The Pagemaster (1994)

Directed by

Joe Johnston

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, family film, melodrama, live-action/animated film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

G

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 793 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A timid boy who relies on statistics to avoid risks gets caught in a storm and takes shelter in a library. There he is transported into a world where stories come to life, and he must navigate through classic tales to find his way home.

whimsicaladventurouslightheartedchildlikefantasticalearnestplayfulnostalgic

What happens

The Pagemaster is a 1994 American live-action animated fantasy adventure film starring Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Stewart, Leonard Nimoy, Frank Welker, Ed Begley Jr., and Mel Harris. The film was produced by Colbath and Hanna-Barbera and released by 20th Century Fox and Turner Pictures on November 23, 1994. Culkin stars as a timid boy who uses statistics as an excuse to avoid anything he finds uncomfortable in life. But after reluctantly undertaking an errand for his father, he gets caught in a storm, which forces him to seek refuge in a library. He then finds himself trapped inside the library, where he must battle his way through literary classics come to life if he is to find his way home. The film was written for the screen by David Casci, based on a six-page pitch by writer Charles Pogue entitled "Library Days", presented to Casci by producer David Kirschner. The film was directed by Joe Johnston (live-action) and Pixote Hunt and Glenn Chaika (animation), and produced by David Kirschner and Paul Gertz. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $13.7 million from a budget of $34 million. The film's poor box office performance, along with the 1997 film Cats Don't Dance (which was in production at the time The Pagemaster was released), set back other animated films for the animation studio, Turner Feature Animation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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