Inkheart (2008)

Director:

Iain Softley

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

9 January 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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:

Abandoned Church | Imprisonment | Disappearance | Mute | Secret

Status:

Completed

Comments:

Status Updated:

20 March 2008

Note:

Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart
Andy Serkis	...	Capricorn
Eliza Bennett	...	Meggie Folchart
Paul Bettany	...	Dustfinger
other cast:
Jessie Cave	...	Water Nymph
Jim Broadbent	...	Fenoglio
Helen Mirren	...	Elinor Loredan
Sienna Guillory	...	Resa
Rafi Gavron	...	Farid
Lesley Sharp	...	Mortola
Matt King	...	Cockerell
Jamie Foreman	...	Basta
Steve Speirs	...	Flatnose
Tereza Srbova	...	Rapunzel
Marnix Van Den Broeke	...	The Shadow
Stephen Modell	...	Black Jacket 69
Antonio Gil
Adam Bond	...	Prince Charming
Richard Strange	...	Antiquarian Bookshop Owner
Isabella Clark	...	Young Meggie
Stephen Armourae	...	Medieval Lord
Mirabel O'Keefe	...	Meggie - Aged 3
Esme Clark	...	Young Meggie
Alex Argenti	...	Cop's Wife
Tobi Iyan	...	Black Jacket
Jay Fuller	...	Black Jacket
Mike Godfrey	...	Capricorn Recruit
Mike Busson	...	Black Jacket
David Stevenson	...	Capricorn Recruit
Leeroy Bailey	...	Black Jacket
Dominik Danielewicz	...	Capricorn Recruit (uncredited)

Directed by
Iain Softley

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

Produced by
Cornelia Funke	....	producer
Ute Leonhardt	....	line producer
Ileen Maisel	....	producer
Mark Ordesky	....	executive producer
Diana Pokorny	....	executive producer
Iain Softley	....	producer

Original Music by
Javier Navarrete

Cinematography by
Roger Pratt

Film Editing by
Martin Walsh

Casting by
Daniel Hubbard
John Hubbard

Production Design by
John Beard

Art Direction by
Dimitri Capuani
Andrea Faini
Rod McLean
Stuart Rose

Set Decoration by
Niamh Coulter

Costume Design by
Verity Hawkes

Makeup Department
Veronica Brebner	....	hair designer: Mr. Bettany
Veronica Brebner	....	makeup designer: Mr. Bettany
Nicola Buck	....	makeup artist
John Henry Gordon	....	hair stylist
Jo Grover	....	crowd makeup artist
Shaune Harrison	....	prosthetic makeup supplier
Joe Hopker	....	makeup artist
Laura Lilley	....	makeup & hair trainee
Daniel E. Rogers	....	special makeup designer
Simon Rose	....	special effects makeup designer
Aileen Seaton	....	personal hair stylist: Brendan Fraser
Aileen Seaton	....	personal makeup artist: Brendan Fraser
Dawn Stewart	....	trainee makeup artist
Julia Vernon	....	chief hair stylist: crowd
Julia Vernon	....	chief makeup artist: crowd
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou	....	personal makeup artist: Paul Bettany, Italy

Production Management
Jeanette Haley	....	post-production supervisor
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
Fabienne Arzul	....	assistant set dresser
Ornella Baraldo	....	assistant set dresser
Sara Batho	....	graphic artist
Roberto Benetti	....	stand-by propman: Italy
Matteo Bertelli	....	draughtsman
Francesca Birri	....	construction coordinator
Tim Browning	....	draughtsman
Thomas Brown	....	assistant art director
Sasha Cappabianca	....	painter
Tristan Carlisle-Kitz	....	storeman
Jane Clark	....	storyboard artist
James Collins	....	junior draughtsman
Chris Cull	....	property master
Giancarlo Di Fusco	....	painter
Biagio Fersini	....	draughtsman
Carmelo Filici	....	sculptor
Gavin Gordon	....	supervising carpenter
Douglas Ingram	....	storyboard artist
Roberto Laurenzi	....	construction manager: Italy
Sandra Phillips	....	junior draughtsman
Adrian Platt	....	dressing props
Domenico Reordino	....	head painter: Italy
Simon Riley	....	stand-by props
Tom Roberts	....	stand-by prop: second unit
Daniel E. Rogers	....	graphic designer
Rosie Rose	....	set decorating assistant
Danilo Rossiello	....	greensman
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

