Taglines: Let the mystery unfold.
It’s Christmas Eve, as the citizens of a Victorian-era London are celebrating the arrival of the holiday. The film begins after the passing of Marie Stalbaum as her husband and children Louise, Clara, and Fritz attempt to celebrate the holiday in the midst of such tragedy.
Mr. Stalbaum bestows each of the children a gift from their late mother: Marie’s favorite gown for Louise, a set of toy soldiers for Fritz and a mysterious egg-shaped contraption for Clara with a note telling her that “everything she needs is inside.” Clara attempts to open the box but realizes that the key to unlocking the contraption is missing. As Louise helps her younger sister prepare for their godfather Drosselmeyer’s annual holiday gala, she notices her godfather’s initials on the detailing and realizes that maybe Drosselmeyer might know how to open it.
The Stalbaum family arrive at Drosselmeyer’s mansion while Mr.Stalbaum sternly forbids Clara from wandering off by herself since he has promised both of his daughters a dance during the festivities. Clara disobeys her father and seeks Drosselmeyer’s workshop. After helping him fix one of his latest inventions, Drosselmeyer examines Clara’s egg and tells her that the only one clever enough to open it is her. He sends Clara back upstairs with the promise of meeting up with her shortly.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a 2018 American fantasy adventure film directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston and written by Ashleigh Powell. It is a retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s short story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” and Marius Petipa’s The Nutcracker, about a young girl who is gifted a locked egg from her deceased mother and sets out in a magical land to retrieve the key. The film stars Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Misty Copeland, with Helen Mirren, and Morgan Freeman.
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Starring: Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew Macfadyen, Richard E. Grant, Sergei Polunin, Jayden Fowora-Knight, Omid, Djalili, Jack Whitehall, Meera Syal, Ellie Bamber, Misty Copeland, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman
Screenplay by: Ashleigh Powell, Simon Beaufoy
Production Design by: Guy Hendrix Dyas
Cinematography by: Linus Sandgren
Film Editing by: Stuart Levy
Costume Design by: Jenny Beavan
Set Decoration by: Lisa Chugg
Art Direction by: Tim Blake, Nick Dent, Rhys Ifan, Stuart Kearns, Elaine Kusmishko, James Lewis, Rebecca Milton, Niall Moroney, Tom Weaving, Ashley Winter
Music by: James Newton Howard
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild peril.
Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date: November 2, 2018
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