Inkheart digital downloads collaboration overdrive. Inkheart is a 2008 britishamericangerman fantasy adventure film directed by iain softley, produced by cornelia funke, dylan cuva, sarah wang, ute leonhardt, toby emmerich, mark ordesky, ileen maisel and andrew licht, written by david lindsayabaire, music composed by javier navarrete and starring brendan fraser, paul bettany, helen mirren, jim broadbent, andy. Oct 14, 2003 inkheart combines reality with fantasy in a new way. Inkheart cornelia funkes bestselling novel, inkheart, comes to life in director iain softleys the skeleton key, the wings of the dove featurefilm adaptation of the same name. Back in action, journey to the center of the earth, and inkheart. Dec, 2008 the hero is the bibliophile and book restorer mortimer folchart brendan fraser, who has the remarkable gift of bringing the characters of books to life when he reads them aloud. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Tintenherz is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by cornelia funke, and the first book of the inkheart trilogy. Brendan fraser, andy serkis, eliza bennett, paul bettany, helen mirren, andy serkis, iain softley. Apr 25, 2006 the good news is that the story itself is as great as the first, and my kids and i look forward to the next. Includes an excerpt from inkspell, the sequel to inkheart, read by brendan fraser. Based on a great selling book a film that lives up to the book. This is a worthy sequel to inkheart please read that one first, or you will be lost.
Fraser perhaps is best known for his roles in this. See our list of brendan fraser narrated audio books. This article only focuses on the relevant aspect towards inkheart trilogy. Yet another great movie with great actors brendan fraser helen mirron etc. View in itunes tenyearold meggies father, mo silvertongue played by brendan fraser the mummy franchise, journey to the center of the earth, has a wonderful talent. With brendan fraser, andy serkis, eliza bennett, sienna guillory. Inkheart 2008 official trailer brendan fraser, andy serkis movie hd. Brendan fraser narrated audio books at simply audiobooks simply.
As with inkheart, she seems to be determined to kick off every chapter with a quote. The books chronicle the adventures of teen meggie folchart whose life changes dramatically when she realizes that she and her father, a bookbinder named mo, have the unusual ability. Inkspell by cornelia funke, read by brendan fraser. Brendan fraser is a canadianamerican film and stage actor. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. He did the wonderful audiobook of inkspell, the sequel to inkheart heres an audio clip. If you listen to an audiobook, brendan fraser is a wonderful silvertongue as he reads. Frasers audiobook narration of funkes dragon rider is also a personal favorite of mine listen to a clip. When he reads aloud, the characters literally come to life, an ability he discovered when several terrible creatures sprang to life while he read from the story inkheart. I quickly went in search of the sequel, inkspell, and was a bit disappointed when i heard brendan fraser s voice narrating it but was quickly surprised and impressed with his ability to bring the characters to life.
Brendan fraser has made listening to this series a chore. Inkheart audiobooks listen to the full series audible. Rob delancey here and i would like to welcome you to the beginning of a long journey. Finally, with the film inkheart is all about the adventure fantasy starring brendan fraser, paul bettany and eliza hope bennett, that is based on a bestselling youngadult novel written by cornelia funke, who is a german author who not only based her protagonist on brendan fraser, she dedicated the books followup to him. Inkheart combines reality with fantasy in a new way. Fraser portrayed rick oconnell in the threepart mummy film series,and is known for his comedic and fantasy film leading roles in major hollywood films, including encino man, george of the jungle, dudley doright, monkeybone, looney tunes. Jul 17, 2014 inkheart 2008 official trailer brendan fraser, andy serkis movie hd.
Based on a 2007 online poll, the national education association named the book one of its teachers top 100 books for children. Inkheart 01 inkheart by cornelia funke translated from the german by anthea bell 2 dedication for anna, who even put the lord of the rings aside for a while to read. Inkheart by cornelia funke overdrive rakuten overdrive. Suddenly, meggie is smack in the middle of the kind of adventure she has only read about in. Fraser provides richly distinct voices for the humans, including meggies father, dustfinger, reprised from inkheart. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the magical ability to read him. Follow me as i delve straight into the heart of the cornelia funkes. From the author of the sensational new york times bestseller the thief lord comes a thrilling new adventure about magic and selfdiscovery. Cornelia funke author brendan fraser narrator 2006.
Inkheart prince william public library system overdrive. Tenyearold meggies father, mo silvertongue played by brendan fraser the mummy franchise, journey to the center of the earth, has a wonderful talent. Mo brendan fraser and his daughter, meggie, have the ability to bring storybook characters to life just by reading aloud. Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without meggie thinking of inkheart, the book whose characters became real.
