The Illusionist
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UPC: 024543-686873 (Blu-ray & DVD Combo)
Region Coding: Region A
Production Year: 2006
Rating: PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned)
Some Sexuality and Violence
Running Time: 109 min.
DVD Release: 6/8/2010
Case Type: HD Slim
Video Formats: Widescreen 1.78:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Single Layered
SRP: $24.99
Oscar® Nominees Paul Giamatti and Edward Norton* star in this "stunning" film (USA Today) that conjures an exhilarating blend of suspense and mind-bending twists. The acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim (Norton) has not only captured the imaginations of all of Vienna, but also the interest of Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell). But when Leopold's new fiancée (Jessica Biel) rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim, the Prince's interest evolves into obsession…and the city's chief inspector (Giamatti) finds himself investigating a shocking crime.

*Paul Giamatti, 2003, Supporting Actor, Cinderella Man; Edward Norton, 1998, Actor, American History X; Edward Norton, 1996, Supporting Actor, Primal Fear.

Genres
Suspense/Thriller
Romance
Drama

Studios
Yari Film Group
Bob Yari Productions
Contagious Entertainment
Media Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Features
Subtitles
Audio Tracks
English DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Cast
Edward Norton as Eisenheim
Paul Giamatti as Inspector Uhl
Jessica Biel as Sophie
Rufus Sewell as Crown Prince Leopold
Edward Marsan as Josef Fischer
Jake Wood as Jurka
Tom Fisher as Willigut
Aaron Johnson as Young Eisenheim
Eleanor Tomlinson as Young Sophie
Karl Johnson as Doctor/Old Man
Vincent Franklin as Loschek
Nicholas Blane as Herr Doebler
Phillip McGough as Dr. Hofzinser
Erich Redman as Count Rainer
Michael Carter as Von Thurnburg
Vanessa Gendron as Shouting Woman
Matthew Blood-Smyth as Man Who Incites Riot
David Forest as Traveling Magician

Aristocratic Boys
Laurie Athey
Oliver Blaha
Thomas McEnchroe


Andreas Grothusen as Eisenheim's Father
Brian Caspe as Eisenheim's Assistant
Ellen Savaria as Mrs. Uhl
Elias Bauer as Street Urchin Messenger
Dominik Havelka as Street Urchin
Robin Ferenc as Street Urchin
Vitezslav Bouchner as Sophie's Driver

Archdukes
David O'Kelly
Richard Rowlands


Sean Hall as Young Prince
Reuben-Henry Biggs as Frankel

Asian Assistants
Vadam Bat-Orshikh
Purevdorj Boldsaikhan
Chen Feng
Sondom Nararbadrakh
Erdenbileg Sengee


Jan Cibulka as Boy Apparition on Stage
Fasihiddin Khasanov as Boy Apparition in Audience
Alfred Strejcek as Guard
Robert Russell as Spiritualist Leader
Noel Lebon as Arrested Man
David Fellowes as Respectable Man
Eva Kelemenova as Sobbing Woman
John Early as Man on Street

Senior Officers
Jan Nemejovsky
Ivo Novak


Vladimir Kulhavy as Train Conductor

Audience Members
Nancy Bishop
Dusan Fager
Brendan Gunn
Ryan James
Alistair Macnaughton
Petr Meissel
Anezka Novak
Jeff Smith
Noelle Trkulja
Ivan Urbanek
Jiri Vacek
Jaroslav Vízner
Crew
Direction:
Neil Burger: Director
Writing:
Steven Millhauser: Original Material By
Neil Burger: Screenwriter
Production:
Jane Garnett: Executive Producer
Tom Nunan: Executive Producer
Ted Liebowitz: Executive Producer
Joey Horvitz: Executive Producer
Michael London: Producer
Brian Koppelman: Producer
David Levien: Producer
Bob Yari: Producer
Cathy Schulman: Producer
Cinematography:
Dick Pope: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
Naomi Geraghty: Film Editor
Music:
Philip Glass: Composer
Sound:
Petr Forejt: Production Sound Mixer
J. Paul Huntsman: Supervising Sound Editor
Michael Babcock: Sound Designer
John Reitz: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gregg Rudloff: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dave Campbell: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Ngila Dickson: Costume Designer
Ondrej Nekvasil: Production Designer
Viktor Muller: Visual Effects
Vlasta Svobodova: Art Director
Stefan Kovacik: Art Director
Julie Pearce: Make-up Artist
Denise Dellavale: Make-up Artist
Ivo Strangmuller: Make-up Artist
Roman Tudzaroff: Visual Effects