The Illusionist (2010)
The Illusionist (2010)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jean-Claude Donda
Tatischeff / French Cinema Manager (voice)
Eilidh Rankin
Alice (voice)
Didier Gustin
Songs (voice)
Jil Aigrot
Songs (voice)
Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot (archive footage) (uncredited) / Original Film Writer / Original Story / Screenstory
Duncan MacNeil
Additional Voices (voice)
Raymond Mearns
Additional Voices (voice)
James T. Muir
Additional Voices (voice)
Tom Urie
Additional Voices (voice)
Paul Bandey
Additional Voices (voice)
Sylvain Chomet
Director / Adaptation / Editor / Music / Screenplay
Bob Last
Producer
Sally Chomet
Producer
Philippe Carcassonne
Executive Producer
Bjarne Hansen
Art Direction
Campbell McAllister
Digital Effects Supervisor
Jean Goudier
Sound Designer
Fiona Hall
Production Manager
Isobel Stenhouse
Background Designer
Mike Shorten
Propmaker
Laurent Kricher
Animation
Thierry Torres Rubio
Animation
Nic Debray
Animation
Victor Ens
Animation
Antonio Mengual Llobet
Animation
Charlotte Walton
Animation
Sandra Gaudi
Animation
Javier Martin Lapeyra
Animation
Manuel Galiana
Animation
Valentin Amador Diaz
Animation
Satjit Matharu
Animation
Yann Tremblay
Animation
Richard Bazley
Animation
Christina Calles Ruiz
Animation
Michael Coles
Animation
Allan Fernando
Animation
Ignacio Fernando De Zumar
Animation
Alvaro Gaivoto
Animation
Edward Hall
Animation
Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang
Animation
Arturo Hernandez
Animation
Gabriel Mase
Animation
Andy McPherson
Animation
Jaques Muller
Animation
Sydney Padua
Animation
Mario Serrano Hervas
Animation
Michael Swofford
Animation
Julian Villanua Escolan
Animation
Nicolette Van Gendt
Animation
Leonard Ward
Animation
Michael Solinger
Post Production Supervisor
Laurent Lévy
Foley
François Lepeuple
Foley
Tarn Harper
Production Accountant
Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
Paul Dutton
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 16, 2010
Original NameL'Illusionniste
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 20m
Budget$18,000,000
Box Office$6,007,194
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Illusionist (French: L'Illusionniste) is a 2010 animated film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film is based on an unproduced script written by French mime, director and actor Jacques Tati in 1956. Controversy surrounds Tati's motivation for the script, which was written as a personal letter to his estranged eldest daughter, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel, in collaboration with his long-term writing partner Henri Marquet, between writing for the films Mon Oncle and Play Time.
The main character is an elderly version of Tati, with hints of his character Monsieur Hulot. The plot revolves around a struggling illusionist who visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician. Chomet relocated the film, originally intended by Tati to be set in Czechoslovakia, to Scotland in the late 1950s. According to the director, "It's not a romance, it's more the relationship between a dad and a daughter." Sony's US press kit declares that the "script for The Illusionist was originally written by French comedy genius and cinema legend Jacques Tati as a love letter from a father to his daughter, but never produced". The film received acclaim from critics, and was nominated for both Academy Award for Best Animated Feature & Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, losing to Pixar's Toy Story 3 & Dreamworks’ How to Train Your Dragon respectively.