The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

2024•1h 29m•

★7.5(204 ratings)

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Overview

Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison."

Director

Wes Anderson

Writers

Wes Anderson

Watchlist

Main Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)

Dev Patel

Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)

Ben Kingsley

Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)

Richard Ayoade

Dr. Marshall / The Great Yogi / Various (archive footage)

Ralph Fiennes

Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

2024•1h 29m•

★7.5(204 ratings)

ComedyDramaFantasy

Overview

Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison."

Director

Wes Anderson

Writers

Wes Anderson

Watchlist

Main Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Henry Sugar / Max Engelman / Harry (archive footage)

Dev Patel

Dr. Chatterjee / John Winston / Woods (archive footage)

Ben Kingsley

Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)

Richard Ayoade

Dr. Marshall / The Great Yogi / Various (archive footage)

Ralph Fiennes

Roald Dahl / The Policeman / Rat Man (archive footage)

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Wes Anderson
First Assistant Director: Adam Somner

Writing

Short Story: Roald Dahl
Screenplay: Wes Anderson

Production

Producer: Wes Anderson
Producer: Steven M. Rales
Producer: Jeremy Dawson

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Robert D. Yeoman
Director of Photography: Roman Coppola

Editing

Editor: Andrew Weisblum
Editor: Barney Pilling

Art Direction

Production Design: Adam Stockhausen

Did You Know?

The runtime is 89 minutes (1h 29m).

The film was directed by Wes Anderson.

The screenplay was written by Wes Anderson.

Cinematography was handled by Robert D. Yeoman.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt31800329.

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Original Title:

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

Status:

Released

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Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Production Companies:

Indian Paintbrush

American Empirical Pictures

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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Dev Patel

Ben Kingsley

Richard Ayoade

Ralph Fiennes

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

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Benedict Cumberbatch

Dev Patel

Ben Kingsley

Richard Ayoade

Ralph Fiennes

Rupert Friend

Asa Jennings

Eliel Ford

Truman Hanks

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Michael Maggart

Matt Marks

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