Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Year:
Duration:
108 min
Genres:
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
IMDB rate:
6.8
Director:
Brad Silberling
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 24 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2004-12-17
Filming Locations: Downey Studios - 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $140,000,000
Opening Weekend: $30,061,756 (USA) (19 December 2004)
Gross: $118,627,117 (USA) (24 April 2005)
Cast
Actor
Character
Jamie Harris
Jamie Harris
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Kara Hoffman
Kara Hoffman
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Jaimarie Bjorge
Jaimarie Bjorge
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Crystal Rivers
Crystal Rivers
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Jim Carrey
Count Olaf
Liam Aiken
Klaus
Emily Browning
Violet
Shelby Hoffman
Sunny
Jude Law
Lemony Snicket
Timothy Spall
Mr. Poe
Catherine O'Hara
Justice Strauss
Billy Connolly
Uncle Monty
Meryl Streep
Aunt Josephine
Luis Guzmán
Bald Man
Craig Ferguson
Person of Indeterminate Gender
Jane Adams
White Faced Woman
Cedric the Entertainer
Constable
Bob Clendenin
Grocery Clerk
Lenny Clarke
Gruff Grocer
Fred Gallo
Judge
John Dexter
Gustav
Deborah Theaker
Mrs. Poe
Wayne Flemming
Captain Sam
Helena Bonham Carter
Beatrice Baudelaire (uncredited)
Paul Bunnell
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Julius Callahan
Davidious Augustine
François Duhamel
French Radio Reporter
Rosemary Garris
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Gilbert Gottfried
Duck
Paul G. Gray
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Alan Heitz
Police Photographer
Rob Hinderstein
Banker
Dustin Hoffman
The Critic
Michael Earl Lane
Ferry Boat Captain
Jane Lynch
Realtor
Betsy McIntyre
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Nick Meaney
Voice over (uncredited)
Christopher Metas
Wedding Audience
Lidia Sabljic
Woman in Audience
Did you know?
Trivia
The bizarre car seen in the previews is a Tatra 603. Built in the present-day Czech Republic, it was designed as a limousine for Communist Party officials and VIPs. It was first designed in 1955; the model in the previews is from 1968-1975.
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Director Brad Silberling admitted on the director's commentary that in some scenes the stand-ins for Kara Hoffman and Shelby Hoffman, the Knight babies, often appeared on camera instead of the original twins (but with their faces covered slightly).
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The movie has elements from the first three books, "The Bad Beginning", "The Reptile Room", and "The Wide Window".
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Goofs
At the end, various shots of the Bauedelaire children from previous scenes are shown. The flashback of Sunny at Uncle Monty's home, where she had been following a CGI image of the "Incredible Deadly Viper", shows her to instead be following a little red toy on a string, pulled along by a crew member off camera.
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During the leech attack Violet and Klaus wave their arms in the air, signaling the nearby boat, and Violet's hair is down. When Count Olaf drives up in the boat, Violet's hair is up.
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When 'The Incredibly Deadly Viper' gives the children a fright, we see a shot from the inside of the cage looking out. In this shot you can see the door to the cage has no handle on the inside. In the next scene we see the door to the cage being opened from the inside. How can this be if there is no handle on the inside?
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Quotes
Lemony Snicket: [after Aunt Josephine has told the children that she is afraid of realtors] There is two kinds of fear. Rational and irrational. Being afraid of realtors is irrational.
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Lemony Snicket: [narrating] This is the story of the three Baudelaire children. Violet loved to invent; her brother, Klaus, loved to read; and their sister, Sunny... she loved to bite. My name is Lemony Snicket and it is my duty to tell you their tale. No one knows the precise cause of the Baudelaire fire, but just like that, the Baudelaire children became the Baudelaire orphans.
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Klaus Baudelaire: Aunt Josephine?
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Photos from cast
Jennifer Coolidge Jamie Harris Kara Hoffman Jaimarie Bjorge Crystal Rivers
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