The Illusionist
Brief Synopsis
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The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder in the late 1950s, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafés. Then, while performing in a village pub off the west co
Cast & Crew
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Sylvain Chomet
Director
Jean-claude Donda
Voice
Eilidh Rankin
Voice
Duncan Macneil
Voice
Raymond Mearns
Voice
James T Muir
Voice
Film Details
Also Known As
Illusionist, Illusionisten, Illusionniste, Ilusionista, L' Illusionniste, Untitled (Dimension/Sylvain Chomet Project)
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Period
Release Date
2010
Production Company
Air Studios, London; Angel Studios; Cinea Productions; Cinema Undici; Ciné+; Deluxe 142 Features; France 3 Cinéma; Les Auditoriums De Boulogne; Paradiso Entertainment; PathT International; PathT International; Studio Guillaume Tell; StudioCanal; The Klockworx
Distribution Company
MONGREL MEDIA/M+TROPOLE FILMS DISTRIBUTION/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS; Acme Film; Chantier Films; Mongrel Media; Mongrel Media; Métropole Films Distribution; Métropole Films Distribution; PathT International; Playarte Pictures; Sacher Film; Sony Pictures Classics; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Transilvania Film; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 20m
Synopsis
The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder in the late 1950s, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafés. Then, while performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever.
Director
Sylvain Chomet
Director
Cast
Jean-claude Donda
Voice
Eilidh Rankin
Voice
Duncan Macneil
Voice
Raymond Mearns
Voice
James T Muir
Voice
Paul Bandey
Voice
Tom Urie
Voice
Crew
Laurence Adam-bessiere
Digital Artist
Jil Aigrot
Song Performer
Valenti Amador
Animator
Kenneth Anderson
Digital Artist
Paul H Anderson
Rotoscope Artist
Antoine Antin
Animation Supervisor
Bjorn-erik Aschim
Layout Artist
Bjorn-erik Aschim
Animator
Niall Ascot
Music Scoring Mixer
Stephanie Baillod
Modelmaker
Olivier Barre
Visual Effects
Richard Bazley
Animator
Anne Beauduc
Assistant
Rob Birchall
Rotoscope Artist
Julien Bizat
Character Animation
Jonathan Blair
Rotoscope Artist
Shin Bo-young
Digital Effects Artist
Jamie Kezlarian Bolio
Animator
Franck Bonay
Special Effects Assistant
Daniel Borg
Rotoscope Animator
Jean-pierre Bouchet
Compositor
Jean-pierre Bouchet
Animator
Sandrine Boulet
Post-Production Coordinator
Claire Bourdin
Digital Artist
Benjamin Brokop
Animator
Stuart Brown
Researcher
Harriet Buckley
Animation Supervisor
Helen Bywater
Other
Bruce Cameron
Rotoscope Artist
Claire Campbell
Rotoscope Artist
Philippe Carcassonne
Executive Producer
Aude Carpenter
Animator
Chris Cassell
Rotoscope Artist
Thomas Caulfield
Animator
Rosanna Cecchini
Assistant Production Accountant
Jose Antonio Cerro
Animator
Roland Chat
Animator
Farouk Cherfi
Animator
Kevin Kyu-duk Cho
Visual Effects Coordinator
Sehyun Cho
Digital Artist
Young-sin Cho
Digital Effects Artist
Il Choi
Visual Effects
Ji-yeon Choi
Digital Effects Artist
Jung-ok Choi
Digital Effects Artist
Sung Woo Choi
Digital Effects Artist
Sally Chomet
Interpreter
Sally Chomet
Producer
Sylvain Chomet
Editor
Sylvain Chomet
Music Composer
Sylvain Chomet
Screenplay
Sylvain Chomet
Character Designer
Sylvain Chomet
Song
Kyung Sook Chun
Visual Effects
John Cobban
Sound Effects
Michael Coles
Animator
Juan Carlos Concha
Animator
Leo Condie
Song Performer
Rupert Coulson
Music Scoring Mixer
Dee Custance
Production Assistant
Hlin Davidsdottir
Digital Artist
Terry Davies
Music Producer
Tori Davis
Rotoscope Artist
Michael De La Cruz
Production Manager
Denise Dean
Animator
Nic Debray
Animator
Jeroen Dejonckheere
Animator
Sylvain Delcourt
Character Animation
Chris Dickens
Editorial Assistant
Peter Dodd
Animator
Reza Dolatabadi
Rotoscope Artist
Bernard Dourdent
Animation Supervisor
Paul Dutton
Assistant Director
James Duveen
Animator
Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
Thomas Eide
Animator
Eiko Emersleben
Assistant Editor
Victor Ens
Animator
Marc Eoche-duval
Animator
Julian Villanua Escalona
Animator
Nick Evans
Rotoscope Artist
Rob Farris
Visual Effects Producer
Allan Fernando
Animator
Kris Findlay
Software Engineer
Loic Le Floch
3-D Animator
Chris Freer
Assistant Editor
Alvaro Gaivoto
Animator
Manuel Galiana
Animator
Stephane Gamblin
Modelmaker
Sandra Gaudi
Animator
Bruno Gaumetou
Visual Effects Producer
Ruaraidh Gillies
2-D Artist
Andy Glen
Music Editor
Carl Goetgheluck
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Martin Gornall
Rotoscope Artist
Jinko Gotoh
Co-Executive Producer
Jean Goudier
Sound Designer
Mael Gourmelen
Animator
Ewan Green
Floor Runner
