The Pagemaster (1994)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Directors:

Pixote Hunt
Joe Johnston

Writers (WGA):

David Kirschner (story) and
David Casci (story) ...

Release Date:

23 November 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

All The Adventure Your Imagination Can Hold.

Plot:

This is the story of a young boy named Richard Tyler, who finds shelter from a storm inside a nearby library...

Plot Keywords:

Library | Book | Young Boy | Treehouse | Escape

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Macaulay Culkin	...	Richard Tyler
Canan J. Howell	...	Neighborhood Kid
Alexis Kirschner	...	Neighborhood Kid
Jessica Kirschner	...	Neighborhood Kid
Guy Mansker	...	Neighborhood Kid
Brandon S. McKay	...	Neighborhood Kid (as Brandon McKay)
Stephen Sheehan	...	Neighborhood Kid
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Alan Tyler
Mel Harris	...	Claire Tyler
Christopher Lloyd	...	Mr. Dewey / The Pagemaster
Patrick Stewart	...	Adventure (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Fantasy (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Horror (voice)
Leonard Nimoy	...	Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (voice)
George Hearn	...	Captain Ahab (voice)

Runtime:

80 min | Argentina:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Philippines:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:K-8 | Germany:6 (w) | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Frank Welker and Leonard Nimoy appear together in this movie. This is the third time they have appeared together, but the only time that Frank does not take over as Nimoy's character.

Goofs:

Continuity: Richard never regains his jacket in the library.

Quotes:

Tom: Give the word, Captain Silver, and I'll show you the color of his insides.
Richard: Red, red, they're red!
Long John Silver: Stow your cutlass, Tom, I want a better look at his outsides first.

Movie Connections:

References The Little Mermaid (1989)

An awesome film for a literary person like me

Like I said (a million times), I was shocked and surprised by the negative reviews I would see on the web, I thought it's a great film with a excellent soundtrack score by the James Horner (An American Tail, Krull, Titanic, Troy, etc), and a wonderful blend of live action and animation and this film became one of my favorite live action/animated films along with Disney's Song of The South (and the new film Enchanted), and Arthur and The Invisibles.

The film starts with 10-year-old Richard Tyler who is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While seeking shelter from a storm in an old library, he is mystically transported into the animated "wonderful and quite unpredictable world of books." I love the main title sequence with the clouds that was awesome! and the mural in the library too.