A cowardly boy, who buries himself in accident statistics, enters a library to escape a storm, only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster. He has to work through ... Read allA cowardly boy, who buries himself in accident statistics, enters a library to escape a storm, only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster. He has to work through obstacles from classic books to return to real-life.A cowardly boy, who buries himself in accident statistics, enters a library to escape a storm, only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster. He has to work through obstacles from classic books to return to real-life.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
Kanin Howell
- Neighborhood Kid
- (as Canan J. Howell)
Brandon S. McKay
- Neighborhood Kid
- (as Brandon McKay)
Patrick Stewart
- Adventure
- (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg
- Fantasy
- (voice)
Frank Welker
- Horror
- (voice)
Leonard Nimoy
- Dr. Jekyll
- (voice)
- …
George Hearn
- Captain Ahab
- (voice)
Ed Gilbert
- George Merry
- (voice)
Richard Erdman
- Pirate
- (voice)
- (as Dick Erdman)
- Directors
- Pixote Hunt
- Joe Johnston(live action sequences)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis movie took almost three and a half years to complete.
- GoofsWhen Adventure got burnt by a dragon and Horror blew out the fire on the mustache, he says "Happy Birthday" but his mouth doesn't move.
- SoundtracksWhatever You Imagine (Montage)
(1994) (uncredited)
Lyric by Cynthia Weil
Music by Barry Mann and James Horner
Produced by Keith Thomas
Executive Producer: Jay Landers
Performed by Wendy Moten
Wendy Moten courtesy of Thunderbird Records / EMI Records
Featured review
A childhood favourite that should have been longer.
This was my favourite film as a kid. Being born the year it came out, I think i spent the majority of 1998 watching it as that is when my brain developed enough to remember a movie. I honestly remember sitting there in my lounge room literally wishing there would be a sequel or a longer version somewhere out there because even as a toddler there were still parts of the film frustrated the hell out of me. I wanted to see Richard at school, get better sense of his lack of friends and worried, overly cautious nature. I wanted him to have a girl he liked, or someone he wanted to impress, that he could after his adventures with the books. I wanted more Christopher Lloyd. I wanted the areas of the journey he embarked upon to go longer than about 15 minutes each, I wanted more jokes and maybe a few more characters for them to meet along the way. I also would have liked more books to pop up, maybe like action or something like that. Even just a little cameo would have been cool.
All that being said, what I was left with, I loved. More than anything. James Horner's score is easily my favourite of all time and summarises my awesome childhood. Macaulay Culkin was always my hero. I was delighted he was the star of this. It was a hell of a lot better than richie rich. Yeesh. The visuals were terrific and it really did have a sense of wonder. The very short runtime however, stopped it from being a real classic. Man oh man that was a small tragedy as a kid. It filled me with a rich sadness, because I didn't want the story to end. It did make me feel as hard as i think i ever felt as a child though, and for that, I cant fault it. Plus the bike scene made me want to jump 10 feet in the air with happiness.
All that being said, what I was left with, I loved. More than anything. James Horner's score is easily my favourite of all time and summarises my awesome childhood. Macaulay Culkin was always my hero. I was delighted he was the star of this. It was a hell of a lot better than richie rich. Yeesh. The visuals were terrific and it really did have a sense of wonder. The very short runtime however, stopped it from being a real classic. Man oh man that was a small tragedy as a kid. It filled me with a rich sadness, because I didn't want the story to end. It did make me feel as hard as i think i ever felt as a child though, and for that, I cant fault it. Plus the bike scene made me want to jump 10 feet in the air with happiness.
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- jackcwelch23
- Oct 13, 2017
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Володар сторінок
- Filming locations
- 40 N Golden W Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA(Richard is mocked by the other kids)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $27,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,670,688
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,188,399
- Nov 27, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $13,670,688
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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