Inkheart

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When Mo (Brendan Fraser) reads aloud from books, he has the ability to make the characters come out of the book, into real life. Mo discovered his power when his daughter Meggie (Eliza Bennett), was just a baby. Mo read aloud from the book Inkheart, which caused several of the book's wicked characters, including Capricorn (Andy Serkis), to literally come to life. But while he read them out of the book, he accidentally read Meggie’s mother, Theresa (Sienna Guillory) into the story.

Meggie is 12 years old, but knows nothing of her father's bizarre and powerful talent. But Meggie is annoyed that Mo still refuses to read to her. Capricorn, a man who burns for pleasure and being so evil that he would "feed a bird to a cat on purpose, just to watch it being torn apart", has searched for Meggie's father for years, seeking to twist Mo's powerful talent to his own dark means. Finally, Capricorn realizes that the best way to lure Mo to his remote mountain hideaway is to use his beloved daughter Meggie as bait. While Meggie discovers Capricorn's ruthless plan, she too, can pluck people from pages and bring them to life, but it takes a while for her to realize her power.

Cast
Brendan Fraser as Mortimer Folchart
Eliza Bennett as Meggie Folchart
Paul Bettany as Dustfinger
Andy Serkis as Capricorn
Jim Broadbent as Fenoglio
Helen Mirren as Elinor Loredan
Rafi Gavron as Farid
Sienna Guillory as Theresa "Resa" Folchart
Lesley Sharp as Mortola
Matt King as Cockerell
Jamie Foreman as Basta
Marnix Van Den Broeke as The Shadow
Steve Speirs as Flatnose
Jessie Cave as Nymph, an original character created for the film.
Adam Bond as Prince Charming, an original character created for the film.
Tereza Srbova as Rapunzel, an original character created for the film.

Detail Info
Directed by Iain Softley
Produced by Cornelia Funke, Ileen Maisel, Barry Mendel
Written by

• David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay)
• Cornelia Funke (novel)
• Gary David Goldberg

Music by Javier Navarrete
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date(s) January 9, 2009
Country United States
United Kingdom
Language English
Budget £30,000,000

External Links
Official Website