Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events / Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures present ; a Nickelodeon Movies production ; a Parkes/MacDonald production ; a Brad Silberling film ; produced by Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, Jim Van Wyck ; screenplay by Robert Gordon ; directed by Brad Silberling.

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Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are taken in by a series of oddball relatives and others after their wealthy parents are killed in a fire. The first to take them in is the dastardly and cunning Count Olaf, who is only interested in their inheritance.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Paramount Pictures Corporation (Film distributor)
Warner Home Video (Firm) (Film distributor)
DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006)
Nickelodeon Movies
Other Authors: Snicket, Lemony
Silberling, Bradley (Director)
Gordon, Robert, 1960- (Screenwriter)
MacDonald, Laurie (Producer)
Parkes, Walter F. (Producer)
Van Wyck, Jim (Producer)
Carrey, Jim, 1962- (Actor)
Law, Jude, 1972- (Actor)
Streep, Meryl (Actor)
Connolly, Billy (Actor)
Aiken, Liam
Browning, Emily, 1988-
Spall, Timothy, 1957-
O'Hara, Catherine
Cedric, the Entertainer, 1965-
Guzmán, Luis, 1956-
Coolidge, Jennifer
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English, Español, or Francąis with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Snicket, Lemony > Drama.
Snicket, Lemony > Film adaptations.
Orphans > Drama.
Inheritance and succession > Drama.
Baudelaire, Violet > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Baudelaire, Klaus > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Baudelaire, Sunny > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Orphans.
Inheritance and succession.
Baudelaire, Klaus > (Fictitious character)
Baudelaire, Sunny > (Fictitious character)
Baudelaire, Violet > (Fictitious character)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Children's films.
Motion pictures.
Juvenile works.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Genre:
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Children's films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Description
Summary:
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are taken in by a series of oddball relatives and others after their wealthy parents are killed in a fire. The first to take them in is the dastardly and cunning Count Olaf, who is only interested in their inheritance.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Based on the books "The bad beginning," "The reptile room," and "The wide window" by Lemony Snicket.
Special features: Director Brad Silberling commentary [audio only feature]; Brad Silberling and the real Lemony Snicket commentary [audio only feature]; Bad beginnings [featurettes] (25 min.); Orphaned scenes; Alarming evidence from the Making of the film; the unsound sound designer; Sinister special effects; theatrical trailers.
Call Number:AD4 D0162899 Blu-ray Video
Audience:
MPAA Rating: Rated PG; for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language.
Credits:Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; edited by Michael Kahn ; music by Thomas Newman ; costumes designed by Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Rick Heinrichs.
System Details:Blu-ray, widescreen; 16x9, 1.85 widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1; requires Blu-ray player;
Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player.
Cast:
Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Timothy Spall, Catherine O'Hara, Billy Connolly, Cedric the Entertainer, Luis Guzman, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Adams, Craig Ferguson, Jamie Harris, Meryl Streep, Kara Hoffman and Shelby Hoffman, and Jude Law.