Release Date: December 25, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Screenwriter: Jacques Tati, Sylvain Chomet
Starring: Not Available
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
MPAA Rating: PG (for thematic elements and smoking)
Official Website: SonyClassics.com/TheIllusionist
Review: Not Available
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Blu-ray Disc (Combo Pack)
Movie Poster: Not Available
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Plot Summary: The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder in the late 1950s, he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafes. Then, while performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland, he encounters Alice, an innocent young girl, who will change his life forever. Watching his performance for the excited villagers who are celebrating the arrival of electricity on their remote island, Alice is awestruck by his show and believes his tricks are real magic. Though they donthusiasm for his act, The Illusionist rewards Alice with increasingly lavish gifts he has 'conjured' into existence. Desperate not to disappoint her, he cannot bring himself to reveal that magic does not exist and that he pretend. Untangled from his own web of deceit, he resumes his life as a much wiser man.

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