Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Paramount Pictures  (2004) 108 mins PG

6.9 (40,826 votes)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is a fantastical movie based on a children's fiction series written under the pen name Lemony Snicket. The movie stars Jim Carrey as Count Olaf the 'closest relative' of a group of children orphaned after the tragic death of their parents. The children stand to inherit an immense fortune and Count Olaf wants to take care of them to ensure his part of the fortune. The children have other plans, however, and they embark on a journey where they use their luck and odd abilities to get away from Olaf. The movie stars several other big names in smaller roles, namely Meryl Streep, Billy Connolly and Jude Law. In the end the children must find a way to fend for themself in a world that is a strange cross between reality and fantasy....

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Cast and Crew
Liam Aiken  ......  Klaus Baudelaire
Emily Browning  ......  Violet Baudelaire
Jim Carrey  ......  Count Olaf
Billy Connolly  ......  Uncle Monty
Jude Law  ......  Lemony Snicket
Catherine O'Hara  ......  Justice Strauss
Director  .....  Brad Silberling
Producer  .....  Barry Sonnenfeld; Walter F. Parkes; Laurie MacDonald
Writer  .....  Robert Gordon; Daniel Handler
Cinematography  .....  Emmanuel Lubezki
Musician  .....  Thomas Newman
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When it's at the part where they're on the boat, Klaus shows the drawing of the eye to Aunt Josephine. When the camera turns to her, Klaus folds the paper. Then when it turns it back to him, he has it unfolded in his hands. (more)

Trivia:
Because the train scene was filmed on a forced-perspective set, Industrial Light & Magic did something called "lattice deformations "to squeeze the computer-generated train - even the smoke - into the forced-perspective tracks. (more)

Filming Locations:
Downey Studios - 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
Lemony Snicket: [the Littlest Elf has just come to an abrupt halt] I'm sorry to say that this is not the movie you will be watching. The movie you are about to see is extremely unpleasant. If you wish to see a film about a happy little elf, I'm sure there is still plenty of seating in theatre number two. However, if you like stories about clever and reasonably attractive orphans...
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 21 nominations (more)