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The Spiderwick Chronicles
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2008 film directed by Mark Waters
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The Spiderwick Chronicles is a 2008 American fantasy, family, and drama film directed by Mark Waters. The screenplay was written by John Sayles, David Berenbaum, and Karey Kirkpatrick, based on a work by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi. The cast includes Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, and Martin Short. Production was handled by Mark Canton and Karey Kirkpatrick for Nickelodeon Movies and The Kennedy/Marshall Company, with distribution by Netflix and Paramount Pictures.
Filmed in Montreal, the movie features cinematography by Caleb Deschanel, editing by Michael Kahn, and a score composed by James Horner. Joanna Johnston served as costume designer. The narrative is set in Quebec, and the film was released in English. It has a runtime of 95 to 97 minutes and a budget of 90000000, generating 164200000 in revenue. Audience ratings include a 6.5 score on IMDb and a 6.693 average on TMDb.
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6.7Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Cast
- Freddie Highmore as Jared Grace / Simon Grace
- Sarah Bolger as Mallory Grace
- David Strathairn as Arthur Spiderwick
- Mary-Louise Parker as Helen Grace
- Nick Nolte as Mulgarath
- Joan Plowright as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Themes
- sibling relationship
- parent child relationship
- elves
- fairy
- twin brother
- family relationships
- single mother
- twins
- alternative reality
- father daughter reunion
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mark Waters
- Screenplay by
- Karey Kirkpatrick David Berenbaum John Sayles
- Based on
- The Spiderwick Chronicles , by Tony DiTerlizzi and, Holly Black
- Produced by
- Mark Canton Larry Franco Ellen Goldsmith-Vein Karey Kirkpatrick
- Starring
- Freddie Highmore Mary-Louise Parker Nick Nolte Joan Plowright David Strathairn Seth Rogen Martin Short
- Cinematography
- Caleb Deschanel
- Edited by
- Michael Kahn
- Music by
- James Horner
- Production companies
- Nickelodeon Movies The Kennedy/Marshall Company Atmosphere Pictures
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- January 31, 2008 ( 2008-01-31 ) (Hollywood) February 14, 2008 ( 2008-02-14 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 96 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $90-92.5 million
- Box office
- $162.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Spiderwick Chronicles is a 2008 American fantasy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum, and John Sayles, based on the book series by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. It stars Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker and Sarah Bolger, with Nick Nolte, Seth Rogen, and Martin Short in voice roles. The film, set in the Spiderwick Estate in New England, follows three children who discover a field guide to fairies while encountering various magical creatures such as goblins, ogres, brownies, boggarts, hobgoblins, trolls and many others.
The Spiderwick Chronicles was released on February 14, 2008, by Paramount Pictures and grossed $163 million against its $90–92.5 million budget. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
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