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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

PG 108 min  -  Adventure | Comedy | Family  -   17 December 2004 (USA)
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Reviews: 578 user | 175 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com

Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

Director:

Brad Silberling

Writers:

Robert Gordon (screenplay), Daniel Handler (books)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Carrey ...
Liam Aiken ...
Emily Browning ...
Kara Hoffman Kara Hoffman ...
Shelby Hoffman Shelby Hoffman ...
Jude Law ...
Lemony Snicket (voice)
Timothy Spall ...
Catherine O'Hara ...
Billy Connolly ...
Meryl Streep ...
Luis Guzmán ...
Bald Man (as Luis Guzman)
Jamie Harris ...
Hook-Handed Man
Craig Ferguson ...
Person of Indeterminate Gender
Jennifer Coolidge ...
White Faced Woman
Jane Adams ...
White Faced Woman
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Storyline

Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are three intelligent young children who receive terrible news that their parents have died in a fire and have left them an enormous fortune not to be used until the eldest child is of age. When they are sent to live with Count Olaf, a greedy distant relative, they soon learn he is trying to steal their fortune for himself. Written by jackwhiteyouremyhero  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Count | Children | Orphan | Fire | Herpetologist  | See more »

Taglines:

Mishaps. Mayhem. Misadventures. Oh joy. See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Lemony Snicket - Rätselhafte Ereignisse See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$140,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$30,061,756 (USA) (19 December 2004) (3620 Screens)

Gross:

$209,073,645 (Worldwide)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES  | Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Black and White  | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

The Tatra's reel-to-reel tape machine is a miniature Nagra Kudelski, a brand very familiar to sound recordists. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: At the start of the wedding play, we see Olaf's actresses singing, "Nothing in the world..." and the curtains behind them open. In the next shot, Klaus is sneaking away from the stage, and the curtains are closed. (This goof results from of the cutting of an earlier sequence.) See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Lemony Snicket: [the Littlest Elf has just come to an abrupt halt] I'm sorry to say that this is not the movie you will be watching. The movie you are about to see is extremely unpleasant. If you wish to see a film about a happy little elf, I'm sure there is still plenty of seating in theatre number two. However, if you like stories about clever and reasonably attractive orphans...
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Crazy Credits

Most of the end credits are composed of cardboard cut outs and Olaf chasing
the children. See more »

Connections

Featured in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"Loverly Spring"
By Thomas Newman & Bill Bernstein See more »