Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) ( Arthur et les Minimoys ) ( Arthur and the Minimoys )

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Arthur et les Minimoys
Alternate Title: Arthur and the Minimoys
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Luc Besson

Written By:
Céline Garcia
Luc Besson

Actors:
Freddie Highmore ..... Arthur
Mia Farrow ..... Granny
Ron Crawford ..... Archibald
Penny Balfour ..... Arthur's Mother
Doug Rand ..... Arthur's Father
Adam LeFevre ..... Davido
Jean Bejote Njamba ..... Massai Chief
Saul Jephcott ..... Police Officer #1
Lee Delong ..... Saleslady
Christian Erickson ..... Antique Dealer
Eric Balliet ..... Mover #1
Oxmo Puccino ..... Mover #2
Robert William Bradford ..... Baliff
Jerry Di Giacomo ..... Repairman
Bienvenue Kindoki ..... Matassalai #1

Synopsis:

On the heels of his first foray into romantic comedy, versatile French filmmaker Luc Besson breaks new ground yet again with this computer-animated, family-friendly adaptation of his own children's book Arthur and the Minimoys. Arthur is a wide-eyed ten-year-old whose vivid imagination is fueled by the colorful bedtime stories his grandmother reads to him each night. His dreams are filled with images of African tribes and the remarkable inventions detailed in the enigmatic book that his grandfather left behind after mysteriously disappearing four years ago. Arthur and his family are in danger of losing their home to an unscrupulous real-estate developer, but if there is any truth to the tales of a treasure hidden deep beneath their garden and the tiny, fairy-like creatures that his grandmother so frequently sketches, there may still be hope of saving their home before it's too late. Now, with nothing to guide him but the clues left behind by his grandfather, Arthur will set out to find the mythical world of Seven Kingdoms, where the Minimoys are said to dwell, and ensure that his troubled family always has a place to call home. An imaginative children's fantasy in the vein of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Arthur and the Invisibles features the voices of David Bowie, Snoop Dogg, Madonna, Mia Farrow, and Freddie Highmore.

In the latest wowzer merging of the real and the fabricated, 'Arthur and the Invisibles' takes actual human actors and, through a complex process involving Slim-Fast and a Maytag dryer, shrinks them to the size of bacteria so they can interact with the microscopic beings who live in your backyard along with Rick Moranis and his family. Or something like that. The press packet for 'Arthur,' a children's film directed by Luc Besson, includes lots of tidbits on the magic that enabled the merging of live actors and a computer-generated world, but who can really keep track of this technogoo anymore, or get excited about it? The real question isn't how these hybrid movies are made, but why. In this case, it's a tad unclear

Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 21 December, 2010.

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