Stardust (Widescreen Edition)
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Actor: Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De NiroBrand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-12-18
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Stardust (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: I Know, I know, it isn't the same as the book, but it is so JUICY!
Summary: 5 Stars
While this movie bears only memories of the Neil Gaiman's very excellent and funny Book, Stardust - it is a wonderful movie, one that you can really get your teeth into - and such great fun. A family(ish) movie, if you have older kids, and one with layers of good humour as well as some pretty Ghoulish stuff to keep you squirming.
It starts, as all stories start, before the story begins - will so says the original book - although I loved the introduction in the movie too! The village of Wall is so named because of the wall which runs along beside it - with a guard to prevent anyone from getting through the wall to Faere on the other side. Dunstan Thorn (played by Prince Caspian actor - Ben Barnes) goes there one evening, jumping through the hole in the wall and ending up back home, and nine months later presented with a baby whose name according to the note is Tristan Thorn.
Tristan (Charlie Cox) grows up rather insipidly pallid, and works in the shop where he longs to marry local girl Victoria (Sienna Miller. She is off-hand and sends him on a quest, through the wall, to find a fallen star.
In Faere on the other side of Wall, Tristan discovers a new world, and that fallen stars are not lumps of rock, but rather beautiful and rather petulant, young women. However he captures her determined to take her back to Wall - to Victoria, to prove his love and to therefore win her hand in Marriage
Unbeknownst to him, there are two other competing groups for the Fallen Star - Yvaine - (Played by Clare Danes). Firstly the competeing Princes of Stormhold, whose father the 81st King has flung the Ruby out the window - of the three sons left whoever gets it first gets to be King in his stead. It is the gem which has Knocked the star out of the sky.
Then there is the Witch (MIchelle Pfeiffer) and her two sisters - called the Lilum in the book - who seek the star to cut out her heart so they can gain their youth and strength. Some of the funniest scenes in the movie are from Pfeiffer who has to be careful about magic as it ages her and she only has so much of the last star's heart to use.
The chase through Faere ensues, and includes a trip on lightening harvester with the wonderful Captain Shakespeare (Robert deNiro) camping it up - and his rough crew "arrghhhhhhh!" which is great fun.
In the end it is a run to the end, and finding out what stars do best.
While the movie loses some of Yvaines cynical petulance, there are truly wonderful touches in the movie. Not the least is Tristan's transformation in looks and acts from a pasty shop-boy to a confident young man.
I have to confess a deep love for Neil Gaiman and his writing -and while this is not his book, I loved it. A very good fun romp, with sharp twists, almost Roald Dahl-esque justice and humour. And great characterisation from the actors too of course!
Summary of Stardust (Widescreen Edition)
Escape into the enchanted world of chivalry and romance in Stardust, an epic tale starring Claire Danes with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. In hopes of wooing a beautiful girl (Sienna Miller), Tristan (Charlie Cox) promises to bring her a falling star. But he's in for the adventure of his life when he discovers the star is actually a celestial beauty named Yvaine (Danes) When an old witch Lamia (Pfeiffer) attempts to steal Yvaine's youth, Tristan must protect her at all costs, in this magical family adventure that will make you fall in love over and over again.Stardust settles over the viewer like a twinkly cloak. The film, which captures the magic and vision of author Neil Gaiman's fantasy graphic fable, is a transportive journey into a world of true enchantment, which fans of the Harry Potter books will enjoy as well as will adults looking for the perfect date movie. The tale is a not-so-simple love story and adventure, set in 19th century England--and an alternate universe of witches, spells and stars that turn human--and hold the key to eternal life.
Young Tristan (played with wide-eyed vigor by Charlie Cox) vows to retrieve a fallen star for the most beautiful girl in the village, the shallow Victoria (Sienna Miller), and in his quest, finds his true love--in a true "meet-cute" moment (by Babylon-candle-speeding into the just-crashed human incarnation of the star, Claire Danes). Much of the film involves the duo's journey back home--though home for Tristan is his village, and home for the celestial Yvaine is, of course, in the heavens. There are villains, notably Michelle Pfeiffer as the vain witch who seeks the fountain of youth a fallen star can give, and the seven venal sons of the dying king of the mythical realm, backstabbing, grasping, and hilarious--even in death as a ghostly Greek chorus.
While the sparks of love between Tristan and Yvaine are resonant and touching, Stardust truly succeeds as a brilliant fantasy yarn--and as a comedy with more than its share of belly laughs. Much of the humor belongs to Robert De Niro, who plays a notoriously wicked air pirate, who is secretly a bit light in his swashbucklers. Ricky Gervais has a small but memorable role essentially channeling his character from Extras, including his catchphrase, "Are you having a laugh?!" The special effects are all that any fan of Gaiman would wish for. Catch a bit of Stardust and you'll feel enchanted for a good long while. --A.T. Hurley
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