Inkheart (2008)

Director:

Iain Softley

Writers (WGA):

David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay)
Cornelia Funke (novel)

Release Date:

23 January 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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.

Plot Keywords:

Book | Escape | Villain | Disappearance | Fire Eater

Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	Mo
Sienna Guillory	...	Resa
Eliza Bennett	...	Meggie (as Eliza Hope Bennett)
Richard Strange	...	Bookshop Proprietor
Paul Bettany	...	Dustfinger
Helen Mirren	...	Elinor
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
Rafi Gavron	...	Farid
Jennifer Connelly	...	Roxanne
Jim Broadbent	...	Fenoglio
Roger Allam	...	Narrator (voice)
Matthew Bower	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Rod Buchanan	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer (as Rod Buchannen)
Terry Cavanagh	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Tara Donelly	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Faith Erde	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Clayton Fussell	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Anna Gamester	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Pippa Gebette	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Keeran Greener	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Jessica Grist	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Eloise Horwood	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
James Horwood	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Gow Hunter	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Alice Jackson	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Ceri Jerome	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Alec Mann	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Jamie Meek	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Cassie Newby	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Helen Soraya	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer
Paul Kasey	...	Minotaur
Marnix Van Den Broeke	...	The Shadow
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Argenti	...	Cop's Wife (uncredited)
Stephen Armourae	...	Medieval Lord (uncredited)
Jessie Cave	...	Water Nymph (uncredited)
Clive Dancey	...	Black Jacket (uncredited)
Adrian Gas	...	Masquerade Ball Dancer (uncredited)
Maurice D. Hunt	...	Guard (uncredited)
Michael Lindall	...	Recruit (uncredited)
Chuen Tsou	...	Black Jacket (uncredited)

Directed by
Iain Softley

Writing credits (WGA)
David Lindsay-Abaire		(screenplay)
Cornelia Funke		(novel)

Produced by
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Cornelia Funke	....	producer
Ute Leonhardt	....	line producer: Italy
Andrew Licht	....	executive producer (as Andy Licht)
Ileen Maisel	....	executive producer
Mark Ordesky	....	executive producer
Diana Pokorny	....	producer
Iain Softley	....	producer

Original Music by
Javier Navarrete

Cinematography by
Roger Pratt		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Martin Walsh

Casting by
Daniel Hubbard
John Hubbard

Production Design by
John Beard

Art Direction by
Rod McLean
Stuart Rose

Set Decoration by
Niamh Coulter

Costume Design by
Verity Hawkes

Makeup Department
Nicola Buck	....	crowd makeup artist
Rebecca Downey	....	hair trainee
Rebecca Downey	....	makeup trainee
Mandy Gold	....	crowd makeup artist
Jon Henry Gordon	....	hair stylist
Jo Grover	....	crowd makeup artist
Shaune Harrison	....	prosthetic makeup supplier
Joe Hopker	....	makeup artist
Susan Howard	....	hair stylist
Susan Howard	....	makeup artist
Laura Lilley	....	hair trainee
Laura Lilley	....	makeup trainee
Chris Lyons	....	special effects teeth
Veronica McAleer	....	hair designer: Mr. Bettany (as Veronica Brebner)
Veronica McAleer	....	makeup designer: Mr. Bettany (as Veronica Brebner)
Danny Rogers	....	special makeup designer
Simon Rose	....	special effects makeup designer
Aileen Seaton	....	hair stylist: Mr. Fraser
Aileen Seaton	....	makeup artist: Mr. Fraser
Jenny Shircore	....	hair designer
Jenny Shircore	....	makeup designer
Dawn Stewart	....	trainee makeup artist
Henrik Svensson	....	creature effects painter
Henrik Svensson	....	lead prosthetic painter
Julia Vernon	....	chief hair stylist: crowd
Julia Vernon	....	chief makeup artist: crowd
Carla Vicenzino	....	hair coordinator: Italy
Carla Vicenzino	....	makeup coordinator: Italy
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou	....	hair stylist: Mr. Bettany (as Lizzie Georgiou)
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou	....	makeup artist: Mr. Bettany (as Lizzie Georgiou)
Claire Folkard	....	creature effects painter (uncredited)

