| Release | Feb 7, 2006 |
| Video |
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs. |
| Audio |
English: Dolby Digital 5.1 French: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Thai |
| Studio | Sony Pictures |
| Year | 2005 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
- Commentary - Director/Writer
- Featurette: Neil Gaiman
- Featurette: Dave McKean talks about the film
- Beginnings
- Cast & Crew
- Day 16
- Flight of the Monkeybirds
- Giants Development
- Questions & Answers
MirrorMask is the story of Helena, who works for the family circus, and wishes-quite ironically-that she could run away and join real life. But such is not to be the case, as she finds herself on a strange journey into the Dark Lands, a fantastic landscape filled with giants, Monkeybirds and dangerous sphinxes. Helena searches for the "Mirrormask", an object of enormous power that is her only hope of escaping the Dark Lands, waking the Queen of Light and returning home.
Reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland and Labyrinth, MIRRORMASK is a fantasy tale of an intelligent young girl on a journey through a magical world. It is also a visually astounding piece of filmmaking, updating the fairy-tale quest in a coming-of-age story imbued with dark beauty. Written by Neil Gaiman (Sandman) and directed by frequent collaborator and illustrator Dave McKean, the film mixes live action and animation, and manages to keep the graphic novelists' aesthetic largely intact: the frames are full of weirdly-skewed perspectives, foggy patches, and mismatched textures that appear grandly decayed.
Stephanie Leonidas plays Helena, a young girl who juggles in her father's circus, but longs for a "normal" life. She spends her free time drawing elaborate, fantastical black-and-white pictures which cover every surface of her bedroom. One night, after an argument with her mother (Gina McKee) during which Helena lets fly some rather painful pronouncements, Mom falls ill with an unspecified affliction. As the family waits for news and the circus struggles financially, Helena blames herself for the misfortune. The night before her mother's surgery, Helena is mysteriously transported to a world which bears a strong resemblance to her own drawings, and is populated by strange creatures who follow an even stranger logic. Helena and her traveling companion, fellow juggler Valentine (Jason Barry), sign on to find a mysterious charm which will wake the queen of the city--also played by McKee--from her deep sleep, defeating the forces of darkness and returning Helena home.
The film's outstanding art direction is complemented by witty dialogue and some genuinely creepy moments (the words "don't let them see you're afraid" are chill-inducing). Meanwhile, Leonidas's performance is remarkable, maintaining a likeability, charm, and freshness that is all the more amazing considering it was delivered against a green screen, with her special-effect co-stars edited in later.
Reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland and Labyrinth, MIRRORMASK is a fantasy tale of an intelligent young girl on a journey through a magical world. It is also a visually astounding piece of filmmaking, updating the fairy-tale quest in a coming-of-age story imbued with dark beauty. Written by Neil Gaiman (Sandman) and directed by frequent collaborator and illustrator Dave McKean, the film mixes live action and animation, and manages to keep the graphic novelists' aesthetic largely intact: the frames are full of weirdly-skewed perspectives, foggy patches, and mismatched textures that appear grandly decayed.
Stephanie Leonidas plays Helena, a young girl who juggles in her father's circus, but longs for a "normal" life. She spends her free time drawing elaborate, fantastical black-and-white pictures which cover every surface of her bedroom. One night, after an argument with her mother (Gina McKee) during which Helena lets fly some rather painful pronouncements, Mom falls ill with an unspecified affliction. As the family waits for news and the circus struggles financially, Helena blames herself for the misfortune. The night before her mother's surgery, Helena is mysteriously transported to a world which bears a strong resemblance to her own drawings, and is populated by strange creatures who follow an even stranger logic. Helena and her traveling companion, fellow juggler Valentine (Jason Barry), sign on to find a mysterious charm which will wake the queen of the city--also played by McKee--from her deep sleep, defeating the forces of darkness and returning Helena home.
The film's outstanding art direction is complemented by witty dialogue and some genuinely creepy moments (the words "don't let them see you're afraid" are chill-inducing). Meanwhile, Leonidas's performance is remarkable, maintaining a likeability, charm, and freshness that is all the more amazing considering it was delivered against a green screen, with her special-effect co-stars edited in later.
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Jason BarryGina McKeeStephanie LeonidasRob BrydonDora BryanStephen FryKate Robbins"MirrorMask"
Written byNeil GaimanWritten byDave McKeanproduced byMartin G. Baker
produced byLisa Henson
produced byMichael Polis
produced bySimon Moorhead
directed byDave McKean
Production Year: 2005
Written byNeil GaimanWritten byDave McKeanproduced byMartin G. Baker
produced byLisa Henson
produced byMichael Polis
produced bySimon Moorhead
directed byDave McKean
Production Year: 2005
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