The Creation

The Creation
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Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Worldvision Home Video
Release date	September 1988
Run time	27:26
Starring	Terry McGovern; Darleen Carr; Rob Paulsen; Tim Curry; Marc Singer; Stephanie Zimbalist; Les Tremayne
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Kay Wright; Lew Saw
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by	Dennis Marks
Director(s)	Don Lusk; Gordon Hunt (voices)
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The Creation is an American animated Christian-themed drama direct-to-video short film, and the eighth installment of The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible direct-to-video series. It was released by Worldvision Home Video in September 1988. It was written by Dennis Marks, directed by Don Lusk, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

The young archaeologists are told the story of how God created the first man and woman who were led astray from following God by listening to the Serpent.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Storyteller	Les Tremayne
Adam	Marc Singer
Moki	Rob Paulsen
Apple merchant	Richard Libertini
Derek	Terry McGovern
Margo	Darleen Carr
Girl #1	Johna Stewart
Seth	David Mendenhall
The Serpent	Tim Curry
Eve	Stephanie Zimbalist
Caliphe	N/A
God (voice only)	Les Tremayne

Locations

Objects

Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Bible (mentioned)

Vehicles

None

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin, Gary William Friedman, and Tom Worrall, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte. The music was edited by Joe Sandusky. The director of music supervision was Joanne Miller.

Crew credits

Executive producers: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Supervising producer: Bruce David Johnson
Producer and animation director: Kay Wright
Supervising director: Ray Patterson
Creative designer: Iwao Takamoto
Storyboard directors: Lew Saw, Kay Wright
Animation casting director: Andrea Romano
Talent coordinator: Kris Zimmerman
Design supervisor: Jack White
Unite head: Flory Dery
Character designers: Flory Dery, Lance Falk, Julie Gimeno, Salene Weatherwax, Donna Zeller
Graphics and titles artist: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
Layout supervisor: Drew Gentle
Key layout artist: Lorraine Andrina
Layout artists: Reedcardwell, Kathleen Castillo, Drew Gentle, Carol Lundberg, Michael O'Mara, Garrett Omoto, Bill Perez, John Perry, William Recinos, Tony Sgroi, Jim Willoughby, Bill Proctor, Lorraine Marue, Jim Hickey, Phil Lewis
Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
Background key artists: Jeff Richards, Jeff Riche, Andy Phillipson, Michael Humphries, Bill Proctor, Jonathan Goley, Bonnie Goodnight
Animation checker and scene planner: Paul B. Strickland
Character color key artist: Alison Leopold
Sound directors: Alvy Dorman, Stan Wetzel
Biblical researcher: Hillary Dunchak
Consultants: Reverend Fulton Lytle, Father Liam Kidney, Rabbi Howard Bogot, Reverend Arthur Brazier
Production assistants: Victoria McCollum, Sandy Benenati, Vicki Casper, Erika Grossbart, Debby Lathrop-Robbins
Computer animation supervisor: Paul B. Strickland
Computer scene planner: Ann Tucker
Computer animation system designers: Marc Levoy, Chris Odgers, Bruce Wallace, Bennett Leeds, Jim Mahoney, John Haskey, [[Computer graphics technical consultant: Doctor Donald Greenberg
Supervising film editor: Larry C. Cowan
Dubbing supervisor: Pat Foley
Sound editors: Michael Bradley, Catherine MacKenzie, David Cowan, Jerry Winicki, Tim Iverson, Michele Iverson
1/4" editor: Kelly Foley
Track readers: Yvonne Palmer, Jim Hearn
Show editor: Gil Iverson
Negative consultant: William E. DeBoer
Post production supervisor: Joed Eaton
Produced in association with: Wang Film Productions Co., Cuckoo's Nest
Technical supervisor: Lynn Hoag
Production supervisor: Bob Marples
Executive in charge of production: Jayne Barbera

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: September 1988 on VHS

Behind the scenes

Errors

How far Derek, Margo, and Moki have gone back in time is unclear, and how they left is also unclear since there is no context given to their time travelling.
The Serpent is Satan, which isn't directly spoken about, just that the serpent through the generations becomes the enemy of man.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- September 1988: Worldvision Home Video releases The Creation on VHS.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland:

References