Inkheart
January 23, 2009
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.
Release Year: 2008
Rating: 6.0/10 (24,444 voted)
Director:
Iain Softley
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett
Storyline
Mo has the special talent to bring characters out of books. One night he brings out three characters from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical beings. Capricorn and Basta, two villains, and Dustfinger, a fire-eater. Now, 10 years later Meggie discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp.
Writers: David Lindsay-Abaire, Cornelia Funke
Cast:
Brendan Fraser
–
Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart
Sienna Guillory
–
Resa Folchart
Eliza Bennett
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Meggie Folchart
(as Eliza Hope Bennett)
Richard Strange
–
Antiquarian Bookshop Owner
Paul Bettany
–
Dustfinger
Helen Mirren
–
Elinor Loredan
Matt King
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Cockerell
Steve Speirs
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Flatnose
Jamie Foreman
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Basta
Stephen Graham
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Fulvio
Mirabel O'Keefe
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Young Meggie
Andy Serkis
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Capricorn
John Thomson
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Darius
Lesley Sharp
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Mortola
Tereza Srbova
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Rapunzel
Taglines:
Every story ever written is just waiting to become real.
Details
Official Website:
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Release Date: 23 January 2009
Filming Locations: Balestrino, Savona, Liguria, Italy
Box Office Details
Budget: $60,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: £700,146
(UK)
(14 December 2008)
(410 Screens)
Gross: $57,490,374
(Worldwide)
(3 May 2009)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Rowan Atkinson was considered for the role of Capricorn.
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:
Dustfinger:
[talking about Resa]
Well she's almost okay.
Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart:
Almost?
Dustfinger:
She has no voice.
User Review
Can't believe no one's mentioned…
Rating: 7/10
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!!