Movie
FairyTale: A True Story
Overview
In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-10-24
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Icon Productions, Wendy Finerman Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Florence Hoath as Elsie Wright
- Elizabeth Earl as Frances Griffiths
- Paul McGann as Arthur Wright
- Peter O'Toole as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Harvey Keitel as Harry Houdini
- Phoebe Nicholls as Polly Wright
- Bill Nighy as Edward Gardner
- Tim McInnerny as John Ferret, a Reporter
- Joseph May as Houdini's Assistant
- Peter Mullan as Sergeant Farmer
- Anna Chancellor as Peter Pan
- Lara Morgan as Jean Doyle
Crew
- Charles Sturridge - Director
- Albert Ash - Writer
- Ernie Contreras - Writer
- Tom McLoughlin - Writer
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