Specifying, this story is not as light and cosy as its spot in the kidss book area would suggest. For 12 years, bookbinder mo brendan fraser and his daughter, meggie eliza hope bennett, have been traveling the world, poking around secondhand bookstores. Fifteenyearold eragon believes he is merely a poor farm boy until his destiny as a dragon rider is revealed. The inkheart trilogy is a series of three fantasy novels written by german author cornelia funke, comprising inkheart 2003, inkspell 2005, and inkdeath 2007. He is best known for playing rick oconnell in the mummy trilogy 1999, 2001, 2008, as well as for leading roles in comedy and fantasy films including encino man 1992, george of the jungle 1997, bedazzled 2000, looney tunes. Inkspell by cornelia funke, read by brendan fraser by prh audio. The chat with priscilla what men wished women knew part one duration. Fraser perhaps is best known for his roles in this series. Brendan fraser and director iain softley tell us about their kids fantasy movie inkheart and its appeal to people of all ages. As his parents frequently moved, brendan can claim affinity with ottawa, indianapolis, detroit, seattle. Inkheart is a 2008 britishamericangerman fantasy adventure film directed by iain softley, produced by cornelia funke, dylan cuva, sarah wang, ute leonhardt, toby emmerich, mark ordesky, ileen maisel and andrew licht, written by david lindsayabaire, music composed by javier navarrete and starring brendan fraser, paul bettany, helen mirren. On the recommendation of audible, i downloaded inkheart and thoroughly enjoyed the story and lynn redgraves wonderful narration. Besides inkheart, other fantasy adventure films fraser starred in notably includes the mummy franchise. A teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybooks hero.
This is the story of young meggie, who lives a quiet life alone with her father mo, a bookbinder, until one cruel night when mo reads aloud from inkheart, and an evil ruler named capricorn escapes the boundaries of fiction and lands in their living room. We have several times been tempted to go purchase the actual book so we can finish the story without fraser s horribly jarring narration, but having spent so much money on the audiobook here at audible, we feel like we might as well try to finish it. Inkspell by cornelia funke read by brendan fraser audiobook. Brendan frasier was a little distracting at first and i dont like his elinor voice, but after a while, i grew to like him. Inkspell is dedicated to him other works modify the text. I find it very fitting that brendan fraser stars in the soontobereleased film of cornelia funkes inkheart more here.
However, its sequel, inkspell, is better written and better read. Harry smith talks to actor brendan fraser about his new film inkheart, a movie where books come to life, as well has fraser s hobby as a photographer. The bad news is that although brendan fraser was wonderful reading funkes novel dragon rider, its difficult to go from one narrator to another no matter how good the narrator is, so fraser s performance, though on its own was probably great, was disappointing after wed gotten used to. Brendan fraser narrator penguin random house audio. That gift backfires when he accidentally summons capricorn, the evil villain of the novel inkheart. Brendan james fraser was born in indianapolis, indiana, to canadian parents carol mary genereux, a sales counselor, and peter fraser, a journalist and travel executive. Not like when you listen to an audiobook with such enchantment that the characters seem to jump off the pages and into your bedroom. Reader brendan fraser weaves the unfolding events in a hushed, contemplative undertone, almost as if quietly reading out loud to himselfa pitch suitable for this storywithinastory. It is an intriguing story that i definitely recommend. Though, i still prefer lynn redgraves reading of inkheart. Meggie lives a quiet life alone with her father, a bookbinder. He is of irish, scottish, german, czech, and frenchcanadian ancestry. But for dustfinger, the fireeater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate.
Download audiobooks matching keywords inkheart to your device. Download audiobooks narrated by brendan fraser to your device. Lynn redgrave reads well, but compared to brendan fraser s passionate, imaginative reading of inkspell, she sounds dull. For more information, such as the detailed biography, the complete filmography, and the personal life etc. But for dustfinger, the fireeater brought into being from words, the need to return to the original tale has become desperate. Instead of duplicating inkheart, funke has actually recorded truth grit of the inkworld, where it is populated by dreadful people that live for death as well as anguish. Inkheart 2008 official trailer brendan fraser, andy. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Inkspell by cornelia funke audiobook free audio and audible. Oct 14, 2003 download or stream inkheart by cornelia funke. Inkheart audiobook free inkheart free books online. Brendan james fraser born december 3, 1968 is a canadianamerican actor who plays mortimer folchart in the film adaptation of cornelia funkes inkheart. Silvertongue not only read several wicked characters.
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