The Secret Garden

She Found the Key to a Secret Garden and Opened the Door to Her Heart

Emmy Awards 1988
Won, Emmy
Outstanding Children's Program
Norman Rosemont (executive producer), Steve Lanning (producer)

Writers Guild of America, USA 1989
Won, WGA Award (TV)
Children's Script

Blanche Hanalis

BASED ON: "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett

RUNTIME:

RELEASED: USA -30 November 1987	AKA: Der Geheime Garten - West Germany El Jardín secreto - Spain Salainen puutarha - Finland
FILMING LOCATION: Highclere Castle, Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK

DIRECTOR: Alan Grint	WRITER: Blanche Hanalis
PRODUCER: Steve Lanning, Norman Rosemont	CINEMATOGRAPHER: Robert Paynter

Cast - in credits order Gennie James ... Mary Lennox Barret Oliver ... Dickon Sowerby Jadrien Steele ... Colin Craven Michael Hordern ... Ben Weatherstaff Billie Whitelaw ... Mrs. Medlock Derek Jacobi ... Archibald Craven Lucy Gutteridge ... Mrs. Lennox Colin Firth ... Adult Colin Craven Julian Glover ... Colonel McGraw Cassie Stuart ... Martha Philip Locke ... Pitcher Karen Archer ... Mrs. Crawford Irina Brook ... Adult Mary David Waller ... Dr. Craven Pat Heywood ... Mrs. Sowerby Carmel McSharry ... Mrs. Gordy Sophie Thursfield ... Betty Tony Selby ... Sergeant Barney Alison Doody ... Lilias Edward Tudor-Pole ... John the Footman Stephen Dillane ... Captain Lennox Dominic Hawksley ... Young Officer	Production Companies Rosemont Productions Limited Viacom Productions Inc. Technical Specifications Color info: Color

MUSIC: Theme From The Secret Garden

Summary: Mary Lennox is a spoiled, willful young girl living in India when her parents die and she's sent to live with a distant family friend in England. The lonely orphan finds the monstrous castle a cold, forbidding place, until she discovers a secret garden that has been locked up since a tragic accident years before. Determined to restore the neglected retreat, she enlists the help of a local boy, Dickon, who has a magic touch with wild creatures, and Colin, the invalid heir to the manor. But the garden is not the only thing being coaxed to life. For just as the seeds they tend with loving care will one day burst into fragrant beauty, so shall their hearts be transformed....and the miracle of love will bloom again.