fantasy adventure
directed
by : Matthew Vaughn featuring
: Claire Danes - Michelle Pfeiffer - Robert DeNiro - Charlie Cox
- Sienna Miller running
time : 2 hours 5 minutesA charmingly naïve boy from the English
village of Wall travels to a magical, mythical world in search of the falling
star that will help him win the heart of his true love in this fantasy
adventure starring Charlie Cox, Claire Danes, Robert De Niro, Michelle
Pfeiffer, Ricky Gervais, and Sienna Miller. For hundreds of years the massive
cobblestone barrier that surrounds the sleepy English hamlet of Wall has
kept the citizens of the village safe and secure from the malevolent supernatural
forces that stir just outside its perimeter. When dashing Tristan Thorne
(Cox) promises the fairest girl in the village, Victoria (Miller), that
he will prove his love by bestowing her with a genuine falling star, his
daring mission sends him on an adventure far outside the comfortable confines
of Wall. In order to find the fallen star, Tristan will have to ascend
the wall and venture deep into the forbidden heart of the fantastical realm
known as Stormhold. Upon discovering that the meteorite he sought was in
fact a beautiful girl named Yvaine (Danes), who has stumbled though space
and is now being pursued by the King of Stormhold's (Peter O'Toole) sons
(who long to use her cosmic powers to lay claim to the throne), Tristan
vows to protect the otherworldly visitor at all costs. But the king's sons
aren't the only ones in search of the luminous Yvaine; fearsome witch Lamia
(Pfeiffer) has become convinced that the young girl's power can help her
to achieve eternal youth and beauty. As Tristan makes his way through Stormhold
on a mission to bring the star back to Wall, he will encounter a series
of spectacular characters and creatures that will lead him to a fate he
never imagined. Layer Cake director Matthew Vaughn serves as director and
co-screenwriter for this tale of witches and pirates adapted from the novel
by fantasy icon Neil Gaiman, who also produces.
