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1 Everything you need to know about STARDUST and how it relates to you and the world around you. Includes info on the actors, director, with news, reviews, and photos. Presentation by David Bruce, VisualHollywood.com

2 SYNOPSIS Movies Contain the Essence of Being Human "Stardust," based on the bestselling graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess, takes audiences on an adventure that begins in a village in England and ends up in places that exist in an imaginary world. A young man named Tristan (Charlie Cox) tries to win the heart of Victoria (Sienna Miller), the beautiful but cold object of his desire, by going on a quest to retrieve a fallen star. His journey takes him to a mysterious and forbidden land beyond the walls of his village. On his odyssey, Tristan finds the star, which has transformed into a striking girl named Yvaine (Claire Danes).

3 CAST The Cinematic Arts Have the Power to Transform CLAIRE DANES (Yvaine) has established herself as one of Hollywood's leading actresses. In 2007 Danes stared in Lajos Koltai's "Evening," an adaptation of Susan Minot's best-selling novel, opposite Toni Collette, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Natasha Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave. Danes recently starred in Anand Tucker's "Shopgirl opposite Steve Martin and Jason Schwartzman. Danes also starred in Thomas Bezucha's romantic comedy "The Family Stone"opposite Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson.

4 CREW Our Artists Are Our Liberators Director/Producer/Screenplay : MATTHEW VAUGHN Screenplay: JANE GOLDMAN Director of Photography : BEN DAVIS Production Designer: GAVIN BOCQUET Editor: JON HARRIS Costume Designer: SAMMY SHELDON Composer: ILAN ESHKERI

5 CAST Actors are Liberators Unaware PETER O'TOOLE (The King) His illustrious career spans five decades. During that time, the range of recognition his big-screen performances have garnered includes a total of eight Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and an Honorary Academy Award in 2003, three BAFTA nominations for Best Actor, and three Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture Actor. He most recently received an Oscar nomination for his role as an aging stage actor in "Venus" and was heard voicing the role of a restaurant critic in the Pixar film "Ratatouille."

CAST MICHELLE PFEIFFER (Lamia) is truly the villainess of the summer, appearing not only in Stardust, but also in Hairspray as the ruthless and conniving Velma Von Tussle, a former beauty queen.

6 CAST MICHELLE PFEIFFER (Lamia) is truly the villainess of the summer, appearing not only in Stardust, but also in Hairspray as the ruthless and conniving Velma Von Tussle, a former beauty queen. She has earned three Academy Award nominations, two as Best Actress, and as Best Supporting Actress. Actors help us: laugh, be happy, cry, get angry, and even think. Can there be any better gifts?

7 CREW MATTHEW VAUGHN (Director/Producer/Screenplay by) started his career in 1996 as a producer with "The Innocent Sleep," a thriller starring Michael Gambon and Rupert Graves. He set up Ska Films with director Guy Ritchie in 1997 and the following year made "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," which became one of the most successful British films of the decade. Filmmakers are Revolutionaries, Not Just Entertainers This was followed by the diamond heist movie "Snatch" with Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro and Jason Statham. The film opened to great acclaim and went on to accrue $100 million worldwide.

8 TRIVIA AND NEWS Movie Making is the Convergence of Many Talents and Art Forms The original DC comic series was a top votegetter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards for Favorite Limited Series for 1998 and The collected edition of the series was a top votegetter for the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Reprint Graphic Album for Regarding a central plot character in the novel (a large tree with red leaves that talks): The character was based on singer/songwriter (and friend of Gaiman) Tori Amos. Both Gaiman and Amos have been directly asked in press interviews if Amos would voice the tree in the film, and both have refused to comment before the film opened.

9 EXTENDED SYNOPSIS Stories are Transforming A young man named Tristran (Charlie Cox) tries to win the heart of Victoria (Sienna Miller), the beautiful but cold object of his desire, by going on a quest to retrieve a fallen star. His journey begins at the Wall - a barrier separating his village from the mysterious and forbidden lands beyond. On his odyssey, Tristran finds that in the lands beyond the Wall the star is actually a striking girl named Yvaine (Claire Danes).