Aoife Greenham
Compositor
Eoin Greenham
Compositor
Cerissa Grieve
Animator
Isobel Griffiths
Music
Judith Guittier
Foley Artist
Didier Gustin
Song Performer
Chris Hall
Digital Artist
Edward Hall
Animator
Fiona Hall
Production Manager
Justin Hall
Animator
Gap-hee Han
Visual Effects Producer
Bjarne Hansen
Art Director
Tarn Harper
Production Accountant
Graeme Hawkins
Rotoscope Artist
Vicki Haworth
Animation Supervisor
Simon Heath
Music
Arnaud Henaff
Compositor
David Hepburn
Coordinator
Arturo Alejandro Hernandez
Animator
Bianca Herold
Rotoscope Artist
Mario Serrano Hervas
Animator
Lee Ho
Manager
Anne Hofmann
Background Painter
Anna Hunter
Researcher
Jung-hyun Hwang
Visual Effects Producer
Ji-hoon Hyun
Visual Effects
Ku Hyun-soon
Digital Effects Artist
Patrick Imrie
Compositor
Barry Iremonger
Animator
Kim Ji-sook
Digital Effects Artist
Damien Jones
Animator
Moon-ju Kang
Animation Director
Ivan Kassabov
Compositor
Romain Khairi
Compositor
Bo-mi Kim
Digital Effects Artist
Byoung Jin Kim
Rotoscope Artist
Ii-joowng Kim
Digital Effects Artist
Moon Ki Kim
Visual Effects
Sun-sung Kim
Digital Effects Artist
You-young Kim
Digital Effects Artist
Geoff King
Animator
Laurent Kircher
Animator
Young-yoon Ko
Visual Effects
Ashraf Kotaal
Compositor
Liane-cho Han Jin Kuang
Animator
Katerina Kulendikova
Rotoscope Artist
Ko Kyoung-ryoung
Digital Effects Artist
Veronique Langdon
Digital Artist
Javier Martin Lapeyra
Animator
Bob Last
Producer
David Laverdure
3-D Animator
Frederic Lebon
Song Performer
Gregory Lecocq
Digital Artist
Eun-sil Lee
Visual Effects
Hyun-ok Lee
Digital Effects Artist
Jum-seon Lee
Visual Effects Producer
Mi-seon Lee
Digital Effects Artist
Myung-yeon Lee
Visual Effects
Suk-bum Lee
Visual Effects
Nick Lennox
Digital Artist
Francois Lepeuple
Foley Artist
Laurent Levy
Foley Artist
Marcin Lichowski
Animator
Marcin Lichowski
Background Painter
Elio Lischetti
Animator
Antonio Mengual Llobet
Animator
James Lock
Music Scoring Mixer
Etienne Longa
Head Of Production
Habib Louati
Animator
Jean-paul Loublier
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Wesley Louis
Digital Artist
Ciaran Lucas
Rotoscope Artist
Ahmidou Lyazidi
3-D Animator
Alan Maceachern
2-D Artist
Birgit Maier
Digital Artist
Patrick Malone
Film Lab
Olivier Malric
2-D Artist
Jeremie Mamo
Modelmaker
Julian Mann
Character Animation
Greg Manwaring
Animator
Gilles Marsalet
Foley Artist
Neil Martin
Animator
Neil Martin
Compositor
Cristobal Martinez
Production Manager
Gabriel Mase
Animator
Satjit Matharu
Animator
Campbell Mcallister
Digital Artist
Emma Mccann
Character Animation
Gail Mccoll
Rotoscope Artist
Neil Mcdonald
Rotoscope Artist
Richie Mcenteggart
Digital Artist
Aileen Mcgibbon
Production Assistant
Sean Mcilroy
Rotoscope Artist
Julia Mclean
Rotoscope Artist
Simon Mcmillan
Rotoscope Artist
Darren Mcnaney
Rotoscope Artist
Andy Mcpherson
Animator
Kim Mi-yea
Digital Effects Artist
Loic Miermont
3-D Animator
Uriel Mimran
Character Animation
Elisabeth Morcellet
Other
Jacques Muller
Animator
Film Details
Also Known As
Illusionist, Illusionisten, Illusionniste, Ilusionista, L' Illusionniste, Untitled (Dimension/Sylvain Chomet Project)
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Period
Release Date
2010
Production Company
Air Studios, London; Angel Studios; Cinea Productions; Cinema Undici; Ciné+; Deluxe 142 Features; France 3 Cinéma; Les Auditoriums De Boulogne; Paradiso Entertainment; PathT International; PathT International; Studio Guillaume Tell; StudioCanal; The Klockworx
Distribution Company
MONGREL MEDIA/M+TROPOLE FILMS DISTRIBUTION/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS; Acme Film; Chantier Films; Mongrel Media; Mongrel Media; Métropole Films Distribution; Métropole Films Distribution; PathT International; Playarte Pictures; Sacher Film; Sony Pictures Classics; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Transilvania Film; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 20m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video May 10, 2011
Released in United States 2010
Released in United States June 2010
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Opening Gala) June 16-27, 2010.
Based on an original and previously unproduced screenplay written by Jacques Tati.
Dimension Films previously attached.
Limited Release in United States Winter December 25, 2010 (Los Angeles & New York City)
Released in United States on Video May 10, 2011
Released in United States 2010 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-6, 2010.)
Debut project for Sylvain Chomet's animation company, Studio Django.
Released in United States June 2010 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Opening Gala) June 16-27, 2010.)
Limited Release in United States Winter December 25, 2010
