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Fairytale : a true story  Cover Image E-video E-video

Fairytale : a true story / Paramount Pictures presents an Icon Productions/Wendy Finerman production, a Charles Sturridge film ; produced by Wendy Finerman and Bruce Davey ; screenplay by Ernie Contreras ; directed by Charles Sturridge.

Summary:

Young Frances and Elsie believe in fairies. The photographs the girls take of the winged beings put them at the center of a real-life controvery that sweeps through a recovering World War I England during 1917. Everyone is caught up in the excitement, including two of the era's most renowned men: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and master illusionist Harry Houdini. But are the photographs real or just a cleaver hoax?

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (99 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: [Hollywood, California] : Paramount Pictures, [2013]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount Pictures, 1997.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photogaphy, Michael Coulter ; art director, Sam Riley ; editor, Peter Coulson ; music, Zbignew Preisner ; costume designer, Shirley Russell ; production designer, Michael Howells.
Participant or Performer Note:
Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann, Phoebe Nicholls, Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Bill Nighy, Bob Peck, Anton Lesser.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG; for brief mild language.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed Feb 16, 2015).
Subject: Fairy plays.
Genre: Streaming video.
Children's films.
Fantasy films.
Films for the hearing impaired.


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