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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (also simply known as A Series of Unfortunate Events) is a 2004 American adventure film directed by Brad Silberling from a screenplay by Robert Gordon, based on the first three novels of the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (1999), The Reptile Room (1999), and The Wide Window (2000), by Lemony Snicket (the pen name of American author Daniel Handler). It stars Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Timothy Spall, Catherine O'Hara, Billy Connolly, Cedric the Entertainer, Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Coolidge, and Meryl Streep, with Jude Law as the voice of Lemony Snicket.
Nickelodeon Movies purchased the film rights to Handler's book series in 2000 and soon began development of a film with Barry Sonnenfeld attached to direct. Handler adapted the screenplay and courted Carrey for Count Olaf. Sonnenfeld left over budget concerns in January 2003 and Brad Silberling took over. Robert Gordon rewrote Handler's script, and principal photography started in November 2003. The film was entirely shot using sound stages and backlots at Paramount Pictures and Downey Studios.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events was released theatrically in the United States on December 17, 2004, by Paramount Pictures with DreamWorks Pictures distributing the movie internationally. It received positive reviews from critics, with many praising its production values, Newman's score, and the performances (particularly Carrey's), while some criticized its comical tone and short length. The film grossed $211 million worldwide. At the 77th Academy Awards, it won the Academy Award for Best Makeup (the second to involve Carrey, after How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2000) and received nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score.
Investigator Lemony Snicket documents the whereabouts of the Baudelaire children: 14-year-old inventor Violet, her 12-year-old bibliophile brother Klaus, and their mordacious infant sister Sunny, after they are orphaned when their parents die in a mysterious fire that has destroyed their entire home. Mr. Poe, the family banker, manages their affairs and leaves them in the care of Count Olaf, a nefarious stage actor intent upon obtaining their family fortune, which will remain in the custody of the bank until Violet turns eighteen.
The Baudelaires are treated cruelly by Olaf, who belittles them and forces them to do all his housework. After Olaf legally obtains custody of the children, he attempts to kill them by locking them in his car, which he parks on railway tracks. The Baudelaires divert an oncoming train by building a device to remotely activate the railroad switch, after which Mr. Poe sees the children alone in the car and removes them from Olaf's custody, thinking Olaf was allowing them to drive while underage.
The orphans are taken to live with eccentric and kind herpetologist Dr. Montgomery "Uncle Monty" Montgomery, who plans on bringing the children with him on an expedition to Peru. When Uncle Monty's new assistant "Stephano" arrives, the Baudelaires immediately see that he is Count Olaf in disguise and attempt to warn Uncle Monty, but he instead suspects Stephano is after his latest discovery, The Incredibly Deadly Viper. The morning they are set to leave for Peru, Uncle Monty is found dead, seemingly from being attacked by the viper, though the children are certain that Olaf murdered him. They are almost placed in Stephano's care by Mr. Poe, but Sunny proves his guilt by showing that the snake is harmless, and Stephano escapes.
Mr. Poe takes the children to Lake Lachrymose to live with their Aunt Josephine, a grammar-obsessed widow with panphobia. Shortly after arriving, they encounter Count Olaf again, this time disguised as a sailor called "Captain Sham", with whom Aunt Josephine becomes immediately besotted. The Baudelaires later find Aunt Josephine missing from her house and an apparent suicide note entrusting them to Captain Sham. Seeing grammatical errors in the note, Klaus deduces that Olaf forced Aunt Josephine to write it and the mistakes are clues to her real location. The children sail to the cave where Aunt Josephine has hidden herself and convince her to leave with them, but they are attacked by deadly leeches; Olaf sails out to rescue the children, but leaves Aunt Josephine to be eaten.
When Mr. Poe witnesses Count Olaf seemingly rescue the Baudelaires, they are placed back in his care, despite the children's protests. Learning that, as their guardian, Olaf would not be entitled to any of their money, he stages a play titled "The Marvelous Marriage," in which he will have Violet play the bride and sign a real marriage certificate in front of a bona fide justice of the peace, which would give Olaf access to the fortune as a legally wedded spouse. Violet refuses to comply, but agrees when Olaf reveals that he has captured Sunny and threatens to kill her if the play is interrupted.
