STARDUST
Directed by Matthew Vaughn

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
Running Time: 2 hr. 7 min.
Release Date: August 10th, 2007 (USA)
Distributors: Paramount
Box Office Gross: $127,428,227 (Worldwide) 
Production Budget: $70 million

This summer a star falls. The chase begins.

“Stardust,” based on the best-selling 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).
However, Tristan is not the only one seeking the star. A king’s (Peter O’Toole) four living sons – not to mention the ghosts of their three dead brothers – all need the star as they vie for the throne. Tristan must also overcome the evil witch, Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer), who needs the star to make her young again. As Tristan battles to survive these
threats, encountering a pirate named Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro) and a shady trader named Ferdy the Fence
(Ricky Gervais) along the way, his quest changes. He must now win the heart of the star for himself as he discovers the
meaning of true love.
 

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The movie was hot for $4 million. None of the cast or creative team took any money up front.

It received mostly A and B reviews

 SIENNA ABOUT THE MOVIE                                                                                                                                       

"I worked with [director] Matthew Vaughn on 'Layer Cake,' and the man who plays the lead, Charlie Cox, was in 'Casanova' with me," Miller enthused. "So it was just a no-brainer."

"I had two weeks off and [thought] 'Let's run around England in a corset!, it's not a big part at all, but fun."

 BUSCEMI ABOUT CASTING SIENNA FOR THE MOVIE                                                                                                       

He denies that casting Miller as his sparring partner was a nod to her own status as a regular subject of celebrity gossip. "When her name was brought up I didn't know who she was, and I would have to be reminded of why I should even know who she was. For me it was important to get a really good actor and not do some sort of stunt casting and hire an actress that's just known for being a tabloid sensation. I would have been scared to death to work that way and not know if somebody could really handle the part."

Miller's interview on the Layer Cake DVD convinced him that she was different from the characters she had played in that film and Alfie (Casanova having not been released at that point). "There was just something real about her and gracious, and I thought that she could bring those qualities to Katya." He offered her the role before a script was even ready, and she jumped at the chance to work with him.

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 REVIEWS                                                                                                                                                                     

Charleston City Paper
A different take on fantasy and humor, by TeenHollywood.Com
Bloated, mixed bag of triumphs and failures, by Palo Alto Online
A fairy tale for everyone, by Chron.Com

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