Inkheart (2008)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy |.
Inkheart is a British-American-German 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.
The film opens with Mortimer “Mo” Folchart (Brendan Fraser) and his wife Teresa “Resa” Folchart (Sienna Guillory) reading the fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood” to their baby daughter Meggie, as a red velvet hood appears out of nowhere. Twelve years later, Meggie (Eliza Bennett) visits an old book shop in Europe with her father, unaware that he is secretly looking for a copy of the book Inkheart. Shortly after Mo finds the book, Meggie encounters a horned marten outside the shop; it tries to bite her fingers. A man suddenly appears from the shadows, claiming to be an old friend. Mo comes out of the shop, recognizing the man as Dustfinger, who quickly asks him to “read him back into the book”. Mo flees with Meggie.
Director: Iain Softley
Writers: David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay), Cornelia Funke (novel)
Stars: Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett
►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 (as Tereza Srbová) |
| 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 |
| Alex Argenti | … | Cop’s Wife |
| Stephen Armourae | … | Medieval Lord |
| Jessie Cave | … | Water Nymph |
| Clive Dancey | … | Black Jacket |
| Zuma Davies | … | Kazeem |
| Nicholas Dellavita | … | Black Jacket |
| Adrian Gas | … | Masquerade Ball Dancer |
| Anthony Harwood | … | Recruit |
| Maurice D. Hunt | … | Guard |
| Michael Lindall | … | Recruit |
| Lanre Malaolu | … | Black Jacket |
| Chuen Tsou | … | Black Jacket |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia