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Release Date: 1997 Cast: Jason Salkey, Bob Peck, Adam Franks, Peter O'Toole, Tom Sturridge, Lara Morgan, Bill Nighy, Tim McInnerny, Guy Witcher, Anna Ramsay, Phoebe Nicholls, Paul McGann ...MORE
Cast: Jason Salkey, Bob Peck, Adam Franks, Peter O'Toole, Tom Sturridge, Lara Morgan, Bill Nighy, Tim McInnerny, Guy Witcher, Anna Ramsay, Phoebe Nicholls, Paul McGann, Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Harvey Keitel, Matilda Sturridge ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Period piece, Family Drama, Fantasy, Family Film FairyTale: A True Story is a 1997 film from Paramount Pictures, loosely based on the story of the Cottingley Fairies.
Early 20th Century England was a time and place ripe for believing, both in scientific advancements such as electric light and photography, and in anomalous phenomena of all kinds. At the time, many people believed that such phenomena could be investigated dispassionately and tested with the standard scientific (empirical) method.
The film follows several people with their particular beliefs. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wants to see more evidence, while his friend Harry Houdini... MORE
FairyTale: A True Story is a 1997 film from Paramount Pictures, loosely based on the story of the Cottingley Fairies.
Early 20th Century England was a time and place ripe for believing, both in scientific advancements such as electric light and photography, and in anomalous phenomena of all kinds. At the time, many people believed that such phenomena could be investigated dispassionately and tested with the standard scientific (empirical) method.
The film follows several people with their particular beliefs. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wants to see more evidence, while his friend Harry Houdini believes that it is all trickery and fraud. In Yorkshire, Polly Wright is in deep mourning for her son Joseph, a gifted artist who died at the age of ten. Her husband Arthur is devoted to her and to twelve-year-old daughter Elsie, and worries about her future; soon, she will have to quit school and go to work in the local factory. Elsie keeps Joseph's scrapbooks, model furniture, homemade costumes and fantastic fairy-houses. Cousin Frances, recently arrived from abroad, believes her father, missing in action in World War I, will return.
As Polly attends meetings of the Theosophical Society to find LESS
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