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Release Date:
23 January 2009 (USA)
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Tagline:
Every story ever written is just waiting to become real.
Plot:
A young girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's hero. full summary | full synopsis
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Helen Mirren Joins “Red”
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Helen Mirren Joins “Red”
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Brendan Fraser | ... | Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart |
 | Sienna Guillory | ... | Resa |
 | Eliza Bennett | ... | Meggie Folchart (as Eliza Hope Bennett) |
 | Richard Strange | ... | Antiquarian Bookshop Owner |
 | Paul Bettany | ... | Dustfinger |
 | Helen Mirren | ... | Elinor Loredan |
 | Matt King | ... | Cockerell |
 | Steve Speirs | ... | Flatnose |
 | Jamie Foreman | ... | Basta |
| Stephen Graham | ... | Fulvio |
| Mirabel O'Keefe | ... | Young Meggie |
 | Andy Serkis | ... | Capricorn |
| John Thomson | ... | Darius |
| Lesley Sharp | ... | Mortola |
 | Tereza Srbova | ... | Rapunzel |
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Rated PG for fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language.
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106 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:PG (certificate #43606) |
Ireland:12A |
Germany:12 |
South Korea:All |
Singapore:PG |
Philippines:G (MTRCB) |
Taiwan:PG-12 |
Netherlands:9 |
Argentina:Atp |
Peru:PT |
South Africa:10V |
Sweden:11 |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Finland:K-11 |
Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) |
France:U |
Portugal:M/12 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Mexico:A |
Iceland:10 |
Australia:PG |
New Zealand:PG |
UK:PG
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Cornelia Funke visited the film's British set several times, to the great joy of director/producer Iain Softley, who was proud of seeing Funke's pleasure at seeing her words come to life.
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Continuity: In the escape sequence, the metal bars that kept Resa behind appear and disappear in between scenes. In a few scenes, she could've easily gone through the gap between the bars.
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[Mo gets ready to send Dustfinger back into his book]
Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart: Hey, don't take this the wrong way, but don't come back, ok?
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Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart: Hey, don't take this the wrong way, but don't come back, ok?
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This was a very enjoyable film; maybe not as exciting and a bit more contrived than I'd been looking forward to, but it was still very enjoyable in the main.
But one thing stood out above any other in this film; and that was: Paul Bettany's performance as Dustfinger.
He was just brilliant, and absolutely stole the film for me. I thought he was a good actor anyway, but the moment he came on I had to stop and think "wow!", and I continued to be impressed throughout the film, as his character development just got more and more interesting. I felt far more sympathy with his character than Brendan Frasers (even though I think he's fantastic!), and I felt that he was the true 'main character' of the film (in the same way as Sam is to Lord of the Rings).
If anyone is unsure about seeing Inkheart, I would suggest that it is a must-see if only for Paul Bettany's absolutely stunning performance; he is intense, emotional, funny, troubled, heroic and just plain brilliant.
Also high praise for Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent, who were very refreshing. I did feel more could have been done with Andy Serkis and Brendan Fraser, they didn't wow me as much as I'd expected.
But overall a very enjoyable film!!