Mirrormask | 
 enlarge | Actors: Jason Barry, Dora Bryan, Rob Brydon, Stephen Fry, Andy Hamilton
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Portuguese (Original Language), French (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: COLD02505D
ISBN: 1404945156
UPC: 043396025059
EAN: 9781404945159
ASIN: B000BT97AO
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: February 14, 2006
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Product Description
Helena is a 15-year-old girl working for her family circus who wishes that she could run away from the circus & join real life. But such is not to be the case as she finds herself on a strange journey into the dark lands a fantastic land filled with fantastic creatures. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/22/2007 Starring: Stephanie Leonidas Rob Brydon Run time: 104 minutes Rating: Pg
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This visually stunning film is the product of a collaboration of award-winning graphic novelist Neil Gaiman (creator of the much-lauded Sandman series), his frequent collaborator Dave McKean (Cages), and The Jim Henson Company, themselves no strangers to elaborate fantasies such as The Dark Crystal. and Labyrinth. As with the latter film, MirrorMask focuses on a young woman unhappy with her daily existence; here, the artistically inclined Helena (Stephanie Leonides), is at odds with her circus performer parents. When a careless insult appears to send her mother (Gina McKee) into a coma, Helena withdraws into the dark and elaborate world of her drawings, in which a scenario very similar to her predicament in the real world is unfolding. Gaiman and director McKean create arresting images to populate Helena's world, and the Henson Company brings them vividly to life with CGI; though the story is occasionally murky, the fantasy elements are imaginative enough to enthrall what will undoubtedly be the film's toughest customers--younger viewers. --Paul Gaita
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 Feast For The Eyes December 25, 2008
Theo Althuiszes (Corralitos,CA USA)
One of the best fantasy, special effects films I've ever seen. Surrealism that totally engrossed me. I'd call it a masterpiece.
reminiscent of a cirque du soleil performance December 20, 2008
Christine Ann Peacock-Eng (San Jose, CA)
If you like the traveling french circus "Cirque du soleil" you will find this movie very similar in its surrealism. Fans of the 1986 movie Labyrinth, 2006 El Laberinto del fauno ("Pans Labyrinth") or 1985 "Legend" will enjoy this film!
What Do You Get When Your Director/Writer Is Also Your Production Designer? MirrorMask December 6, 2008
Flap Jackson (State Road, NC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
MirrorMask is nothing short of the weirdest and most imaginative movies I have ever seen. It is also the farthest thing from a mainstream film as you can get, as 9/10 people will absolutely hate this movie. If you can get into as I did however, and appreciate all the visuals they were able to accomplish with an incredible 4-million dollar budget, then you'll appreciate the subtle humor and originality of this film, throughout the pure strangeness of it all.
First off, this movie is purely a British production, so it highly retains a BBC-tone to the movie, and all the actors are completely unknown in the States, and by no-means stars in Britain. However, Stephanie Leonidas and Jason Barry are excellent in their roles, and really help draw you into the movie, giving you something to identify with. Because, with all the weirdness going on, it's incredibly easy to lose yourself in the film, becoming lost in the vast land of the unknown. The actors and characters therefore must keep you focused, and they do this well. Of course, if the visuals weren't enough to throw you off track, the story will. Sure, it could have been better, and it draws influences from many staples of the genre, but in-between all this, I still liked the movie.
Maybe it's because of the subtle humor, that's both witty and hilarious. Between the flying books, and the other strange assortment of characters in this movie, you almost can't help but laugh.
Overall, chances are you're going to hate this movie, and you wouldn't be alone. There is nothing normal about this movie, and it's part of the reason why it's so good. Sure, the film could have been cut down 15 minutes or so, and the story could have been tweaked, but you might like what you see. It's probably a one-time watching event, and who knows what Jim Henson would have thought of it. I personally think he would have loved it. It has Henson written all over it, from the characters, to the humor, to the the weirdness. I think he would have been proud.
The Librarian: 'Take the book, if it goes back on the shelf, it'll just depress the other books, causing them to huddle together and molt.'
Pure genius...
 I practice ping pong in the nude in the mirror every day November 15, 2008
Blood Bath (Texas)
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
Oh boy. I just don't get the foreign angle to most stories. They just keep going and going and going. Just when you think it's over, bam! something else comes up. At the end I always feel like saying "What just happend?"
Also, the boy/girl love connection is a bit off. The girl seems way too young for the male love interest. I guess we're supposed to believe 10 years passed by without the girl maturing AT ALL. I guess it could happen like it did in Star Wars except it still wasn't convincing.
 Mirrormask - Blu-ray Info November 15, 2008
LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Version: U.S.A / Sony Pictures / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:40:45
Movie size: 29,51 GB
Disc size: 34,00 GB
Average video bit rate: 26.32 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1470 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1470kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)
Dolby TrueHD Audio French 1499 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1499kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)
Dolby TrueHD Audio Portuguese 1483 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 1483kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Thai 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps
Number of chapters: 16
Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Korean, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian
#Director/writer audio commentary
#Featurettes:
1. Neil Talks
2. Dave Talks
3. Beginnings
4. Cast & Crew
5. Day 16 - Production
6. Flight of the Monkeybirds - Production
7. Giants development - Production
8. Questions and answers
#HD Trailers
#BD-Live
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