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Stardust (Original title)
Dates: 2007 (Copyright), 19 October 2007 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn

Synopsis: Fantasy adventure. A young man called Tristan tries to win the heart of beautiful but cold Victoria by setting off to find her a fallen star. When he finds the star, it has turned into the beautiful Yvaine. Along the way he has to contend with an evil witch, pirates, and warring princes.

Genres:
Action and Adventure, Fantasy
Releases
Date: 10 August 2007Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 127 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (211)
©: Paramount Pictures Corporation, Produced in association with: Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP, Presented by: Paramount Pictures, Presented in association with: Marv Films, Production Company (Iceland Unit): True North Productions, Executive Producer: David Womark, Executive Producer: Kris Thykier, Executive Producer: Peter Morton, Executive Producer: Stephen Marks, A Matthew Vaughn production: Matthew Vaughn, A Lorenzo di Bonaventura production: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Producer: Matthew Vaughn, Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Producer: Michael Dreyer, Producer: Neil Gaiman, Co-producer: Chantal Nazih A.S. Feghali, Associate Producer: Tarquin Pack, Unit Production Manager: David Womark, Unit Production Manager: Chris Brock, Unit Production Manager: Tim Porter, Unit Production Manager (Iceland Unit): Leifur B. Dagfinnsson, Production Manager (2nd Unit): Angus More Gordon, Production Manager (Scotland Unit): Emma Pike, Production Manager (Visual FX Unit): Paula McBreen, Production Co-ordinator: Joan Schneider, Production Co-ordinator (2nd Unit): Clarissa Newman, Production Co-ordinator (Scotland Unit): Pamela Joyce, Production Co-ordinator (Iceland Unit): Helga Margret Reykdal, Financial Controller: Bobbie Johnson, Location Manager: Emma Pill, Location Manager: James Grant, Location Manager (Scotland Unit): Duncan Muggoch, Location Manager (Iceland Unit): Árni Páll Hansson, Post-production Supervisor: Miranda Jones, Post-production Co-ordinator: David Tanner, 2nd Unit Director: Simon Crane, Scotland Unit 2nd Unit Director: Simon Cooke, Assistant Director (1st): Martin Harrison, Assistant Director (2nd): Chris Stoaling, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Charlie Waller, Assistant Director (3rd): Heidi Gower, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st): Richard Whelan, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 2nd): Samar Pollitt, Fiona Gosden, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 3rd): Clare Glass, Assistant Director (Visual FX Unit 1st): Sallie Hard, George Walker, Assistant Director (Visual FX Unit 2nd): Pierre Ellul, Assistant Director (Visual FX Unit 3rd): Sarah Hood, Script Supervisor: Annie Penn, Script Supervisor (2nd Unit): Lou Wade, Continuity (Visual FX Unit): Ceri Evans-Cooper, Casting: Lucinda Syson, Casting (ADR Voice): Brendan Donnison, Vanessa Baker, Screenplay: Jane Goldman, Screenplay: Matthew Vaughn, Sequencing: JJ Connolly, Based on the novel written by: Neil Gaiman, Based on the novel illustrated by: Charles Vess, Director of Photography: Ben Davis, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Fraser Taggart, Visual FX Unit Director of Photography: Steve Parker, Camera Operator: Peter Wignall, Camera Operator: Julian Morson, Camera Operator (2nd Unit): David Worley, Roddy Barron, Camera Operator (Visual FX Unit- Marine): Mark Silk, Steadicam Operator (2nd Unit): Alf Tramontin, Focus Puller: Sam Renton, Focus Puller: Clive Prior, Focus Puller (Visual Effects Unit 1st): Guy Frost, Focus Puller (Visual Effects Unit 2nd): Matthew Dudding, 1st Assistant Photographer (2nd Unit): Steve Burgess, 1st Assistant Photographer (2nd Unit): Clive Mackey, Graham Norton, Clapper/Loader: Lewis Hume, Jackie Dewe Matthews, Clapper/Loader (Visual Effects Unit): Neil Flaherty, 2nd Assistant Photographer (2nd Unit): James Burgess, 2nd Assistant Photographer (2nd Unit): Ryan Taggart, Ben Perry, Camera Trainee: Tim Phillips, Camera Trainee (2nd Unit): Andrew Jones, Chief Lighting Technician: John 'Biggles' Higgins, Chief Lighting Technician (2nd Unit): Ashley Palin, Chief Lighting Techncn (Visual FX Unit): Pip Keeling, Terry Edland, 1st Company Grip: John Flemming, 1st Company Grip (2nd Unit): Gary Pocock, Stills Photographer: David James, Visual Effects Editor: Christopher Lloyd, Ian Differ, Visual Effects Producer: Tim Field, Digital Visual Effects: Double Negative, Visual Effects: LipSync Post, Visual Effects: Cinesite (Europe) Ltd, Visual Effects: The Senate Visual Effects, Visual Effects: Baseblack, Visual Effects: Machine, Rushes Post Production, Special Effects Supervisor: Nigel Nixon, Special Effects