Synopsis
Believe.
Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story
1997 Directed by Charles Sturridge
Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story
Florence Hoath Elizabeth Earl Paul McGann Peter O'Toole Harvey Keitel Phoebe Nicholls Bill Nighy Tim McInnerny Joseph May Peter Mullan Anna Chancellor Lara Morgan Adam Franks Guy Witcher Peter Wight Anton Lesser Bob Peck Lynn Farleigh David Calder Anthony Calf Benjamin Whitrow Barbara Hicks Paul Popplewell Ina Clough Tom Sturridge Tom Georgeson Anna Brecon Bill Stewart Mel Gibson
Illumination, Fremde Wesen - Zauber der Elfen, Favole, Un cuento de hadas, Le Mystère des Fées, Az igazi tündérmese, フェアリーテイル, סיפורי פיות, O Encanto das Fadas, Приказка: Истинска история, Pravdivá pohádka, 精靈傳奇, 精灵传奇, Волшебная история, 페어리 테일 - 트루 스토리
this defined my life at age 9 and i can't bring myself to give it a lower rating
i haven't watched it in 10 years and as soon as i put it on and heard the theme music i wanted to cry I AM WEAK IN THE FACE OF RAILWAY CHILDREN SECRET GARDEN SHIT LIKE THIS
Great cast, very comforting vibe to the movie. Definitely would have rated it higher if I had some childhood nostalgia attached to it
I really didn't have time for another film today. I didn't expect this to be so good, and I just kept watching it rather than getting off my arse.
Now I've got shit to do, and I'm writing this now just to lengthen my time on the couch before I go and do it.
“Never try to fool children. They expect nothing and therefore see everything.”
The words ‘fairy tale’ and ‘true story’ are words that are not two you would ever consider being put together due to their definitions but yet, here we are with this very film’s title. The true events of the Cottingley Fairies, where in 1917, Elise Wright and Frances Griffiths, took a photograph of paper cut outs and claimed they were pictures of real fairies and that is the basis of ‘FairyTale: A True Story’ but in this adaptation, it’s far from the truth of the matter. The most notable and unusual change in this film is that of upping the fantastical elements of the story where they decide…
The soundtrack to this film is one of the most magical I've ever heard. I owned Fairytale: A True Story on VHS. The cover art was metallic and shiny, I loved it very much and guarded it with my life. It was also magical.
Anyone know the location it was filmed in?! It's incredible and completely dreamy. My perfect grounding destination.
me and bestie when we gaslight the entire country side into believing fairies are real
This is based on actual events which means everything you see in this film is absolutely 100% something that happened in real life thank you
One of my 1000 recommended films.
The kind of movie that could almost persuade you that fairies were real. The story is that of the Cottingley Fairy photographs of the 1920s (taken by two Yorkshire girls who later revealed they were fakes) – those fooled included celebrated writer Arthur Conan Doyle (played here effectively by Peter O'Toole) while cynics included magician Harry Houdini (a charming role for Harvey Keitel, who manages not to swear and keep his clothes on for once).
The supporting cast are excellent – Paul McGann as the girls' dad/uncle; Tim McInnerny and Bill Nighy as journalist snoops; and Phoebe Nicholls as the girls' mother/aunt. The girls themselves are played with ease by Florence Hoath and Elizabeth…
It’s sick to see how everyone stormed to their land to find the elves, to keep them as a trophy and to get famous for seeing one.
No matter if elves exist in real life or not, these things happen everyday.
Humans storming into the jungle to see a rare animal to take a picture of it, or even hunt it to be the person who “owns” it.
Our society loves owning stuff, even if it isn’t to be owned.
We can’t own animals, people or or or.
I don’t know when people will finally understand that we aren’t the kings of this world, we are “room mates” with many animals and plants, and we should take care of them…