Production Management
Jeanette Haley	....	post-production supervisor
Erik Holmberg	....	executive in charge of production
Massimo Iacobis	....	production manager
Robin Melville	....	production manager: second unit
Angus More Gordon	....	unit production manager
Sara Romilly	....	post-production supervisor
Elisabetta Tomasso	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jeremy Angel	....	additional third assistant director
William Booker	....	first assistant director: second unit
Chris Burgess	....	third assistant director: additional photography
Inti Carboni	....	first assistant director: Italy
Glen Carroll	....	assistant director: additional photography
Chloe Chesterton	....	co-second assistant director
Chloe Chesterton	....	first assistant director: third unit
David Daniels	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Lucy Egerton	....	third assistant director: second unit
Fraser Fennell-Ball	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Micky Finch	....	first assistant director: model unit
Tommy Gormley	....	first assistant director
Richard Graysmark	....	second assistant director: second unit
Stewart Hamilton	....	third assistant director: third unit
Dan John	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Mark Layton	....	second assistant director
Nicola Marzano	....	second second assistant director: Italy
Carolyn Milner	....	second assistant director: crowd
Edoardo Petti	....	second assistant director: Italy
Samar Pollitt	....	additional second assistant director: second unit
Lisa Radin	....	additional third assistant director
Gwyn Sannia	....	additional second second assistant director
Gwyn Sannia	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Alan Stewart	....	second unit director

Art Department
Emiliano Achilli	....	carpenter: Italy
Joe Alley	....	carpenter
Fabienne Arzul	....	assistant set dresser
Ornella Baraldo	....	assistant set dresser
Graham Barford	....	carpenter
Sara Batho	....	graphic artist
Roberto Benetti	....	stand-by propman: Italy
Matteo Bertelli	....	draughtsman
Francesca Birri	....	construction coordinator
Steve Bohan	....	construction manager
Thomas Brown	....	assistant art director
Tim Browning	....	draughtsman
Dan Burke	....	graphic artist
Julian Caldow	....	concept illustrator
Sasha Cappabianca	....	painter: Italy
Dimitri Capuani	....	art director: Italy
Tristan Carlisle-Kitz	....	storeman
Jane Clark	....	storyboard artist
Dean Coldham	....	supervising plasterer
James Collins	....	junior draughtsman
Stephen Conway	....	stand-by props
Adam Crosby	....	painter
Ben Crosby	....	painter
Gary Crosby	....	head painter
Chris Cull	....	property master
Giancarlo Di Fusco	....	painter
Peter Duffy	....	carpenter (as Peter Duffey)
Trevor Eve	....	painter
Andrea Faini	....	art director: Italy
Biagio Fersini	....	draughtsman
Carmelo Filici	....	sculptor
Gavin Gordon	....	supervising carpenter
Rohan Harris	....	scenic artist
Douglas Ingram	....	storyboard artist
Glauco Isidori	....	stand-by painter
Ben Johnson	....	dressing props
Roberto Laurenzi	....	construction manager: Italy
Gary Martin	....	dressing props
Thomas Martin	....	supervising carpenter
Wolfgang Osterholzer	....	carpenter
Pietro Petri	....	carpenter: Italy
Sandra Phillips	....	junior draughtsman
Adrian Platt	....	dressing props
David Quirke	....	painter
Domenico Reordino	....	head painter: Italy
Vito Riccardi	....	painter: Italy
Simon Riley	....	stand-by props
Tom Roberts	....	stand-by prop: second unit
Danny Rogers	....	graphic designer
Rosie Rose	....	set decorating assistant
Danilo Rossiello	....	greensman
Gianni Russo	....	carpenter: Italy
Cosmo Sarson	....	art department artist
Gabriel Schucan	....	storyboard artist
Linda Segala	....	sculptor
Monica Sironi	....	assistant art director
Anna Skrein	....	art department coordinator
Zoe Smith	....	assistant set decorator
Tom Still	....	assistant art director
Anthony Szuch	....	drapes master
Rebecca Thomas	....	art department assistant
Lloyd Vincent	....	stand-by propman: second unit
Norman Walshe	....	concept artist
Mark Weston	....	carpenter
Ian Whiteford	....	greensman
Julie Whorlow	....	painter
Lee Wiseman	....	props
David Youngs	....	carpenter
Barbara Ancarani	....	set dressing coordinator (uncredited)
Blake Maslin	....	greens (uncredited)

