Inkheart
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Iain Softley
Helen Mirren
Brendan Fraser
Paul Bettany
Andy Serkis
Sienna Guillory
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Mortimer "Mo" Folchart and his 12-year-old daughter, Meggie, share a passion for books. What they also share is an extraordinary gift for bringing characters from books to life when they read aloud. But there is a danger: when a character is brought to life from a book, a real person disappears into its pages. On one of their trips to a secondhand book shop, Mo hears voices he hasn't heard for years, and when he locates the book they're coming from, it sends a shiver up his spine. It's Inkheart, a book filled with illustrations of medieval castles and strange creatures - a book he's been searching for since Meggie was three years old, when her mother, Resa, vanished into its mystical world. But Mo's plan to use the book to find and rescue Resa is thwarted when Capricorn, the evil villain of Inkheart, kidnaps Meggie and, discovering she has inherited her father's gift, demands that she bring his most powerful ally to life - the Shadow. Determined to rescue his daughter and send the fictional characters back where they belong, Mo assembles a small group of friends and family - some from the real world, some from the pages of books - and embarks on a daring and perilous journey to set things right.
Director
Iain Softley
Cast
Helen Mirren
Brendan Fraser
Paul Bettany
Andy Serkis
Sienna Guillory
Eliza Bennett
Roger Allam
Pippa Gebette
Billy Wilson
Rod Buchanan
Jim Broadbent
Lesley Sharp
Rafi Gavron
Faith Erde
Anna Gamester
Jamie Meek
Richard Strange
Terri Cavanaugh
Jamie Foreman
Steven Speirs
Helen Soraya
Eloise Horwood
Jessica Grist
Ceri Jerome
Tara Donelly
Clayton Fussell
Stephen Graham
Mirabel O'keefe
Massimo Tariciotti
James Horwood
Cassie Newby
Gow Hunter
Keeran Greener
Matthew Bower
Alec Mann
Adrian Gas
Tereza Srbova
John Thomson
Simone Circi
Jennifer Connelly
Matt King
Alice Jackson
Crew
Daniele Abeille
Emiliano Achilli
Nick Adams
Jeremy Adamson
John Adefarasin
Kevin Ahern
Adam Aitken
Adrian Aitken
Tom Aitken
Sonia Alberto
Anna Alfano
Tim Allan
Phil Allchin
Lucy Allen
Joseph Alley
Jan Althaus
Andrea Alunni
Stella Ampatzi
Barbara Ancarani
Gianluca Apa
Massimo Arcangeli
Fabienne Arzul
Stewart Ash
Kenny Atherfold
Andrea Badano
Dario Badia
Rick Baer
Matthew Baker
Nathalie Baldascini
Dave Ball
Bob Ballan
James Ballan
Dave Bannister
Toshiko Banton
Ornella Baraldo
Cassandra Barbour
Graham Barford
Bruno Baron
Judy Barr
John Barrett
Ruth Barrett
Zoe Barrows
Katrina Barton
Tatiana Basili
Sam Basset
Sara Batho
Tom Baxter
John Beard
Peter Bebb
Susanne Becker
Steve Bede
Nick Bedford
Steve Begg
Roberto Benetti
Eliza Bennett
James Benson
Lizzie Bentley
Kate Benton
Ailsa Berk
James Bernardinis
Matteo Bertelli
Bob Beton
Jacqueline Bhavnani
Angus Bickerton
Alessandro Biraghi
Stefano Biraghi
Paul Birkett
Martin Birmingham
Francesca Birri
Francesca Birri
Nigel Birtchnell
Christian Black
Colin Black
Lee Blaylock
Martin Body
Steve Bohan
Grant Bolton
Paul Bond
Paul Bond
Milena Bono Parodi
Mauro Bonucci
William Booker
Rebecca Booth
Diego Borella
Giovanni Bossetti
Matthew Bovington
Jon Bowen
Jim Bowers
Tony Boxall
Siobhan Boyes
Gavin Boyle
Tom Bracht
John Bradbury
Mark Bradley
Anderson Chet Bradshaw
Andre Braithwaite
Emma Brazier
Veronica Brebner
Dave Brennan
Bob Bridges
Stuart Bridges
Dr. Robert Bridson
Adam Brockbank
Nicola Brodie
Sarah Brook
Stephen Brooke Smith
Stephen Brooke Smith
Gordon Brown
Tom Brown
Zoe Brown
Tim Browning
Dave Bruyea
Nicola Buck
Andy Burrows
Ian Burrows
Jon Butler
Joe Buxton
Michael Byrch
Julian Caldow
Vincenzo Calera
Pino Calise
Mariolis Camejo
Stefano Campestrin
Francesca Canducci
Huseyin Caner
Francesco Canonico
Alan Canty
Sasha Cappabianca
Dimitri Capuani
Inti Carboni
Massimo Cardajoli
Giacomo Calo Carducci
Tristan Carlisle-kitz
Mauricio Carneiro
Jo Caron
Alison Carter
Darryl Carter
Laurie Cartwright
John Casali
Antonio Casanova
John Casey
Andrew Castle
Peter Cavaciuti
Peter Cavaciuti
Tim Cavagin
Mauro Cecchini
Paul Charisse
Tim Chauncey
Paige Chaytor
Paige Chaytor
Chloe Chesterton
Juliette Cheveley
Irene Chiccho
Lee Chidwick
Martin Chitty
Nick Chopping
Giuseppe Ciccone
Simone Ciceri
Adriano Cingolani
Roberto Cingolani
Ellen Claridge
Chris Clarke
Jane Clarke
Jeff Clifford
Marianna Clissa
Murray Close
Taylor Tulip Close
Dean Coldham
Debra Coleman
John Coleman
Paul Colford
Sharon Colley
Daniel Collins
James Collins
Richard Collis
Kevin Collyer
Carmela Compagnone
Ryan Conder
Michael Connell
Davide Conteduca
Stefano Conti
Stephen Conway
Gary Cook
Ryan Cook
Ben Cooke
Ian Copeland
Rosy Coppola
Chris Corbould
Ian Corbould
Jaimie Corbould
Paul Corbould
Rossella Corridori
Stefano Corridori
Gloria Cortigiani
George Cottle
Gary Coulter
Niamh Coulter
Ruth Coulter
Nigel Crafts
Chris Cranstoun
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 23, 2009
Released in United States on Video June 23, 2009
Released in United States December 2008
Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (Cinema for Children) December 11-18, 2008.
Based on the novel "Inkheart" written by Cornelia Funke and published by Chicken House in October 2003.
Deal covers the subsequent two novels in Funke's planned trilogy; second installment "Inkspell" published by The Chicken House, October 1, 2005; "Inkdawn" published by Chicken House, 2007.
Literary Sale Date: 02/25/2004.
Released in United States Winter January 23, 2009
Released in United States on Video June 23, 2009
Released in United States December 2008 (Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (Cinema for Children) December 11-18, 2008.)
