The Illusionist Official Trailer #1 - (2010) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theaters, garden parties and bars, the magical illusionist meets a young fan who changes his life forever.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder in the late 1950s, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafes. Then, while performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever. Watching his performance for the excited villagers who are celebrating the arrival of electricity on their remote island, Alice is awestruck by his show and believes his tricks are real magic. Though they don't speak the same language, the two lonely strangers quickly bond through small kindnesses. Fascinated by The Illusionist, Alice stows away on his departing ship and follows him to Edinburgh. There, they quickly fall into a father - daughter relationship, with Alice keeping their home at a boarding house for vaudevillians, while he goes to work in a small local theatre. Enchanted by her enthusiasm for his act, The Illusionist rewards Alice with increasingly lavish gifts he has 'conjured' into existence. Desperate not to disappoint her, he cannot bring himself to reveal that magic does not exist and that he's driving himself to ruin working all night jobs to buy her gifts. As The Illusionist grows older, Alice grows up. She falls in love with a young man and is no longer so enchanted by The Illusionist's conjuring. She moves on with her life, and The Illusionist no longer has to pretend. Untangled from his own web of deceit, he resumes his life as a much wiser man. -

CREDITS:
TM & © Sony (2010)
Cast: Jean-Claude Donda, Edith Rankin, Jil Aigrot, Didier Gustin, Frédéric Lebon, Tom Urie
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Producers: Philippe Carcassonne, Sally Chomet, Jake Eberts, Jinko Gotoh, Bob Last
Screenwriters: Sylvain Chomet, Jacques Tati

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[RoyalKnightVIII]

After all these years this movie still gets to me man.

[thegrimcritic]

I'm not going to be one of the hipster droves who praises the very ground upon which this film walks upon and who calls everyone who hasn't seen it an uncultured fuck. I love it too much for that. The fact that this comment is the only one for this video is, indeed, a damn shame, but I think that its unsung beauty gives this film just that much more appeal. I discovered this film when my city newspaper posted a four star review of it. An animated film I've never heard of, I remember thinking, how can this be. Well, I did a lot of research and eventually got my hands on a copy and finally watched it for the first time. This film is my hidden gem, my little platinum star of animated cinema. Who gives a rat's ass if Disney needs to learn a thing or two from this? Or revert to its "glory days" when it relied on hand-drawn animation? This is a miraculous representation of visual art, and I am just grateful that I can say I discovered this cinematic wonder completely on my own. Sylvain Chomet is, to me, a french Haiyao Miyazaki and the only one to reach a certain amount of commercial success from his visual medium from France. He is blessed with boundless imagination, and I am so thankful that he is still creating films even today with "Ernest & Celestine" coming soon to theaters. Be thankful for this man's imagination. Watch this, and all of Chomet's films. They are all worth the time.

[Junius]

I LOVE THE MUSIC IN THIS TRAILER! I have no freaking clue what they're saying, but I love it!!!!

[thecoinmagician]

I watched this on sky tv a couple of years back, I thought it would be rubbish but after watching it I have to say it is very good and has a sort of magical old time charm to it, I  rate it 8 out of 10 .
I would buy this, well worth a view. 

[TheRealClankZoka]

This movie looks magnificent, I need to watch It at some point

[adliza]

I loved The Illusionist, It look so real!

[jaysanderson]

Good film shame they don't make films like this anymore.

[bladereturns]

Its a sad movie Blade cried big manly tears :(

[minhanhnguyen]

the girl wants so much from life while all these people are literally rotting on the streets, dying from poverty like wow really you really needed those shoes alice??? animation and all is fantastic im just not that into the girl. also considering she came from "poor background" as in she wasnt that rich in the beginning she should know how to control herself over all the fancy things she sees

[fdl]

I hope her new boyfriend will make a lot of money 'cause the girl became a MATERIAL GIRL.