Sound Department
Nick Adams	....	supervising sound editor
Jeremy Adamson	....	dialogue editor
Mark Appleby	....	adr recordist
John Lewis Aschenbrenner	....	boom operator: second unit (as John Lewis)
Gordon Brown	....	foley editor
John Casali	....	sound mixer: second unit
Tim Cavagin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jenna Dalla Riva	....	sound recordist
Gary Dodkin	....	boom operator
Samir Foco	....	sound effects editor
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Guy Francoeur	....	foley artist
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Brooke Graeff	....	foley assistant
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Chris Murphy	....	assistant sound
Gemma Nicholson	....	conform editor
Jon Olive	....	sound designer
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Brian Seagrave	....	audio post-conform
Steve Single	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Stephenson	....	sound recordist
Kevin Tayler	....	adr recordist
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Don White	....	foley recording mixer
Paul Wrightson	....	adr editor
Rachael Tate	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Matthew G. Armstrong	....	special effects technician: dailies
Caimin Bourne	....	special effects technician
Paige Chaytor	....	special effects buyer
Ryan Conder	....	special effects technician
Ian Corbould	....	special effects floor supervisor
Jamie Corbould	....	special effects trainee
Paul Corbould	....	special effects supervisor
Stefano Corridori	....	special effects technician: Italy
Luca Ferrato	....	special effects assistant
Neill Gorton	....	animatronic creature designer
Peter Hawkins	....	creature effects crew
Gustav Hoegen	....	key animatronic designer
Ian Lowe	....	senior special effects technician
Roger Mann	....	special effects technician
Matthew O'Toole	....	creature effects
Martin Rezard	....	special effects on set supervisor
Nigel Sinclair	....	special effects crew
David Watkins	....	special effects supervisor: re-shoots
Keith Wilson	....	creature effects crew
Gareth Wingrove	....	special effects senior technician

