Cornelia funkes inkheart is a novel of magical realismthe story takes place in. Gaping plot holes aside, inkheart is a lovely little film, aimed at the bookish among us, and peppered with a love of the literary. He restores books for a living and travels with meggie to find an old book called inkheart in antique bookshops in europe. A teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her. Inkheart 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I hope that the film of the first book inkheart, will be enjoyable and entertaining, as the books are.
A few days ago i wrote a post on cornelia funkes wonderful novel inkheart. Inkheart the book and inkheart the film are based on the same story, but still have a few. Dustfinger aches to return to the world of inkheart, and will seemingly do whatever it takes to get mo to read him back into the book, yet he is meggie and mos uneasy ally. When he reads the littleknown childrens book inkheart to his wife.
Im sure it must be very comfortable sleeping with a hard, rectangular thing like that under your head, her father had teased, the first time he found a book under her pillow. Inkheart is a book about books, a celebration of and a warning about books. Meggie is less interested in all the dusty old novels, however, than she is in the adventures held within their pages. This article needs additional citations for verification. With inkheart, we had an interesting premise, well developed characters, and an excellent narration. Not realizing that inkheart is based on a famous fantasy novel, i had the foolish hope the movie might be about books. Twelve years later, meggie eliza bennett and her father visit an old book shop in europe, unaware that mo is secretly looking for a copy of the book inkheart. Based on a 2007 online poll, the national education association named the book one of its teachers top 100 books for children.
But this ability is a curse when someone comes out of a book, someone else from our world goes into the book, and this, meggie learns, is how she lost her mother many years ago. Mo hasnt told meggie that he is a silvertongue, a person who can bring books and characters to life by reading stories aloud. To better understand how this book and movie differ. When a disturbing stranger named dustfingers intrudes on their peace, she gradually discovers that the barrier between books and the real world is permeable and that an illfated readaloud. The movie opens with a father reading little red riding hood to his twoyearold while the mother watches and a narrator explains that there are some people in the world, called. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to lifeliterally. Then read the book and find a hundred new reasons to love it again. But when mo accidentally brings a powerhungry villain from a rare children. And for elinor, who lent me her name, although i didnt use it for an elf queen. From internationally acclaimed storyteller cornelia funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now out in paperback. Mortimer is in perpetual flight from the tormented juggler dustfinger paul bettany and a gang of villains whom hes released from a rare adventure book called inkheart, the book in which his. This man capricorn wants her father and will do anything to get him and if not he will settle for the second best, meggie. Inkheart authors cornelia funke translator anthea bell illustrator cornelia funke cover artist cornelia funke country germany uk us publishers cecilie dressler verlag germany the chicken house uk followed by inkspell inkheart originally titled tinterhertz is a 2003 young adult novel by german author cornelia funke, and the first in the inkheart trilogy. In the book, meggie and elinor went to find mo when mo didnt return.
The shadow is a giant supernatural monster that is the most feared of all villains within the inkheart book series and the movie inkheart. So we put some books in a book so you can read while you read. The imaginative tale features magically gifted readers who can pull characters out of books and into real life simply by reading about them out loud. But they essentially did to this what they did to eragon and vampire academy both really awesome and enjoyable successful book series, vampire academy has multiple series following the first they changed up so many details and added stuff that didnt match up to the book the movie was ultimately unenjoyable and almost couldnt watch it to the end. Dec, 2008 the hero is the bibliophile and book restorer mortimer folchart brendan fraser, who has the remarkable gift of bringing the characters of books to life when he reads them aloud.
All in all, while inkheart is a highly enjoyable film, it is not the book. On january 12, 2009, a video game based on the film was released for the nintendo ds. As with cornelia funkes previous book, the thief lord, some kids will be put off by the leisurely pace of inkheart, while others will be enthralled by the unusual story. Her father raised his head and looked at her with the usual absent expression he wore when she interrupted his reading. I downloaded this book for our car travels over the holidays. The author offers a book within a book and allows the reader to experience the beauty of both. Following a postgraduate course in book illustration at the hamburg state college of design, cornelia funke worked as a designer and illustrator of childrens books. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of inkheart by cornelia funke. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Mo folchart and his young daughter meggie travel from bookstore to bookstore, buying and repairing rare books. Mo discovered his power when maggie was just a baby.
Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. The fantasy movie inkheart stars brendan fraser as mortimer, who shares a passion for books with his 12yearold daughter, meggie. Now the villain, capricorn, whom mo accidentally released from a book called inkheart, is determined to capture mo, meggie, and the book, and force mo to read both. Take the inkheart quiz to see which character you are most like from the awardwinning book inkheart by cornelia funke. One night a guy named dustfinger comes to see mo, and they talk about some dude whos on his trail capricorn. The movie tells the story of a man who finds out too late that when he reads aloud, it brings parts of the books he reads into the real world while it randomly sends real people into the book being read. Oct 07, 2010 also where sometimes the book is getting boring with the details, the movie make the details enjoyable by giving you a fast tour of the inkheart world without tiring you. A teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of. Tintenherz is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and the first book of the inkheart trilogy. Meggie, an avid reader, lives alone with her father, a bookbinder. What unimportant little details stick in the memory. May 18, 2011 tenyearold meggies father, mo silvertongue played by brendan fraser the mummy franchise, journey to the center of the earth, has a wonderful tale. Go on, admit it, the book whispers its story to you at night. Mortimer mo folchart and his 12yearold daughter, meggie, share an extraordinary gift for bringing characters from books to life when they read aloud.
It may even encourgage more people of all ages to read this trilogy. With brendan fraser, andy serkis, eliza bennett, sienna guillory. Capricorn is a powermad baron who serves as one of the major villains in the inkheart book trilogy and the main antagonist in the 2008 film adaptation of the same name. Meggie, a girl at the age of 12, sees a stranger staring at her outside her window and tells her father, mortimer or mo, as.
