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Actors: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan Director: Neil Burger Rating: Features: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Number of Discs: 1 Running Time: 109 minutes Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Release Date: January 9, 2007 Theatrical Release Date: September 1, 2006 Studio: 20th Century Fox
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A magician falls in love with the crown prince's fiancee leading to obsession and crime. No Track Information Available Media Type: DVD Artist: NORTON/GIAMATTI/BIEL Title: ILLUSIONIST Street Release Date: 01/09/2007 Domestic Genre: DRAMA
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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