran costumes, includes pom-pom girls, drum majorettes, sailors, GIs and Candy Kane. David Bintley’s choreography is a catwalk of jazz styles. With its eye-catching clothes and flashing neon sets, Nutcracker Sweeties is imaginative, funny and visually irresistible.

Nutcracker Sweeties is a 1997 movie. Genres: Music. Directed by Peter Mumford. Main cast: David Bintley, Monica Zamora, Silvia Jimenez, Reiko Miura, Nao Sakuma. Runtime: 35 minutes. Its average rating is 7.0 out of 10, from 1 votes.