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FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Synopsis: When two young English cousins claim to have captured fairies on film, their photographs attract the attention of legendary skeptic Harry Houdini (Harvey Keitel) and legendary dreamer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Peter O'Toole). But are the fairies real, or are they simply the wistful... When two young English cousins claim to have captured fairies on film, their photographs attract the attention of legendary skeptic Harry Houdini (Harvey Keitel) and legendary dreamer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Peter O'Toole). But are the fairies real, or are they simply the wistful projections of the two lonely girls, whose fragile spirits have been crushed by the death of a brother and the loss of a father in World War I? Based on a true case from 1917 in which the girls' photos turned out to be a hoax, but rendered with an infectious fanciful spirit that equivocates on the existence of magical creatures. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann
Screenwriter: Ernie Contreras
Producer: Wendy Finerman, Bruce Davey
Composer: Zbigniew Preisner
DVD Info
Release:
Nov 11, 2003
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Surround - English
- Dolby Surround - French
Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Features
Reviews
A film with no discernable point of view that's directed at no definable audience.
Charming special effects and appealing heroines, and truly an ambitious meditation on the nature of fantasy and reality and growing up.
An enticing drama about the eternal clash between reason and the magical realm of enchantment.
It's Arthur Rackham vs the Adult/Capitalist/Industrial Revolution - the obsession with exploiting the extraordinary and making it ordinary.


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