Visual Effects by
Dalia Al-Husseini	....	digital effects artist: Double Negative
Louie Alexander	....	digital compositor: Framestore-CFC
Stella Ampatzi	....	visual effects artist: Peerless
Oliver Armstrong	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Graeme Baitz	....	roto lead: Rainmaker
Ben Baker	....	head of digital lab: Framestore CFC
Matthew Baker	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore-CFC
Dave Bannister	....	digital compositor
Bruno Baron	....	technical director
Judy Barr	....	digital compositor
Sam Bassett	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Pete Bebb	....	previs lead
Susanne Becker	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Nick Bedford	....	digital effects coordinator: Peerless Camera Company
Steven Begg	....	digital matte artist
Stephen Bennett	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
James Benson	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Lizzie Bentley	....	digital matte painter
Petter Bergmark	....	modeler: Double Negative
Angus Bickerton	....	visual effects supervisor
Paul Birkett	....	lead rotoscope artist: Cinesite
Zachary Bloom	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
Turea Blyth	....	visual effects editorial: Framestore
Martin Body	....	lead rotoscope artist
Jim Bowers	....	digital matte painter
Gavin Boyle	....	previs artist
Tom Bracht	....	character technical director: Double Negative
Andre Braithwaite	....	modeller
Clare Brody	....	data operator - framestore
Steve Brooke Smith	....	visual effects director of photography
Paul Burke	....	scanning and recording: Framestore
Andy Burrow	....	scanning & recording manager
Dave Calub	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore
Kevin Campbell	....	technical manager
Francesca Canducci	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore-CFC
Paul Charisse	....	pre-viz animator
Tim Chauncey	....	visual effects artist
Lee Chidwick	....	visual effects coordinator
Andy Chopping	....	photographer
Jeff Clifford	....	research and development: Double Negative
Debra Coleman	....	digital compositor
Richard Collis	....	digital artist
Ryan Cook	....	visual effects supervisor: Double Negative
Ian Copeland	....	digital compositor
Craig Crane	....	previz artist: Double Negative
Edward L. Dark	....	additional data wrangler
Edward L. Dark	....	assistant camera: Vista Vision
Edward L. Dark	....	visual effects assistant
Jerome Dewhurst	....	di engineer
John Paul Docherty	....	visual effects supervisor: Peerless
Crystal Dowd	....	visual effects producer
Clare Johanna Downie	....	post-production assistant: Peerless
Ditch Doy	....	head of CG: Peerless
Markus Drayss	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Nick Drew	....	visual effects production manager: Rainmaker UK
Paul Ducker	....	digital effects artist
Liana Dunleavy	....	scanning & recording
Louis Dunlevy	....	digital effects artist
Thomas Dyg	....	digital compositor
Bronwyn Edwards	....	digital compositor
Richard Edwards	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Will Elsdale	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Jared Embley	....	tracker/matchmover
James D. Etherington	....	digital compositor
James D. Etherington	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Gerald Feather	....	matchmove artist
Laura Fitzpatrick	....	administrator: Peerless
Julian Foddy	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Matt Foster	....	roto/prep artist: Cinesite
Mike Foyle	....	digital paint & rotoscope artist
John J. Galloway	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Juan Jesús García	....	senior matte artist: Cinesite
Adam Gascoyne	....	visual effects supervisor: Rainmaker UK
Sally Goldberg	....	CG supervisor: Rainmaker UK
Dianne Gordon	....	data operations manager: Cinesite
Gavin Graham	....	cg supervisor: Double Negative
Elizabeth Gray	....	visual effects animator: Double Negative
Pawel Grochola	....	visual effects artist
Crystal Hadcroft	....	rotoscope artist: Peerless
Ed Hall	....	digital effects coordinator: Peerless Camera Company
Adam Hammond	....	lead render wrangler: Double Negative
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative
Mick Harper	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Jonathan Harris	....	digital compositor
Peter Hart	....	lead matchmove artist
Karsten Hecker	....	film mastering engineer: Framestore CFC
Sarah Hemsley	....	visual effects producer: The Senate VFX: The Senate VFX
Sandro Henriques	....	digital compositor: cinesite
Afif Heukeshoven	....	lead matchmove artist
David Hewitt	....	model maker
Richard Higham	....	visual effects supervisor: The Senate VFX: The Senate VFX
Pete Howlett	....	digital compositor
Florian Hu	....	technical director
Jack Hughes	....	digital compositor
Jack Hughes	....	matchmove technician
Simon Hughes	....	lead digital compositor: Rainmaker UK
Michael Hull	....	character animator: Double Negative
Claire Inglis	....	digital compositor
Zave Jackson	....	compositing supervisor: Cinesite
Oliver James	....	research and development: double negative
Kristine-Joeann Jasper	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Yan Jennings	....	film mastering engineer
Helen Judd	....	visual effects coordinator
Andrew Kingston	....	systems administrator
Diane Kingston	....	digital effects producer: Peerless
Duncan Kinnaird	....	in-house visual effects artist
Dean Koonjul	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker UK
Matthew Leach	....	studio assistant
Patrick Ledda	....	lead technical director: Peerless
Adrian Lee	....	data operative/render wrangler: Cinesite
Duncan Lees	....	head of 3D services: Plowman Craven and Associates