10 EXTENDED SYNOPSIS All Kids are Born Artistic What is Natural is Essential In the land of Stormhold, the dying Lord (Peter O'Toole) sets his four living sons on a quest to retrieve the Ruby of Stormhold in order to claim the throne. Before he dies, one son is killed by another and the Ruby is thrown from the bedchamber. It flies into space and knocks down the evening star. The three remaining brothers not to mention the ghosts of their four dead brothers begin preparations to retrieve the Ruby, not knowing they are now on the same path as Tristran.

EXTENDED SYNOPSIS Stories Embody the Essence of Being Human Elsewhere in the lands beyond the Wall, the three evil Lilim - witch-sisters, Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer), Empusa (Sarah

11 EXTENDED SYNOPSIS Stories Embody the Essence of Being Human Elsewhere in the lands beyond the Wall, the three evil Lilim - witch-sisters, Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer), Empusa (Sarah Alexander), and Mormo (Joanna Scanlan) - also witness the fall of the star. Lamia sets off to retrieve the star so the trio can restore their youth and beauty by consuming the star's heart.

12 EXTENDED SYNOPSIS Cinematic Story Telling is a Profoundly Humanizing endeavor. As Tristran seeks to return the star to Victoria, he must deal with these threats as well as encounters with an air pirate named Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro), a shady trader named Ferdy the Fence (Ricky Gervais), and a witch named Ditchwater Sal (Melanie Hill) along the way.

13 EXTENDED SYNOPSIS Film making is a Community Event. Through his travails, his quest changes: he must now win the heart of the star for himself as he discovers the meaning of true love.

14 CRITICAL OPINION Free Artistic Expression is a Mark of a Free Society The sweep of the story and the humor keep things on something of an even keel. --John Anderson, Variety The movie goes down easy, but there's a thin line here: is this an homage or a parasite? --David Ansen, Newsweek A magical adult fairy tale. --Sura Wood, Hollywood Reporter Stardust' Fun Fairy Tale for Grown- Ups --Christy Lemire, Associated Press

FILM REVIEW by DAVID BRUCE One fateful night, Tristran Thorn promises the most beautiful girl in the rural, English village of Wall, Victoria Forester, that he will retrieve a

That is the message at the heart of this film. This film gets that point across in a fun and enchanting manner. The story is well crafted and the acting is superbly fun.

15 FILM REVIEW by DAVID BRUCE One fateful night, Tristran Thorn promises the most beautiful girl in the rural, English village of Wall, Victoria Forester, that he will retrieve a fallen star for her from beyond the wall that borders their village and separates it from the Faerie realm. That journey changes his life forever. The journey always changes us. That is the message at the heart of this film. This film gets that point across in a fun and enchanting manner. The story is well crafted and the acting is superbly fun. As John Anderson in Variety says: Sprinkled with tongue-in-cheek humor, fairly adult jokes and some well-known faces acting very silly. How can anyone not like this film? Art is the Language of Liberation

16 THE FUTILE SEARCH FOR IMMORTALITY The Liar is a place where the witches have unsuccessfully sought immortality. The Lair is a place that the witches had designed when they had lots of power. Over the years however, it has become run-down and crumbling, symbolizing their loss of magical powers. The exterior is made of very gloomy black volcanic rock. Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope --Robert Green Ingersoll

17 JOURNEYS NEED FAITH Art is a Liberating Force Move beyond the walls! Only fear holds us back. On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property. --Buddha

18 STARS: BEING THE LIGHT THAT DISPELS ANOTHER S DARKNESS To Restrict Creativity is to Restrict the very Nature of the Creator There are stars who's light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen apart. There are people who's remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest nights on the road we must follow. --The Talmud

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