Fairy Tale - A True Story

Fairy Tale - A True Story
by Charles Sturridge

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Actor: Elizabeth Earl, Florence Hoath, Harvey Keitel, Jason Salkey, Paul McGann
Director: Charles Sturridge
Brand: Paramount
Producer: Albert Ash
Writer: Albert Ash
Producer: Bruce Davey
Producer: Margaret French Isaac
Producer: Paul Tucker
Writer: Ernie Contreras
Writer: Tom McLoughlin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount

DVD Reviews of Fairy Tale - A True Story

DVD Review: Fairy Tale - A True Story
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a wonderful story with a lively cast of characters and many actors you will recognize. This a story for young and old and you will begin to look at your garden differently in hopes of seeing the faries who live there! The rememberance is that there are energies workng for you and with you all the time whether you are aware of them or not.

DVD Review: Fairy Tale - A True Story
Summary: 5 Stars

At first I thought the movie Fairy Tale - A True Story might just be intended for children, but my wife & I truly enjoyed it. It's a movie the entire family can watch together and enjoy from beginning to end. The scenery and photography are fantastic. I was glad that I bought the DVD.

DVD Review: Great movie and great family time.
Summary: 5 Stars

My daughter loves this film. It is a great family movie. Some people complain..wheres the action? wheres the romance? umm...its not an action movie or a romance. It is what it is..a story. A great story filled with great actors. Oh and a little shot of Mel Gibson added. I loved this movie, it was heartfelt and warm. Great movie and great family time.

DVD Review: Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars

I am an adult and purchased this movie for both my husband and I to watch. Why? Because it was something different and refreshing to watch from the usual high dramas and R-rated movies that are out on the market. It was a nice change of pace to take yourself away into a different world of fun and expectation. After all, do we know if fairies really exist or not? Just opening up our minds to the chance that fairies do exist made the movie very enjoyable. I highly recommend this movie for people of all ages - not just children. It takes you back to when you were innocent and took life as it came without analyzing whether things were possible.

DVD Review: Cute story
Summary: 5 Stars

Fairy Tale is a cute story for families. The video is well produced with clear audio and video. Although it purports to be true I have my doubts. Still it is worth watching. A little fantasy these days can help one forget for a little while the realities which face us all.

Description of Fairy Tale - A True Story

Two children in 1917 take a photograph believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 03/28/2006 Starring: Harvey Keitel John Bradley Run time: 99 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Charles Sturridge

When her father is declared missing in action during World War I, Elsie Wrigth (Florence Hoath) goes to live in England with her cousin Frances Griffiths (Elizabeth Earl) for whom the topic of fairies is forbidden. Immediately, the girls discover the winged creatures in the garden and photograph them for Frances's startled parents. This leads to another kind of adventure for the girls. They become the toasts of London as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Peter O'Toole) and Harry Houdini (Harvey Keitel), who have seen the photographs, escort them around town. Mildly villainous reporters chase the girls and curious spectators invade their garden after the pictures are printed publicly.

Although fairies are the visible subjects, the enchanting video is really about faith. Frances's parents (Phoebe Nicholls and Paul McGann) recently lost their son, Joseph, who had originally discovered the fairies and would like to think he may be an angel. Sir Arthur also lost his son and is courted by clairvoyants who claim they can talk to the boy. Elsie waits patiently for her father to come home, although it appears hopeless that he will. Harry Houdini is an illusionist but acts against the fraudulent claims of greedy mediums and the like. They are all touched by a need to truly believe in what remains hidden. The story is very loosely based on an early 20th-century controversy involving the real Frances and Elsie who faked pictures of fairies similar to the ones in the video. The real girls never confessed, but the video suggests the manner in which the real life photos may have been produced. --Margaret Griffis

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