Fabio Leporelli	....	senior technical director: lighting
Luke Letkey	....	digital compositor
Sean Lewkiw	....	CG technical head: Rainmaker UK
Amy Lloyd	....	matchmover
Sarah Lockwood	....	digital compositor
James Long	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Kevin Lowery	....	film mastering engineer
David Lowry	....	animator
Matthias Lowry	....	visual effects
Hugh Macdonald	....	senior digital compositor: Rainmaker
Veronica Marcano	....	scanning and recording operator: Framestore
Fay McConkey	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Jason McDonald	....	animation supervisor
Naveen Medaram	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Gurel Mehmet	....	concept artist: Double Negative
Craig Mepham	....	previs artist
Thomas Middleton	....	rotoscope artist: Cinesite
Neil Miller	....	lead matte painter: double Negative
Warren J. Mills	....	visual effects coordinator
Dele Momoh	....	visual effects artist: Double Negative
Steven Moore	....	modeler: Double Negative
Fernanda Moreno	....	cg artist: Double Negative
Gary Morton	....	model construction manager
Eoin Murphy	....	visual effects artist
Thomas Müller	....	visual effects artist: Peerless
Stuart Nelhams	....	visual effects editor: Double Negative
Guy Nesfield	....	rotoscope artist
Nick New	....	technical director
Sam Nixon	....	senior matchmove artist
Marcus Nordenstam	....	r&d supervisor
Clare Norman	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Sarah Norton	....	digital compositor
Collette Nunes	....	visual effects editor: Rainmaker UK
Roma O'Connor	....	visual effects executive producer: Rainmaker UK
Martin Ofori	....	digital compositor
Peter Olliff	....	visual effects editor: Double Negative
Jonathan Opgenhaffen	....	lead cgi artist
Jonathan Opgenhaffen	....	matte painter
Graham Page	....	digital compositor
Sona Pak	....	visual effects line producer: Double Negative
Anna Panton	....	producer: Rainmaker UK
Alexandra Papavramides	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Puja Parikh	....	tracking artist
Stephane Paris	....	modeling supervisor: Cinesite
Nawaz Parker	....	data operator
Venetia Penna	....	rotoscope artist
Ed Plant	....	in-house visual effects artist
Thomas Power	....	model maker
Tim Pruce	....	digital compositor: Peerless
John Purdie	....	roto/prep
Simon Pynn	....	matchmove artist: double negative
Andrew Quinn	....	digital effects artist
Paul Raeburn	....	lead compositor
Lee Rankin	....	scanning and recording: Framestore CFC
James Reed	....	scanning and recording
Julia Reinhard	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Gareth Repton	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Gareth Repton	....	digital compositor
Tom Richardson	....	matchmover: Double Negative
Paul Riddle	....	visual effects supervisor: Double Negative
Michael Ridgwell	....	digital artist
Becky Roberts	....	rotoscope and matchmove coordinator
Gavin Round	....	assistant digital intermediate coordinator: Framestore-CFC
Adam Rowland	....	digital compositor
James Russell	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Juan-Luis Sanchez	....	digital effects artist
Tiago Santos	....	digital artist
Jimmy Saul	....	scanning and recording
Markus Schneider	....	digital compositor
Sam Schwier	....	matchmover: Double Negative
Matthew Shaw	....	digital compositor
Drew Shields	....	senior matchmove artist: Rainmaker
Asa Shoul	....	digital colourist
David Sjodin	....	digital compositor
Tim Sotiri	....	visual effects artist: Glassworks
Marianne Speight	....	digital effects producer: Peerless Camera Company
Mark Spevick	....	senior visual effects artist
Christoph Sprenger	....	research and development technical director: Double Negative
Nick Stanley	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore
Richard Stay	....	compositor: Double Negative
Christopher Sweet	....	studio assistant: Double Negative
John Swinnerton	....	senior compositor: Peerless Camera Company
Jonathan Sykes	....	production support (as Jon Sykes)
Bridget M. Taylor	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Emeline Tedder	....	compositor
Odean Thompson	....	digital paint artist: restoration: Framestore
Simon Tingell	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: Double Negative
Jamie Tremelling	....	visual effects artist: Peerless
Lazar Trenchev	....	roto artist
Nicola Valsamakis	....	administration: peerless camera company
Mauricio Villamil	....	matchmover
Paul Vorsman	....	compositor: Cinesite
Andreas Vrhovsek	....	effects technical director: Double Negative
Victor Wade	....	digital compositor
Andrew Walton	....	assistant visual effects editor
Karen Wand	....	compositor
Thomas Ward	....	character animation supervisor: Double Negative
Imery Watson	....	concept artist: Double Negative
Thom Wickes	....	render/data wrangler: Cinesite
Pat Wong	....	lead senior compositor
Annabel Wright	....	conform editor
Aviv Yaron	....	2D technical director: Cinesite
Trevor Young	....	digital compositor
Anton Yri	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Anton Yri	....	digital compositor
Patrick Zentis	....	matte painter: Double Negative
Kevin Ahern	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)
Gary Coulter	....	previs artist: Fuzzygoat Ltd (uncredited)
Caroline Garrett	....	previs artist: Fuzzygoat Ltd (uncredited)
Ian Holland	....	rotoscope artist: Peerless Camera Company (uncredited)
Taz Lodder	....	technical support: Double Negative (uncredited)
Sarah Marchant	....	Inferno compositing artist (uncredited)
Goran Petrushevski	....	rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Miso Ristov	....	matchmove artist (uncredited)
Alexander Williams	....	visual development: Cinesite (uncredited)

