Screenhead held a giveaway for the DVD and Blu-Ray release of The Illusionist.  We picked the winner Insiya who says, “Count me in.”  We not only counted you in the giveaway, but you won  (1) copy of the DVD/Blu Ray Combo pack. Congratulations!

From the Director of the Oscar-nominated classic The Triplets of Belleville, a down-on-his-luck magician meets a young girl who is convinced his magic is real in this 2010 Academy Award nominated film.

The Illusionist is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. I strongly recommend you see this movie.

The movie is a heartwarming story of a magician while touring concert halls, theaters and pubs encounters a young girl at the start of her life’s journey. Alice is a teenage girl with all her capacity for childish wonder still intact. She plays at being a woman without realizing the day to stop pretending is fast approaching. She doesn’t know yet that she loves The Illusionist like she would a father; he already knows that he loves her as he would a daughter. Their destinies will collide, but nothing – not even magic or the power of illusion– can stop the voyage of discovery.

The animation is realistic and characterized perfectly for the film, pure artistic splendor.

Screenhead is hosting a giveaway for the DVD and Blu-Ray release of The Illusionist. We have (1) copy of the DVD/Blu Ray Combo pack to give away to (1) of our readers.

From the Director of the Oscar-nominated classic The Triplets of Belleville, a down-on-his-luck magician meets a young girl who is convinced his magic is real in this 2010 Academy Award nominated film.

The Illusionist will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.

The movie is a heartwarming story of a magician while touring concert halls, theaters and pubs encounters a young girl at the start of her life’s journey. Alice is a teenage girl with all her capacity for childish wonder still intact. She plays at being a woman without realizing the day to stop pretending is fast approaching. She doesn’t know yet that she loves The Illusionist like she would a father; he already knows that he loves her as he would a daughter. Their destinies will collide, but nothing – not even magic or the power of illusion– can stop the voyage of discovery.

The animation is realistic and characterized perfectly for the film, pure artistic splendor.

To enter the giveaway, post your name and we will pick the winner May 21, 2011.

I really want to see this movie because of its uniqueness and subtlety. The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafes. However, while performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever.

A cinematic splendor in animation found a US distributor, Sony Classics.  Directed by Sylvain Chomet, I watch the French trailer and gaze.  The detail and quality of animation with the soundtrack has me sold on the movie. I want to see it.

Distribution date in the US is not set, but the film opens in France June 16, 2010.

The Illusionist is a beautifully told story about one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafes. However, while performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever.

Watch the film clips and be amazed.  The detail and quality of animation with the soundtrack has me sold on the movie.

Distribution date in the US is not set, but the film opens in France June 16, 2010.

The movie concerns the Illusionist,  a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafes. However, while performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever.

A cinematic splendor in animation found a US distributor, Sony Classics.  Guy Lodge of In Contention says it’s the best film of 2010. 

Watch the French trailer and gaze.  The detail and quality of animation with the soundtrack has me sold on the movie. I want to see it.

Distribution date in the US is not set, but the film opens in France June 16, 2010.

Here is the official synopsis with spoilers:

The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafes. However, while performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever.

Watching his performance to the excited and amazed villagers who are celebrating the arrival of electricity to their remote island, Alice becomes awestruck by our hero and believes his tricks are real magic.

Following him to Edinburgh, she keeps his home while he goes to work in a small local theatre. Enchanted by her enthusiasm for his act, he rewards her with increasingly lavish gifts he has ‘conjured’ into existence. Desperate not to disappoint her, he cannot bring himself to reveal that magic does not exist and that buying these gifts is driving him to ruin.

But as Alice comes of age, she finds love and moves on. The Illusionist no longer has to pretend and, untangled from his own web of deceit, resumes his life a much wiser man.

A cinamatic splender in animation hasn’t found a US distributor yet, but Guy Lodge of In Contention says it’s the best film of 2010. 

Watch the trailer and gaze.  The detail and quality of animation with the soundtrack has me sold on the movie. I want to see it.