FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
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Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 10 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 6.2/10
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... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann
Director: Charles Sturridge
Screenwriter: Ernie Contreras
Producer: Wendy Finerman, Bruce Davey
Composer: Zbigniew Preisner
Screenwriter: Ernie Contreras
Producer: Wendy Finerman, Bruce Davey
Composer: Zbigniew Preisner
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08/16/07 03:17 AM
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A film with no discernable point of view that's directed at no definable audience.
07/16/07 10:54 AM
Charming special effects and appealing heroines, and truly an ambitious meditation on the nature of fantasy and reality and growing up.
05/22/03 04:03 PM
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06/05/02 08:15 AM
Top Critic An enticing drama about the eternal clash between reason and the magical realm of enchantment.
02/28/02 01:56 PM
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01/22/02 08:12 AM
Top Critic It's Arthur Rackham vs the Adult/Capitalist/Industrial Revolution - the obsession with exploiting the extraordinary and making it ordinary.
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