Stunts
Tom Aitken	....	stunt double
Andy Bradshaw	....	stunt double
Michael Byrch	....	stunts
Nick Chopping	....	stunt performer
Ben Cooke	....	stunt double: Andy Serkis
George Cottle	....	stunt performer
Aldonio Danny Freitas	....	stunt performer
Kelly Dent	....	stunts
Ben Dimmock	....	stunt double
Levan Doran	....	stunt performer
Rick English	....	stunt performer
Bradley Farmer	....	stunt double: Jamie Foreman
Sarah Franzl	....	stunts
David Garrick	....	stunt double
David Holmes	....	utility stunts
Rob Inch	....	stunt double
Rowley Irlam	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Paul Kulik	....	stunt double: Andy Serkis
Mike Lambert	....	stunts
Maurice Lee	....	stunts
Marc Mailley	....	stunt performer
Kim McGarrity	....	stunts
Peter Miles	....	stunts
Jamie Millington	....	stunts
Mark Mottram	....	stunts
James O'Donnell	....	stunt performer
Peter Pedrero	....	stunts
Heather Phillips	....	stunts
Chris Pollard	....	stunt performer
Greg Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Gemma Powley	....	stunt double: Meggie Double
Gordon Seed	....	stunts
C.C. Smiff	....	stunts (as CC Smiff)
Alisha Smith	....	stunt double: Eliza Bennett
Matthew Stirling	....	stunts
Roy Taylor	....	stunt performer
Phillip Whiteman	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
John Adefarasin	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Marc Atherfold	....	additional first assistant camera
Paul Bond	....	director of photography: Gwin unit
Dave Brennan	....	electrician
Bob Bridges	....	video assist coordinator
Stuart Bridges	....	video assist operator: Italy
Pete Cavaciuti	....	Steadicam operator
Pete Cavaciuti	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Chris Clarke	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Murray Close	....	still photographer
Adam Dorney	....	camera trainee: Gwin unit
Andy Edridge	....	grip: "b" camera, second unit
Tobias Eedy	....	additional focus puller: second unit
Danny Espey	....	electrician
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer
Stephen Finch	....	best boy rigging
Neil Flaherty	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, Gwin unit
Guy Frost	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, Gwin unit
Mark Gardiner	....	vistavision camera operator
Brian Greenway	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Darren Holland	....	rigging grip
Darren Howton	....	practical electrician
Lewis Hume	....	second assistant camera
Simon Hume	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Stuart Hurley	....	electrician
Sacha Jones	....	assistant camera
Lizzie Kelly	....	video assist operator: Gwin unit
Paul Kelly	....	electrician
Wayne King	....	electrician: Gwin unit
Joe Knight	....	electrician
Clive Mackey	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Tobias Marshall	....	additional loader: second unit
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
Richard Merrell	....	electrician
Jamie Mills	....	electrician
Scott Parker	....	rigging electrician
Steve Petrie	....	video assistant
Tim Phillips	....	camera loader
Darren Piercy	....	crane operator
Jay Ralph	....	video assist trainee
Nick Ray	....	grip: second unit
Sam Renton	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Shirley Schumacher	....	assistant camera
Richard B. Shean	....	playback operator
Philip Sindall	....	camera operator: "c" camera
David Sinfield	....	gaffer: second unit
Ian Sinfield	....	electrician
Paul Snell	....	camera trainee: second unit
Alan Stewart	....	director of photography: second unit
Iain Struthers	....	focus puller: "a" camera, second unit
Carsten Thoms	....	balloon light technician
Colin Townsend	....	electrician
Taylor Tulip-Close	....	assistant still photographer
Shawn White	....	gaffer: model unit
Ben Wilson	....	camera operator: second unit

