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List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $14.99 You Save: $4.99 Features • Color • Dolby • DTS Surround Sound • Dubbed • Full Screen • NTSC In Theaters : 01 September, 2006 DVD Release : 09 January, 2007 |
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The Illusionist (Full Screen Edition) description First screened in Europe and scheduled for limited release in the U.S., The Illusionist offers welcome proof that "arthouse" quality needn't be limited to the arthouses. Set in turn-of-the-century Vienna, this stately, elegant period film benefited from a crossover release in mainstream cinemas, and showed considerable box-office staying power--granted, teenage mallrats and lusty males may have been drawn to the allure of Seventh Heaven alumna Jessica Biel, who rises to the occasion with a fine performance. But there's equal appeal in the casting of Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti, who bring their formidable talents to bear on the intriguing tale of a celebrated magician named Eisenheim (Norton) whose stage performance offends the Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell), a vindictive lout who aims to marry Duchess Sophie (Biel), Eisenheim's childhood friend and now, 15 years later, his would-be lover. This romantic rivalry and Eisenheim's increasingly enigmatic craft of illusion are investigated by Chief Inspector Uhl (Giamatti), who's under Leopold's command and is therefore not to be trusted as Eisenheim and Sophie draw closer to their inevitable reunion. Cleverly adapted by director Neil Burger from Steven Millhauser's short story "Eisenheim the Illusionist," and boasting exquisite production values and a fine score by Philip Glass, The Illusionist is the kind of class act that fully deserved its unusually wide and appreciative audience. -- Jeff Shannon
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Story-telling at its best |
| An exquisite film with splendid photography, a beautiful and haunting score, and a stupendous cast. Edward Norton delivered a veritably mesrmerizing and unforgettable performance, Paul Giamatti was equally compelling, and Rufus Sewell, in the shoes of the bad guy, was outstanding. Even though the story is told in such a way that you don't know what really happened till the very end, it is the kind of film you'd want to see more than once, knowledge of its ending notwithstanding.
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