Inkheart wiki is an encyclopedia about new york times bestselling author cornelia funkes inkworld trilogy. Finding something that the whole family can listen to and enjoy can be a challenge. Cornelia funke is the best childrens writer ive ever known. Inkheart by cornelia funke is the first series in the inkheart trilogy. Inkheart is a fun fantasy movie for older children and above. Some of the monsters, villains and thunderstorms are a bit too scary for younger children.
It may not be the most breathlessly exciting film out there, but for the young audience for which its intended, inkheart is an intelligent, charming and wellrounded oldschool adventure. Ive read hundreds of different books and rated hundereds of authors i want to become an author someday and i can only dream of being as good as cornelia funke. I hope this film encourages viewers to do just that. Nov 21, 2003 inkheart by cornelia funke, translated by anthea bell 544pp, chicken house. Its a story about people who make storiesthe people who write them, who bind them into books, and who live them. Jul 08, 2014 mo folchart is a father who possesses a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. I enjoy reading a wide range of books and have found that some books written for young adult readers, are just as entertaining and exciting to read. It was a really great movie, a very powerful story, about love and hope. It is hard to avoid preciosity in books about books, but here funke pulls off the feat with vigor. But despite the slow pacing and repetition, this is a rousing adventure.
He was portrayed by andy serkis, who also played gollum in the lord of the rings and hobbit trilogies, ulysses klaue in the. Were considering expanding this synopsis into a fulllength study guide to deepen your comprehension of the book. They did it with the help of dustfinger because dustfinger was suppose to. But disappointment in the way some of the stories were told, combined with her desire to draw fantastic creatures and magical worlds rather than the familiar situations of school. This summary of inkheart includes a complete plot overview spoilers included. Inkheart was released on dvd and bluray in the united kingdom on april, 2009. The movie of inkheart managed to accurately capture the relationship between all the characters, even while changing things here and there to make it fit more on the screen, the essence of this story remained true. Its still fun, its still wonderful, and its still enchanting. We have information on the books, the film, characters, the locations, and much more. Mo entrusts a book to elinor, but is all secretive about it.
Inkheart the book and inkheart the film are based on the same story, but still have a few differences. Funkes richly imagined and vividly told story is a page turner, its unique plot peopled with intriguing characters. Her father is a bookbinder, and he can bring characters to life from stories just by reading aloud. Mo decides to bail with meggie, and dustfinger tags along as they go to visit mos absent wifes aunt, elinor. The drawback is that real people are trapped within the same book. The biggest difference between the book and the movie is the action scenes and the characters. Meggie, a girl at the age of 12, sees a stranger staring at her outside her window and tells her father, mortimer or mo, as meggie calls him about it.
The shadow is a gigantic, demonic monster whose entire body is comprised of darkness and fire and ashes, and has 2 sharp red eyes, but no face. Inkheart 01 inkheart by cornelia funke translated from the german by anthea bell 2 dedication for anna, who even put the lord of the rings aside for a while to read this book. Because of this, a movie may differ from the novel. Mortimer mo silvertongue folchart raises his thirteenyearold daughter meggie eliza bennett alone after the disappearance of his wife resa sienna guillory. Meggies father, mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability.
It is a story about a young girl, meggie, and her father, mortimer or mo for short. Jan 21, 2009 i never knew reading was so dangerous. Her father can read things out of books but later in the story so can she. It is the first book in the inkheart trilogy series. Up to date inkheart has sold over three million copies worldwide. Spoilers are present below, proceed at your own risk mortimers placehome is not shown in the film. A young girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try. Here is a film about a man named mo, who, when he reads aloud, has the power of liberating fictional characters into the real world. The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its printed pages. A teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybooks hero. Silvertongue not only read several wicked characters out of the.
The best way to enjoy inkheart is to lose yourself in the book. Meanwhile, dustfinger paul bettany, another inkheart character, is so desperate to return home that he helps mo and company escape to search for the last person who might have the book inkhearts author jim broadbent. Inkheart taps into every readers desire for her beloved characters to be brought to life, and shows just what happens when they bring their world into ours. Mo folchart is a father who possesses a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. No child seeing inkheart will ever want to be read to again, especially if that child loves its mother, as so many do. Producers often use a book as a springboard for a movie idea or to earn a specific rating. Ive never read the book in which this movie was based on, but as far as fantasy adaptations go, ive read the book and i think this movie followed it quite well.
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative. Inkheart originally titled tinterhertz is a 2003 young adult novel by german author cornelia funke, and the first in the inkheart trilogy. Inkheart is based on a bestselling german childrens novel written by cornelia funke thats become so popular its been translated into 37 languages. Download free inkheart 2008 filmyzilla hollywood hindi dubbed mp4 hd full movies. First in a trilogy, followed by inkspell and inkdeath, inkheart by cornelia funke is everything i love in a childrens fantasy book.
When he reads aloud, the characters literally come to life, an ability he discovered when several terrible creatures sprang to life while he read from the story inkheart. Meggie is a stalwart heroine, and the villains are truly creepy and brutal perhaps too much so for some children. Inkheart by cornelia funke book popular book to movie. Tenyearold meggies father, mo silvertongue played by brendan fraser the mummy franchise, journey to the center of the earth, has a wonderful talent. The book mo was reading that night was bound in pale blue linen. Inkheart is my favorate book, and thats saying a lot, because i dont know about you, but im a very very picky reader. Brendan fraser,sienna guillory,eliza bennett,richard strange,paul bettany,helen mirren,matt king,steve speirs audio language.
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