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (also simply known as A Series of Unfortunate Events) is a 2004 American adventure film directed by Brad Silberling from a screenplay by Robert Gordon, based on the first three novels of the book series A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (1999), The Reptile Room (1999), and The Wide Window (2000), by Lemony Snicket (the pen name of American author Daniel Handler). It stars Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Timothy Spall, Catherine O'Hara, Billy Connolly, Cedric the Entertainer, Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Coolidge, and Meryl Streep, with Jude Law as the voice of Lemony Snicket.
Nickelodeon Movies purchased the film rights to Handler's book series in 2000 and soon began development of a film with Barry Sonnenfeld attached to direct. Handler adapted the screenplay and courted Carrey for Count Olaf. Sonnenfeld left over budget concerns in January 2003 and Brad Silberling took over. Robert Gordon rewrote Handler's script, and principal photography started in November 2003. The film was entirely shot using sound stages and backlots at Paramount Pictures and Downey Studios.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events was released theatrically in the United States on December 17, 2004, by Paramount Pictures with DreamWorks Pictures distributing the movie internationally. It received positive reviews from critics, with many praising its production values, Newman's score, and the performances (particularly Carrey's), while some criticized its comical tone and short length. The film grossed $211 million worldwide. At the 77th Academy Awards, it won the Academy Award for Best Makeup (the second to involve Carrey, after How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 2000) and received nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score.
Investigator Lemony Snicket documents the whereabouts of the Baudelaire children: 14-year-old inventor Violet, her 12-year-old bibliophile brother Klaus, and their mordacious infant sister Sunny, after they are orphaned when their parents die in a mysterious fire that has destroyed their entire home. Mr. Poe, the family banker, manages their affairs and leaves them in the care of Count Olaf, a nefarious stage actor intent upon obtaining their family fortune, which will remain in the custody of the bank until Violet turns eighteen.
The Baudelaires are treated cruelly by Olaf, who belittles them and forces them to do all his housework. After Olaf legally obtains custody of the children, he attempts to kill them by locking them in his car, which he parks on railway tracks. The Baudelaires divert an oncoming train by building a device to remotely activate the railroad switch, after which Mr. Poe sees the children alone in the car and removes them from Olaf's custody, thinking Olaf was allowing them to drive while underage.
The orphans are taken to live with eccentric and kind herpetologist Dr. Montgomery "Uncle Monty" Montgomery, who plans on bringing the children with him on an expedition to Peru. When Uncle Monty's new assistant "Stephano" arrives, the Baudelaires immediately see that he is Count Olaf in disguise and attempt to warn Uncle Monty, but he instead suspects Stephano is after his latest discovery, The Incredibly Deadly Viper. The morning they are set to leave for Peru, Uncle Monty is found dead, seemingly from being attacked by the viper, though the children are certain that Olaf murdered him. They are almost placed in Stephano's care by Mr. Poe, but Sunny proves his guilt by showing that the snake is harmless, and Stephano escapes.
Mr. Poe takes the children to Lake Lachrymose to live with their Aunt Josephine, a grammar-obsessed widow with panphobia. Shortly after arriving, they encounter Count Olaf again, this time disguised as a sailor called "Captain Sham", with whom Aunt Josephine becomes immediately besotted. The Baudelaires later find Aunt Josephine missing from her house and an apparent suicide note entrusting them to Captain Sham. Seeing grammatical errors in the note, Klaus deduces that Olaf forced Aunt Josephine to write it and the mistakes are clues to her real location. The children sail to the cave where Aunt Josephine has hidden herself and convince her to leave with them, but they are attacked by deadly leeches; Olaf sails out to rescue the children, but leaves Aunt Josephine to be eaten.
When Mr. Poe witnesses Count Olaf seemingly rescue the Baudelaires, they are placed back in his care, despite the children's protests. Learning that, as their guardian, Olaf would not be entitled to any of their money, he stages a play titled "The Marvelous Marriage," in which he will have Violet play the bride and sign a real marriage certificate in front of a bona fide justice of the peace, which would give Olaf access to the fortune as a legally wedded spouse. Violet refuses to comply, but agrees when Olaf reveals that he has captured Sunny and threatens to kill her if the play is interrupted.