british family oriented animated film picture book produced released vhs universal_studios expensive film produce hand illustrated coloured pencil imitating style book directed previously adapted picture book exceptionally successful family oriented animated film wrote music wrote music script referred animated children opera voices emily won award excellence children television programming book animated film adaptation children picture book written illustrated published won kurt award publishers annually recognised author work imagination children text illustration integrated plot film opens photo album showing baby mother young boy young adult dressed officers uniform vintage car girlfriend wife having kids elderly couple finally baby emily entire theme film celebrates relationship small girl named emily voiced ailing grandfather voiced emily playful innocence contrasted increasing aware longer shares memories adventures days gone memories brought life grandfather tales beginning spring description childhood youth early 20th century influenced story began rain remembering days piano school choir enjoy ballroom dances wife summer emily traveled seaside sea build whilst riding imagine military tattoo whilst emily princess went amusement park went stalls rode flying services autumn emily went fishing imagined catching whale thames london tells emily story knights imagined bed covers reads begins slow begins drop end version emily finally going sleep winter snow settled childhood began friends snow indoors feeling looked emily asked read story book time india riding elephant steal managed recover left intentionally incomplete saying quick anymore seasons past began grow eventually emily left chair old man loyal dog leaves house dog climbs hill travel ghost grandfather childhood joins spirits childhood friends production following success animated christmas film channel_4 commissioned animation studios producer approached composer suggesting picture book blake initially reluctant book ending convinced witnessing daughter reaction grandfather death year film entirely financed channel_4 cost million pounds according broadcast channel new year eve music musical score written composed form miniature opera tales animation sung lead characters children choir winners year piece orchestra london end title song believe performed theme counter melody song released single time reception film won prix international award excellence children television programming film review site rotten_tomatoes called film sensitive life animated adaptation noted turning page children literature performance media book open ended emily ultimately left grandfather death film offers stark interpretation death explored implied remembrance final scene collins suggests probably original offered bleak ending difficult intended child audience film rarely repeated released dvd subject matter review suggest film takes tone ending exploring aspect life rarely approached animated form writing obituary suggests film immediate popular appeal satisfying creatively demanding subtle approach
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