Animation Department
Ina Hurst	....	scene tracking

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Dearbhaile O'Hanlon	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mauricio Carneiro	....	costume breakdown artist
Paul Colford	....	costume assistant (set costumer)
Lee Croucher	....	costume daily
Angela Egan	....	costume assistant
Charlotte Finlay	....	costume supervisor
Nicola Foy	....	costume maker
Caroline Hickman	....	costume trainee
Tom Hornsby	....	costume assistant: dailies
Andrew Hunt	....	costume assistant
Anna Lombardi	....	assistant costume designer: Italy
Marcus Love-McGuirk	....	key assistant costume designer
Harriet Lyons	....	costume assistant
Faith Thomas	....	costume assistant
Emma Walker	....	costume dyer
Emma Walker	....	key costume breakdown artist

Editorial Department
Siobhan Boyes	....	post-production coordinator
Alison Carter	....	assistant editor
Jo Dixon	....	assistant editor
Mike Morrison	....	digital intermediate producer: Framestore CFC
Matthew Tucker	....	first assistant editor
James Walsh	....	editorial trainee

Music Department
John Barrett	....	assistant score mixing engineer
Ruth Barrett	....	music editor
Lee Blaylock	....	music clearances
Michael Connell	....	supervising music editor
Nicholas Dodd	....	conductor
Nicholas Dodd	....	orchestrator
Sara Durante	....	music assistant
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Ben Parry	....	choir director
Kirsty Whalley	....	assistant to composer
Jonathan Williams	....	musician: solo cello
Chris Clad	....	violin (uncredited)
Matthew Slater	....	assistant music preparation (uncredited)
Luc Suarez	....	midi programmer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Daniele Abeille	....	transportation coordinator
Bob Beaton	....	driver
Martin Birmingham	....	driver: iain softley
Alan Canty	....	driver: Paul Bettany
Ian Clarke	....	picture vehicle technician
Stuart Johnson	....	driver: water bowser
Pete Newman	....	unit driver
Terry Rhys	....	driver
Massimiliano Rocchetti	....	transportation captain
Giorgio Santomaso	....	driver
Sean Thornton	....	picture vehicle coordinator
Paul Whybra	....	driver
Mickey Davie	....	vehicle technician (uncredited)

Other crew
Andrea Alunni	....	location manager: Italy
Gianluca Apa	....	production assistant: Rome
Nathalie Baldascini	....	assistant production coordinator: Italy
Katrina Barton	....	assistant script supervisor
Tatiana Basili	....	assistant extras coordinator
Dana Belcastro	....	production executive
Stefano Biraghi	....	location manager: Italy
Sam Blackmore	....	additional floor runner: second unit
Milena Bono	....	location manager
Rebecca Booth	....	assistant: Mr. Fraser
Giovanni Bossetti	....	production assistant
Caroline Bowker	....	assistant script supervisor: dailies
Emma Brazier	....	assistant accountant: Italy
Sarah Brook	....	assistant accountant
Tom Browne	....	daily runner
Massimo Cardajoli	....	armorer
Carmela Compagnone	....	assistant production accountant: Italy
Ruth Coulter	....	runner
Simon Crook	....	location manager
Maurizio Cusano	....	extras coordinator
Lara dall'Antonia	....	production coordinator: Italy
Andrew Dalmahoy	....	location scout: UK
Bill Darby	....	location manager: UK
Teresa Darby	....	location manager: UK
Edward L. Dark	....	production assistant
Emma Davie	....	unit publicist
Brad Davis	....	production accountant: Italy unit
Federica Durigon	....	set production assistant
Terry Edinger	....	production accountant
Dave Evans	....	armorer
Alice Filippi	....	set production assistant
Tom Forbes	....	assistant: Ms. Pokorny (as Thomas Forbes)
Hannah Godwin	....	travel coordinator
Emma Grace	....	directors apprentice
Guillaume Granger	....	animal trainer
Matthew Grant	....	production assistant
Jess Green	....	accounting assistant
Leo Haidar	....	legal counsel
Paul Harris	....	choreographer
Oliver Hazell	....	floor runner
Lisa Heathcote	....	food stylist
Charles Howes	....	tutor
Natalie Hume	....	assistant: Mr. Softley (as Natalie Howe)
Non Jones	....	assistant accountant
Federico Lagna	....	production assistant
Matthew Lee	....	assistant production coordinator
Hannah Lonergan	....	stand-in for meggie (eliza hope bennett )
Matthew Luscombe	....	laboratory technician
Hayley Lyon	....	assistant accountant
Duncan Manning	....	chef
Sharon Mansfield	....	script supervisor: second unit
Julie McDonnell	....	stand-in: Roxanne
Robin Melville	....	location manager
Wendy Millyard	....	assistant to producer
Wendy Millyard	....	publicity assistant
Nata More	....	assistant: Helen Mirren
Nata More	....	set production assistant
Steve Morphew	....	stand-in: Andy Serkis
Clarissa Newman	....	production coordinator
Ruth Nicol	....	unit nurse
Jae-sung Oh	....	set production assistant: second unit
Carla Maria Perrina	....	accounting payroll clerk
Patrizia Pierucci	....	assistant payroll accountant
Andrea Piria	....	production accountant: Italy
Valerio Pizzonia	....	set production assistant: Italy
Sascha Robey	....	armorer
Alessandro Ruggeri	....	accommodation coordinator
Jean-Marc Rulier	....	cyber scanning
Giorgio Santomaso	....	production assistant
Romy Schneider	....	contract administrator
Axel Schumacher	....	location assistant
Cristiano Sebastianelli	....	account cashier
Hannah Simons	....	trainee script supervisor
Joss Skottowe	....	armorer
Mark Somner	....	location production manager
Sally Jo Sousa	....	animal coordinator
Toby Spanton	....	floor runner: dailies
Bertie Spiegelberg	....	production secretary
Valerio Stano	....	set production assistant
Aminta Townshend	....	script supervisor: second unit
Jane Trower	....	first assistant accountant
Rachel Welch	....	assistant accountant
Margaret Whitman	....	assistant: Mr. Bettany
Julia Wilson Dickson	....	dialogue coach: Mr. Gavron (as Julia Wilson Dixon)
Anna Worley	....	script supervisor
Jack Yiokoumi	....	chef
Christian Black	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Thanks
Alessandra Bergero	....	the film-makers wish to extend their personal thanks
Jina Jay	....	the film-makers wish to extend their personal thanks

