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MirrorMask (2005) -- In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
MirrorMask (2005) -- In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
MirrorMask (2005) -- In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.

Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   9,097 votes
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Director:
Dave McKean
Writers (WGA):
Neil Gaiman (story) &
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Release Date:
28 October 2005 (Canada) more
Tagline:
An extraordinary dream quest to rescue a world out of balance. more
Plot:
In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Labyrinth for the 21st century more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Stephanie Leonidas ... Helena / Anti-Helena

Jason Barry ... Valentine

Rob Brydon ... Morris Campbell / Prime Minister
Gina McKee ... Joanne Campbell / Queen of Light / Queen of Shadows
Dora Bryan ... Aunt Nan

Stephen Fry ... Librarian
Andy Hamilton ... Small Hairy

Simon Harvey ... Sphinx
Lenny Henry ... Cops 1-4

Robert Llewellyn ... Gryphon
Eryl Maynard ... Mrs. Bagwell
Eve Pearce ... Future Fruit Lady

Nik Robson ... Pingo / Bing (as Nik Robinson)
Victoria Williams ... Nurse
Rick Allen ... Man In a Box
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild thematic elements and scary images.
Runtime:
101 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
According to an interview with 'Neil Gaiman', the original computers used to do all of the CG were named after the Beatles (John, Paul, Ringo, George). Later a fifth computer was required, so it was named Yoko. Soon after the fifth computer was introduced, the network crashed and could not be restored properly ("the computers refused to talk to each other"). A new server and computers were purchased and named after The Ramones (Joey, Jonny, DeeDee and Tommy). Gaiman said "I wish I knew more about the history of The Ramones; the computers performed brilliantly, vibrantly and died an untimely - and early - death" more
Quotes:
Valentine: What the hell have you got on your feet? Is that some kind of sick joke? Going around on little rabbit-like animals with every step? That's just... nasty. more
Movie Connections:
References The Princess Bride (1987) more
Soundtrack:
My Waltz for Newk more

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79 out of 118 people found the following comment useful:-
Labyrinth for the 21st century, 29 January 2005
9/10
Author: kerecsen

The audience that showed up for the Sundance premiere of this gem was quite diverse. Some came for Neil Gaiman, some for Dave McKean and the rest for the Jim Henson legacy. Based on my informal polls conducted in waiting list lines around Salt Lake City, everyone got what they wanted.

The visuals -- as you would expect from a move involving Henson's company -- are simply stunning. Most of the movie is blue-screen, which is quite unbelievable for a movie made for a mere $4 million. The human actors blend into the gorgeous painting-like backgrounds (google McKean's art and you will understand that this is quite a feat), and do an outstanding job of interacting with the digital characters.

Only 17 people -- all freshly graduated students -- worked on the animation, but the result looks like 170 professionals did. It should be noted however that Dave McKean spent 18 months in post-production, pretty much 24/7.

The weakest part of the movie is the story. Dave and Neil came up with the outline over 3 days, and worked out the details as they filmed. The end result is a run-of-the-mill Alice in Wonderland rip-off, with some elements from Labyrinth and other familiar children's tales.

I have to give extra credit to Stephanie Leonidas, who does a great job bringing Helena, a girl who ends up lost in the world of her Dali-meets-Picasso-meets-McKean drawings, to life.

I hope this movie will get picked up for theater distribution, because it deserves to be seen on the big-screen. In any case, McKean fans will be happy to hear that a Mirrormask picture book is in the works that will contain the 1700 drawings produced for the movie...

If you get a chance, go see this movie. It should be fun for children of all ages. If it comes to theaters, I will go see it again, and will give it an A again :)

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