Inkheart is a 2008 fantasy film directed by Iain Softley and starring Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis and Jim Broadbent. It is based on the novel with the same name by Cornelia Funke. The film was released on 12 December 2008 in the UK and 23 January 2009 in the US. The story begins with Mortimer Folchart and his wife, Resa reading the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" to their baby daughter Meggie. As Mo reads the story, a red velvet hood appears as a narrator explains that people known as "Silver Tongues" are born with the gift that whenever they... read a story out loud, the story becomes real, and that some of the gifted people are completely unaware of their power. 12 years later, Mortimer and Meggie are in the European countrysides looking for a book. Mo has learned of his gifts, and nine years prior, Resa had vanished, much to the distress of her extended family. Hearing the calling of books from a bookstore one day, Mo ventures inside. He finds the book Inkheart and is overwhelmed with a mixture of fear and joy.
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| Release date: | December 11, 2008 |
| Directed by: | Iain Softley |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ileen Maisel, Iain Softley, Diana Pokorny, Cornelia Funke |
| Editor: | Martin Walsh |
| Music by: | Javier Navarrete |
| Cinematography: | Roger Pratt |
| Screenplay by: | David Lindsay-Abaire |
| Estimated budget: | $60,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Inkheart |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction |