Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller | |
Director: | Michael Rubbo |
Producer: | Rock Demers |
Starring: | Lucas Evans Anthony Rogers Jill Stanley Andrew Whitehead Paul Popowich Rufus Wainwright |
Music: | Anna McGarrigle Jane McGarrigle Kate McGarrigle |
Cinematography: | Andreas Poulsson |
Editing: | André Corriveau |
Studio: | Les Productions La Fête Inc. Telefilm Canada China Film Group Corporation |
Runtime: | 105 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English |
Budget: | C$3 million[1] |
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller is a 1988 Canadian fantasy adventure film written and directed by Michael Rubbo. It is the seventh in the Tales for All series of children's movies created by Les Productions la Fête.
A young boy, Ralph, and his sister discover a magical ability to travel the world, riding within postage stamps. Complicated by a series of rules, they are soon lost in such far-flung places as Australia and China. Ralph has a stutter, and the film is essentially a coming-of-age story wherein Ralph can speak fluently by the film's end.
The film features one of the first appearances of Rufus Wainwright. Wainwright also provides the song I'm a Runnin and his sister, Martha Wainwright, provides the song "Tommy, Come Back" for the soundtrack.