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6.3The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart
- Sienna Guillory as Resa
- Andy Serkis as Capricorn
- Eliza Bennett as Meggie Folchart
- Paul Bettany as Dustfinger
- Jim Broadbent as Fenoglio
Themes
- fairy tale
- supernatural
- eavesdropping
- writer's block
- unicorn
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
84,959 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
38%
Metacritic
49/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 win total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Iain Softley
- Screenplay by
- David Lindsay-Abaire
- Based on
- Inkheart , by Cornelia Funke
- Produced by
- Cornelia Funke Ileen Maisel Dylan Cuva Sarah Wang Iain Softley Ute Leonhardt Toby Emmerich Mark Ordesky Andrew Licht
- Starring
- Brendan Fraser Paul Bettany Helen Mirren Jim Broadbent Andy Serkis Eliza Hope Bennett Rafi Gavron
- Cinematography
- Roger Pratt
- Edited by
- Martin Walsh
- Music by
- Javier Navarrete
- Production companies
- New Line Cinema Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Erste
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures (International), Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom) , Eagle Pictures (Italy)
- Release dates
- December 11, 2008 ( 2008-12-11 ) (Germany) December 12, 2008 ( 2008-12-12 ) (United Kingdom) January 23, 2009 ( 2009-01-23 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 106 minutes
- Countries
- Germany United Kingdom United States Italy
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $62.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- family film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Inkheart
- Director
- Iain Softley
- Screenwriter
- David Lindsay-Abaire
- Cast member
- Paul Kasey
- Composer
- Javier Navarrete
- Producer
- Mark Ordesky
- Production company
- New Line Cinema
- Cinematographer
- Roger Pratt
- Narrative location
- Italy
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 130714
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.inkheartmovie.com
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- publication date
- 2009-01-01
- title
- Inkheart
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Cornelia Funke
- color
- black-and-white
- film editor
- Martin Walsh
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 49/100
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
Inkheart is a 2008 fantasy adventure film directed by Iain Softley, produced by Cornelia Funke, Dylan Cuva, Sarah Wang, Ute Leonhardt, Toby Emmerich, Mark Ordesky, Ileen Maisel and Andrew Licht, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, music composed by Javier Navarrete and starring Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis, and Eliza Bennett. It is based on Cornelia Funke's 2003 novel of the same name.
Produced by New Line Cinema, the film was released theatrically on December 12, 2008, in the UK and January 23, 2009, in the US by Warner Bros. Pictures. Inkheart received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $62,450,361 on a $60 million budget.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Inkheart” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.