Stardust is an adventure-romantic fantasy film released in 2007. He is called one of the best modern fairy tales. The audience appreciates the subtle humor, interesting plot moves, funny characters and the actors who played them. Stardust is a film that children and adults enjoy watching even today.
Plot
The tape is based on the novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman. Famous and novice actors gave the characters new faces and images. Stardust tells of the English village of Zastenje, adjacent to the magical land of Stormhold.
A young man, Dunstan Thorne, enters the magical city and falls in love with the captive princess. After 9 months, they throw him a newborn son Tristan. After many years, the already matured Tristan falls in love with the first city beauty, but she is going to marry another. In desperation, the guy promises to bring a star that fell behind the wall.
Tristan tells his father about this, and he reveals the secret of his unusual birth. The legacy of the guy was the Babylonian candle, which will carry him to his mother. But Tristan thinks of a star, and a magical artifact takes him to the place of her fall.
The star fell not by accident. The king of Stormhold was dying and announced that the heir to the crown would be the returning amulet thrown into the sky. The amulet knocks down a star, and princes set off in search of it.
Tristan finds himself at the site of the fall of the star and discovers that this is a beautiful girl, Ivein. She finds the amulet and puts it on her neck. Despite unusual circumstances, the guy decides to bring Iveyne to his bride, and then return to heaven with the help of the remainder of the Babylonian candle.
The princes who hunt for the amulet and the witches who want to kill Iwain in order to regain witchcraft power try to disrupt their plans. The captain of an air pirate ship helps young people. Having experienced many adventures together, they fall in love with each other. Then Tristan decides to stay with Iveyne, but before that he has to speak with his former lover. As proof, he takes with him into the real world a strand of star hair.
Iwein is unaware of Tristan's plan and follows him to the wall. The guy discovers that without magic, a fallen star will turn into a meteorite, and hurry back to Stormhold. But there he learns that Ivein was abducted by a witch and an evil prince.
Tristan saves her beloved, finds her mother and finds out about her royal origin. He becomes the new king, and Ivein is his wife. Together, they rule the magical land until old age, and then return to heaven and turn into stars.
Tristan Thorne
Tristan Thorne is the protagonist of the film, the grandson and heir to the king of the fairyland, but he himself does not suspect it. He goes to a magical land to prove his feelings to his beloved. Throughout the film, the viewer watches as an inexperienced and awkward guy experiences incredible adventures and turns into a strong and fearless knight.
The role of Tristan Thorne was performed by the British theater and film actor Charlie Cox. He became widely known precisely because of the role of Tristan in Stardust. Also, Charlie Cox played in the series "Downton Abbey", "Theory of Everything", "Daredevil."
Iwein
Clay Danes played the role of Yveyne, a star falling from the sky. Evein knows very little about people's lives and dreams of returning to heaven to shine again. On Earth, not only danger lies in wait for her, but also true sincere love.
Claire Danes is an American actress. She began acting in her teens - the girl appeared in several episodic roles in television series. The first serious work - the main role in the cult series “My so-called life”, brought the actress the Golden Globe Award and the nomination for an Emmy. Among the famous projects in which she participated were Romeo + Juliet, The Ruined Palace, Clock, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Homeland, and others.
Lamia
The brightest character was Lamia performed by Michelle Pfeiffer. Lamia is a vicious and seductive witch, one of three sisters. She sets off in search of a fallen star to carve her heart and regain her youth. Michelle was remembered by the viewer in the image of an attractive witch even after the 1987 film “Eastwick Witches”. But this time the villain came out so charming that she overshadowed the main characters.
Michelle Pfeiffer became popular after Scarface. Also on her account are works in the films “Married to the Mafia”, “Famous Brothers Bakers”, “Field of Love”, “Wolf”, “White Oleander”.
Minor Characters
The audience was pleased with the secondary characters played by famous actors. “Stardust” was remembered and loved by the audience thanks to Captain Shakespeare, the goat Billy, a company of ghosts.
Sienna Miller played the proud Victoria Forester - the first urban beauty, Tristan's lover. Robert De Niro just fell in love with the audience in his character - the famous pirate captain nicknamed Shakespeare. The captain is a kind and gentle man, but before his team takes on a formidable look.
The role of the evil Prince Septimus was played by Mark Strong, and the role of his good brother was played by Jason Fleming. The role of the mother of the protagonist, Princess Slave Una, was played by Kate Magowen, and the role of her father was played by Nathaniel Parker. The image of the trading witch captivating Una was embodied by Melanie Hill.
The story itself is retold in the voice of Ian McKellen. Peter O'Toole played the role of the dying king, David Walliams, Julian Rind-Tutt, Adam Buxton, Rupert Everett played his sons.
The sisters of Lamia, Empus and Mormo, were played by Sarah Alexander and Joanna Scanlen. Mark Williams amused the audience in the form of a goat, which took on a human form, Jake Carren played his master.
Interesting Facts
A lot of work on the film was done by the actors. Stardust was purchased for the film adaptation by Miramax Studio, but the project did not start. Then the author of the novel transferred the rights to the film adaptation of the novel to his friend, director Matthew Vaughn, who made the film.
Here are some interesting facts from the set:
- In the novel of the protagonist, their name is Tristran.
- In the book, witches do not have proper names.
- The names of the princes mean “First”, “Second”, etc. The name of the princess is translated as “The only”.
- When Prince Primeus dies, you will notice that he has blue blood.
- In the scene, when Tristan was hit on the head with a vase, the actor was injured. A scar on his forehead can be seen in the film.