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema (presents)
• Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Dritte

Distributors

• ARM Distribution (2009) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Continental Film (2009) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Eagle Pictures (2009) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2008) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• New Line Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• New Line Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• PlayArte Filmes (2008) (Brazil) (all media)
• Turner Network Television (TNT) (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Japan) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Double Negative (visual effects)
• Cinesite (visual effects) (as Cinesite Europe Ltd.)
• Peerless Camera Company (visual effects)
• Rainmaker (visual effects) (as Rainmake Animation & Visual Effects UK)
• Mattes & Miniatures Visual Effects (models)
• Plowman Craven & Associates (LIDAR & cyber scanning and digital modelling)
• Millennium FX (animatronic characters)

Other Companies

• Italian Riviera Alpi del Mare Film Commission  thanks
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  international publicity consultants
• Decca Records  soundtrack
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Framepool  stock footage
• Framestore CFC  digital intermediate
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Goldcrest Post Production London  sound post-production
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• London Session Orchestra, The  orchestra (uncredited)
• Media World Logistics  production logistics (uncredited)
• Mobile Mouthful  catering
• Motion Picture Merchandise (MPM)  crew merchandise
• New Line Records  soundtrack
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Salon  Avid editing equipment
• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility
• audiomachine  advertising

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Germany | UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Laigueglia, Liguria, Italy

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

Before executive producer Mark Ordesky secured the rights of the Inkworld trilogy for New Line, Cornelia Funke was hesitating between him, David Heyman (producer of the Harry Potter movies and I Am Legend (2007)), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (producer of Transformers (2007) and Stardust (2007)) and Deborah Forte (producer of The Golden Compass (2007) and Tuck Everlasting (2002)), with Ordesky and Heyman being the main contenders. As a result of her constant hesitation and indecision, Ordesky gave Funke the nickname Cornelia Flakey.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Volkswagen Campervan that is used near the beginning of the film has a Zürich number plate, yet the cantonal coat of arms to the right of the number plate is that of the canton of Ticino (red and blue stripe). This is incorrect: The coat of arms should have been a white-blue stripe, which is the coat of arms of Zürich Canton and would correspond correctly to the number plate.

Quotes:

Fenoglio:[to Dustfinger] You don't have to be selfish just because that's how I wrote you! You're more than that, you said so yourself.

Soundtrack:

Munich Schmankerl

Can't believe no one's mentioned...

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!!