Sound Department
Nick Adams	....	supervising sound editor
Jeremy Adamson	....	dialogue editor
Mark Appleby	....	adr recordist
Gordon Brown	....	foley editor
John Casali	....	sound mixer: second unit
Tim Cavagin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gary Dodkin	....	boom operator
Samir Foco	....	sound effects editor
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Brooke Graeff	....	foley assistant
Chris Murphy	....	assistant sound
Gemma Nicholson	....	first assistant sound editor
Jon Olive	....	sound designer
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
David Stephenson	....	sound 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
Stefano Corridori	....	special effects technician: Italy
Neill Gorton	....	animatronic creature designer
Peter Hawkins	....	creature effects crew
Roger Mann	....	special effects technician
David Watkins	....	special effects supervisor: re-shoots
Gareth Wingrove	....	special effects senior technician

Visual Effects by
Louie Alexander	....	digital compositor: Framestore-CFC
Papavramides Alexandra	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Dalia Al-Husseini	....	digital effects artist: Double Negative
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
Judy Barr	....	digital compositor
Sam Bassett	....	digital compositor
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
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
Steve Brooke Smith	....	VistaVision cinematographer
Andy Burrow	....	scanning & recording manager
Ivan Busquets	....	digital compositor
Kevin Campbell	....	technical manager
Francesca Canducci	....	retouch and restoration: Framestore-CFC
Paul Charisse	....	pre-viz animator
Lee Chidwick	....	visual effects coordinator
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
John Paul Docherty	....	visual effects supervisor: Peerless
Crystal Dowd	....	visual effects producer
Clare Johanna Downie	....	post-production assistant: Peerless
Markus Drayss	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Nick Drew	....	visual effects production manager: Rainmaker UK
Paul Ducker	....	digital 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
Gerald Feather	....	matchmove artist
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 Jesus Garcia	....	senior matte artist: Cinesite
Adam Gascoyne	....	visual effects supervisor: Rainmaker UK
Sally Goldberg	....	CG supervisor: Rainmaker UK
Elizabeth Gray	....	visual effects animator: Double Negative
Crystal Hadcroft	....	rotoscope artist: Peerless
Adam Hammond	....	lead render wrangler: Double Negative
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative
Peter Hart	....	lead matchmove artist
Karsten Hecker	....	film mastering engineer: Framestore CFC
Sandro Henriques	....	digital compositor: cinesite
Afif Heukeshoven	....	lead matchmove artist
David Hewitt	....	model maker
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
Yan Jennings	....	film mastering engineer
Andrew Kingston	....	systems administrator
Duncan Kinnaird	....	in-house visual effects artist
Dean Koonjul	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker UK
Patrick Ledda	....	lead technical director: Peerless
Adrian Lee	....	data operative/render wrangler: Cinesite
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
Matthias Lowry	....	visual effects
Hugh Macdonald	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Fay McConkey	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Jason McDonald	....	CG 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
Dele Momoh	....	visual effects artist: Double Negative
Steven Moore	....	modeler: Double Negative
Fernanda Moreno	....	cg artist: Double Negative
Thomas Müller	....	visual effects artist: Peerless
Eoin Murphy	....	visual effects artist
Stuart Nelhams	....	visual effects editor: Double Negative
Guy Nesfield	....	rotoscope artist
Nick New	....	technical director
Sam Nixon	....	senior matchmove artist
Clare Norman	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Collette Nunes	....	visual effects editor: Rainmaker UK
Roma O'Connor	....	visual effects executive producer: Rainmaker UK
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
Puja Parikh	....	tracking artist
Stephane Paris	....	modeling supervisor: Cinesite
Venetia Penna	....	rotoscope artist
Ed Plant	....	in-house visual effects artist
Tim Pruce	....	compositor
John Purdie	....	roto/prep
Paul Raeburn	....	lead compositor
Julia Reinhard	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Michael Ridgwell	....	digital artist
Becky Roberts	....	rotoscope and matchmove coordinator
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
Christoph Sprenger	....	research and development technical director: Double Negative
Richard Stay	....	compositor: Double Negative
Christopher Sweet	....	studio assistant: Double Negative
John Swinnerton	....	senior compositor: Peerless Camera Company
Bridget M. Taylor	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Simon Tingell	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: Double Negative
Jamie Tremelling	....	visual effects artist: Peerless
Paul Vorsman	....	compositor: Cinesite
Andreas Vrhovsek	....	effects technical director: Double Negative
Victor Wade	....	digital compositor
Andrew Walton	....	additional 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
Alexander Williams	....	visual development: Cinesite
Annabel Wright	....	conform editor
Aviv Yaron	....	2D technical director: Cinesite
Trevor Young	....	digital compositor
Anton Yri	....	digital compositor
Patrick Zentis	....	matte painter: Double Negative
Sarah Marchant	....	Inferno compositing artist (uncredited)
Miso Ristov	....	matchmove artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Tom Aitken	....	stunt double
Nick Chopping	....	stunt performer
Ben Cooke	....	stunt double: Andy Serkis
George Cottle	....	stunt performer
Aldonio Danny Freitas	....	stunt performer
Ben Dimmock	....	stunt double
Levan Doran	....	stunt performer
Rick English	....	stunt performer
Bradley Farmer	....	stunt double: Jamie Foreman
David Holmes	....	utility stunts
Rob Inch	....	stunt double
Rowley Irlam	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Paul Kulik	....	stunt double: Andy Serkis
Mike Lambert	....	stunts
Marc Mailley	....	stunt performer
Jamie Millington	....	stunts
James O'Donnell	....	stunt performer
Peter Pedrero	....	stunts
Chris Pollard	....	stunt performer
Greg Powell	....	stunt coordinator
Gemma Powley	....	stunt double: Meggie Double
Roy Taylor	....	stunt performer
Phillip Whiteman	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
John Adefarasin	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Dave Brennan	....	electrician
Bob Bridges	....	video assist coordinator
Stuart Bridges	....	video assist operator: Italy
Chris Clarke	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Murray Close	....	still photographer
Adam Dorney	....	camera trainee: Gwin unit
Andy Edridge	....	grip: "b" camera, second unit
Toby Eedy	....	additional focus puller: second unit
Danny Espey	....	electrician
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer
Neil Flaherty	....	second assistant camera: Gwin unit
Mark Gardiner	....	vistavision camera operator
Brian Greenway	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Darren Holland	....	rigging grip
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
Wayne King	....	electrician: Gwin unit
Clive Mackey	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Tobias Marshall	....	additional loader: second unit
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
Richard Merrell	....	electrician
Jamie Mills	....	electrician
Steve Petrie	....	video assistant
Tim Phillips	....	second assistant camera
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
Colin Townsend	....	electrician
Taylor Tulip-Close	....	assistant still photographer
Shawn White	....	gaffer: model unit
Ben Wilson	....	camera operator: second unit

