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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
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Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Rating:PG
Genre:Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
Written By:Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum, John Sayles
In Theaters:2/14/2008
Box Office:$164,200,000
Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Paramount Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Nickelodeon Movies
Cast
Mark Waters
Director
Freddie Highmore
Jared Grace / Simon Grace
Sarah Bolger
Mallory Grace
David Strathairn
Arthur Spiderwick
Mary-Louise Parker
Helen Grace
Nick Nolte
Mulgarath
Joan Plowright
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Andrew McCarthy
Richard Grace
Seth Rogen
Hogsqueal (voice)
Martin Short
Thimbletack (voice)
Jordy Benattar
Young Lucinda Spiderwick
Lise Durocher-Viens
Mrs. Spiderwick
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