The City of Lost Children
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The City of Lost Children Promotional Movie Poster (France) |
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| Directed by | Jean-Pierre Jeunet Marc Caro |
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| Produced by | Félicie Dutertre |
| Written by | Gilles Adrien Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
| Starring | Ron Perlman Daniel Emilfork Judith Vittet Dominique Pinon |
| Music by | Angelo Badalamenti |
| Cinematography | Eric Caro Philippe LeSourd Darius Khondji |
| Editing by | Ailo August Herve Shneid |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) | May 17, 1995 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $18,000,000 |
The City of Lost Children (French: La Cité des enfants perdus) is a dystopian French fantasy/drama film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet released in 1995. The film is stylistically related to the previous and subsequent Jeunet films, Delicatessen and Amélie.
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[edit] Plot
The movie revolves around a plot by the mad scientist Krank (Daniel Emilfork), who kidnaps children to steal their dreams. Among them is the little brother of carnival strongman One (Ron Perlman), who sets out to rescue him and stop Krank. Aided by an orphan girl named Miette (Judith Vittet), he eventually manages to overcome many obstacles and stops Krank.
[edit] Cast
- Ron Perlman as One
- Daniel Emilfork as Krank
- Judith Vittet as Miette
- Dominique Pinon as the diver
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Marcello
- Rufus as Peeler
- Ticky Holgado as Ex-acrobat
- Marc Caro as Brother Ange-Joseph
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as L'oncle Irvin (voice)
- Mathieu Kassovitz as Man on the street (uncredited)
[edit] Video game
- A video game based on this film was released in the US and in parts of Europe on the Sony PlayStation video game console and on the PC.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Gamefaqs.com. "City of Lost Children Video Game" (html). GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/data/196922.html. Retrieved on February 22 2007.
[edit] External links
- The City of Lost Children at the Internet Movie Database
- The City of Lost Children at Allmovie
- The City of Lost Children Website Sony Pictures
- Screenshots
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