Supervisor: Stuart Brisdon, SFX Floor Supervisor (2nd Unit): Alex Gunn, Special Effects Consultant: Joss Williams, Concept Model Maker: Andrew Proctor, Michael Kelm, Miniatures: Mattes & Miniatures, Graphic Artist: Kathy Heaser, Motion Control: Motion Control Cameras (UK), Editor: Jon Harris, 1st Assistant Editor: Tamsin Jeffrey, Production Designer: Gavin Bocquet, Supervising Art Director: Peter Russell, Art Director: Rod McLean, Art Director: Robert Cowper, Art Director: Iain Mcfadyen, Art Director (2nd Unit): Phil Harvey, Set Decorator: Peter Young, Concept Artist: Ravi Bansal, Concept Artist: Gert Stevens, Dominic Lavery, Draughtperson: Christine Parkin, Draughtperson: Ben Collins, Draughtperson: Denise Ball, Gavin Fitch, Scenic Artist: James Gemmill, Property Master: Terry Wells, Production Buyer: Mike King, Props (Visual FX Unit): Alfie Smith, Barry Arnold, Construction Co-ordinator: John Bohan, Costume Designer: Sammy Sheldon, Assistant Costume Designer: Michael Mooney, Charlotte Kay, Costume Supervisor: Nicole Young, Costume Supervisor (2nd Unit): Joanna Wright, Hair/Make-up Designer: Fae Hammond, Hair/Make-up Artist: Karen Sherriff-brown, Hair/Make-up Artist: Su Westwood, Hair/Make-up Artist: Lesley Smith, Paula Price, Hair/Make-up Artist (2nd Unit): Anita Burger, Prosthetics Make-up Designer: Nik Williams, Prosthetics Make-up: Animated Extras, Key Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Barrie Gower, Key Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Stuart Bray, Key Prosthetics Make-up Artist: Duncan Jarman, Matthew Smith, Main Title/Map Design: Matt Curtis, Digital End Titles: Cineimage, Main Title/Map Design: AP Design, Digital Intermediate: Framestore CFC, Colourist: Asa Shoul, Digital Intermediate Producer: Maria Stroka, Negative Cutter: Cutting Edge, Filmed with: Panavision Cameras & Lenses, Colour by: DeLuxe, Music: Ilan Eshkeri, Music Performed by: The London Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestra Conducted by: Andy Brown, Orchestrations: Robert Elhai, Orchestrations: Julian Kershaw, Orchestrations: Nick Ingman, Orchestrations: Jeff Toyne, Music Supervisor: Liz Gallagher, Music Production Co-ordinator: Elisa Kustow, Original Music Produced by: Steve Mclaughlin, Music Editor: Daryl Kell, Music Recorded by: Richard Lancaster, Jake Jackson, Music Mixed by: Richard Lancaster, Steve Mclaughlin, Music Recorded at: Abbey Road Studios, Music Recorded at: London Air Lyndhurst, British Grove Studios, Choreographer: Piers Gielgud, Sound Design: Matthew Collinge, Sound Supervisor: Matthew Collinge, Sound Supervisor: Danny Sheehan, Production Sound Mixer: Simon Hayes, Production Sound Mixer (2nd Unit): John Hayes, Sound Maintenance: Arthur Fenn, Robin Johnson, Re-recording Mixer: Chris Burdon, Additional Re-recording Mixer: Sven Taits, Digital Sound Editing: Phaze UK, Dialogue Editor: Michael Maroussas, Effects Sound Designer: David C. Hughes, Stefan Henrix, Additional Sound Effects Editor: James Boyle, ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves, ADR Mixer: Ron Bedrosian, ADR Mixer: David Boulton, ADR Editor: Michael Maroussas, Foley Artist: Peter Burgis, Foley Artist: Andie Derrick, Foley Artist: Jack Stew, Foley Recordist: Ed Colyer, Foley Editor: Michael Maroussas, Stunt Co-ordinator: Simon Crane, Stunt Co-ordinator: Steve Dent, Dedicated to the Memory of: Mark Burns, Voice Coach: Jill McCullough, Horse Master: Steve Dent, Animals Provided by: Birds & Animals (UK), Head Animal Trainer: Esther Murphy Kelly, Animal Trainer: Guillaume Grange, Unit Publicist: Bronwyn Preston, Filmed at: Pinewood Studios
Cast (45)
Ian McKellen (Narrated by), Claire Danes (Yvaine), Charlie Cox (Tristan Thorne), Sienna Miller (Victoria), Ricky Gervais (Ferdy the fence), Jason Flemyng (Primus), Rupert Everett (Secundus), Peter O'Toole (The King), Michelle Pfeiffer (Lamia), Robert De Niro (Captain Shakespeare), Bimbo Hart (young scientist), Alastair Macintosh (Victorian academic), David Kelly (guard), Ben Barnes (young Dunstan Thorne), Kate Magowan (slave girl/Una), Melanie Hill (Ditchwater Sal), Henry Cavill (Humphrey), Nathaniel Parker (Dunstan Thorne), Darby Hawker (grumpy customer), Frank Ellis (Mr Monday), Mark Strong (Septimus), Mark Heap (Tertius), Struan Rodger (bishop), David Walliams (Sextus), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Quartus), Adam Buxton (Quintus), Sarah Alexander (Empusa), Joanna Scanlan (Mormo), George Innes (soothsayer), Jake Curran (Bernard), Grant Burgin (lackey), Mark Williams (Billy), Olivia Grant (girl Bernard), Coco Sumner (Yvaine's sister), Dexter Fletcher (skinny pirate), Terry Murphy (old pirate), Geoff Bell (receptionist), Mark Burns (new bishop), Rab Affleck, Carlos Besse Peres, Elwin 'Chopper' David, Adam Fogerty, Jordan Long, Spencer Wilding (pirate), Peter Goodall ([Tristan's son - role deleted?])