Bookworm

Adventure Comedy Drama

New Zealand

English

July 4, 2024

1hr 43min

Status: released

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Movie Details:

Country	New Zealand
Language	English
Genres	Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Release date	July 4, 2024 (limited, New Zealand) July 18, 2024 (Fantasia International Film Festival. Canada) August 17, 2024 (Melbourne International Film Festival, Australian premiere) August 23, 2024 (FrightFest, United Kingdom) August 29, 2024 (Australia)
Running time	1hr 43min
Starring	Nell Fisher, Morgana O’Reilly, Millen Baird, Elijah Wood, Nikki Si’ulepa, Theo Shakes
Directed by	Ant Timpson
Screenplay by	Toby Harvard
Story by	Toby Harvard, Ant Timpson
Produced by	Roxi Bull, Victoria Dabbs, Mette-Marie Kongsved, Emma Slade, Laura Tunstall
Cinematography by	Daniel Katz
Music by	Karl Sölve Steven
Casting by	Miranda Rivers
Production Design by	John Allan
Set Decoration by	Michelle Freeman
Costume Design by	Jaindra Watson
Production Company	Firefly Films New Zealand Film Commission Nowhere Talon Entertainment Finance
Distributor	Exponenta Rialto Distribution Shaw Organisation Signature Entertainment Vertical Entertainment Front Row Filmed Entertainment La Aventura Photon Films and Media Plaion Pictures Plaion
Box Office Collection	$537,972

Cast & Characters:

Nell Fisher as Mildred
Morgana O’Reilly as Zo
Millen Baird as Doctor
Elijah Wood as Strawn
Nikki Si’ulepa as Dotty
Theo Shakes as Reginald
Michael Smiley as Arnold
Vanessa Stacey as Angelina

Storyline:

11-year-old Mildred’s world is turned upside down when her estranged father, the washed-up magician Strawn Wise, comes to look after her and agrees to take her camping to find a mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.

About Movie:

The film title was inspired by fellow Kiwi Lee Tamahori’s film The Edge which originally titled after the script by David Mamet called Bookworm. Helpful • 6 0

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