Casting Department
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)
Angela Egan	....	costume assistant
Charlotte Finlay	....	costume supervisor
Nicola Foy	....	costume maker
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
Alison Carter	....	assistant editor
Jo Dixon	....	assistant editor
Matthew Tucker	....	first assistant editor
James Walsh	....	editorial trainee
Siobhan Boyes	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
John Barrett	....	assistant score mixing engineer
Lee Blaylock	....	music clearances
Bob Bowen	....	music executive
Michael Connell	....	supervising music editor
Sara Durante	....	music assistant
Kirsty Whalley	....	assistant to composer

Transportation Department
Daniele Abeille	....	transportation coordinator
Ian Clarke	....	picture vehicle technician
Stuart Johnson	....	driver: water bowser
Pete Newman	....	unit driver
Massimiliano Rocchetti	....	transportation captain
Sean Thornton	....	picture vehicle coordinator

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
Stefano Biraghi	....	location manager: Italy
Sam Blackmore	....	additional floor runner: second unit
Milena Bono	....	location manager
Rebecca Booth	....	assistant to actor
Caroline Bowker	....	assistant script supervisor: dailies
Sarah Brook	....	assistant accountant
Tom Browne	....	daily runner
Ruth Coulter	....	runner
Simon Crook	....	location manager
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
Terry Edinger	....	production accountant
Dave Evans	....	armorer
Alice Filippi	....	set production assistant
Tom Forbes	....	assistant to producer
Hannah Godwin	....	travel coordinator
Jess Green	....	accounting assistant
Paul Harris	....	choreographer
Oliver Hazell	....	runner
Natalie Howe	....	assistant to director
Charles Howes	....	tutor
Non Jones	....	assistant accountant
Matthew Lee	....	assistant production coordinator
Matthew Luscombe	....	laboratory technician
Hayley Lyon	....	assistant accountant
Sharon Mansfield	....	script supervisor: second unit
Wendy Millyard	....	assistant to producer
Wendy Millyard	....	publicity assistant
Nata More	....	assistant: Helen Mirren
Nata More	....	set production assistant
Mike Morrison	....	producer: Framestore CFC
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
Cristiano Sebastianelli	....	account cashier
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
Margaret Whitman	....	assistant to actor
Margaret Whitman	....	assistant to actress
Anna Worley	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Dritte
• New Line Cinema

Distributors

• ARM Distribution (2009) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• New Line Cinema (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Cinesite
• Double Negative
• Millennium FX
• Peerless Camera Company (visual effects)
• Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects (visual effects)
• Rainmaker (visual effects)
• Senate Visual Effects, The (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Framepool  stock footage
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Salon  avid editing equipment
• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• Wildfire Studios</