A Gnome Named Gnorm

A Gnome Named Gnorm
Australian DVD cover
Directed byStan Winston
Screenplay byJohn Watson
Pen Densham
Story byPen Densham
Produced byRobert W. Cort
Scott Kroopf
Pen Densham
Richard Lewis
StarringAnthony Michael Hall
Jerry Orbach
CinematographyBojan Bazelli
Edited byMarcus Manton
Music byRichard Gibbs
Production
companies
Trilogy Entertainment Group
Interscope Communications
Lightning Pictures
Distributed byPolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Gnome Named Gnorm (also known in some markets as Upworld) is a 1990 fantasy buddy comedy film directed by Stan Winston and written by Pen Densham and John Watson. The film stars Anthony Michael Hall, Jerry Orbach and Claudia Christian, and is about a Los Angeles police detective who teams up with a gnome to solve a murder.

Plot

Gnorm is just an average gnome who lives underground, but he wants to impress another gnome romantically by doing something heroic. He takes the "lumen", a stone that must be brought to the surface (called "Upworld" by the gnomes) to be exposed to the sun to recharge it. When he gets to the surface, he witnesses a murder and the killer ends up with the lumen. Detective Casey (Hall), who was working a sting operation with the murdered man, is blamed for botching the sting, and the man's death. Wanting to catch the killer to clear his name, he accidentally discovers Gnorm, and they team up.[1]

Cast

Production

The movie was filmed under the title Upworld in 46 days, and was completed in early 1989, except for the ending.[3] The film's writer and supervising producer, John Watson, said he wanted to make something in the vein of E.T. meets 48 Hrs..[3] Director Stan Winston had initially shot the film with a more poignant ending, but said that after screening the film with a live audience he decided to change to a more humorous ending as he felt the tone didn't work with the rest of the film and re-shot the ending to be more humorous in keeping with the tone of the rest of the film.[3]

Release

Due to the bankruptcy of Vestron Pictures, the film wound up in limbo without experiencing a major release.[3] A Gnome Named Gnorm was given a straight-to-video release on April 20, 1994.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Upworld (1990) : Plot Summary". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  2. ^ "Upworld (1990) : Full cast". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  3. ^ a b c d Vandehey, Tim (April 1991). "Upworld". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "Up World (1993)". TCM. Retrieved June 21, 2024.


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