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The Secret of Moonacre

Year:
Duration:
103 min
Genres:
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Romance
IMDB rate:
6.2
Director:
Gabor Csupo
Details
Country: Hungary
Release Date: 2009-02-06
Filming Locations: Budapest, Hungary
Earnings
Budget: $12,000,000
Opening Weekend: £308,099 (UK) (8 February 2009)
Gross: £944,197 (UK) (10 May 2009)
Cast
Actor
Character
Dakota Blue Richards
Dakota Blue Richards
The Secret of Moonacre
Juliet Stevenson
Miss Heliotrope
Tim Curry
Coeur De Noir
Tamás Tóth
Vicar
Augustus Prew
Robin De Noir
György Szathmári
Lawyer (as György Szatmari)
Natascha McElhone
Loveday
Ioan Gruffudd
Sir Benjamin Merryweather
George Mendel
Priest (as György Mendel)
Michael Webber
Digweed
Szabolcs Csák
Henry
Lurko
Wrolf the Dog
Zoltán Markovits
David
Marcell Tóth
Richard
Zoltán Barabás Kis
Dulac (as Zoltán Barabás Kiss)
Andy Linden
Marmaduke Scarlet
Csador
The Little White Horse
Sandor Istvan Nagy
Coeur De Noir's Man (uncredited)
Oliver Simor
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ferenc Vizes
English Worker (uncredited)
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Trivia
Four dogs play the character of Wrolf. They all had their fur dyed so they looked identical, and each dog had it own talents. One was particularly good at barking, another at licking, one at running and one was good at just lying around.
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The title was changed after the producers ran an Internet poll. The Secret of Moonacre was a more popular title then the book's The Little White Horse.
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Much of The Secret of Moonacre (2008) was filmed in Hungary, but some scenes were filmed in England.
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Goofs
When Miss Heliotrope is saying goodbye to Maria Merryweather as she sets off for the forest on her horse with the rabbit in her lap, in three successive shots the rabbit changes position each time in her lap as she leaves.
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Quotes
Robin De Noir: [comes between Coeur De Noir and Maria, holds knife to Coeur's neck] I will not let you take her father.
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Miss Heliotrope: [carriage drives through a large bump on the road] Miss Heliotrope: Maria, there is only one thing that can save us now.
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Coeur De Noir: She's back in the forest. And this time she won't be leaving.
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Faq
Q
What is that cagelike thing that Maria wears under the back of her skirt?
A
That cagelike thing is a 'crinolette', popular in the mid-1800s in Great Britain. The crinolette eventually evolved into what became known in the late-1800s as the 'bustle.'
Q
What is Miss Heliotrope eating for her first breakfast at Moonacre?
A
Miss Heliotrope (Juliet Stevenson) is having 'kedgeree' for breakfast. Based on an Indian dish (khichri) of rice, lentils, and curry, the British adopted the dish, adding smoked haddock, cream, and hard-boiled eggs.
Q
What is 'The Secret of Moonacre' about?
A
Following the death of her father, 13-year old Maria Merryweather (Dakota Blue Richards) goes to live with her eccentric Uncle Benjamin (Ioan Gruffudd) at Moonacre Manor, a mysterious, crumbling house in a world of magic and mythical beasts. From a book given to her by her father, Maria learns that the ancestors of the Merryweathers and the De Noir family have been locked in an ancient feud that only she, as a true Moon Princess, can end, but she only has until the next moon to accomplish it before the valley disappears for ever.
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Dakota Blue Richards
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