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Paul Carpenter and Sophie Pettingel are lowly interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm JW Wells & Co. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells, the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices. Paul and Sophie eventually discover the true agenda of the vast corporation where they work. Fantasy adventure, starring Christoph Waltz and Sam Neill
2023
HD
subtitles
16x9
audio-description
Adventure
Fantasy
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Christoph Waltz
(Actor)
.. Humphrey Wells
Sam Neill
(Actor)
.. Dennis Tanner
Sophie Wilde
(Actor)
.. Sophie Pettingel
Patrick Gibson
(Actor)
.. Paul Carpenter
Miranda Otto
(Actor)
.. Countess Judy
Jessica De Gouw
(Actor)
.. Rosie Tanner
Damon Herriman
(Actor)
.. Monty Smith-Gregg
Jeffrey Walker
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Christoph Waltz
(Actor)
.. Humphrey Wells
Born:
October 04, 1956
in
Vienna
Best Known For:
Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained.
Early-life:
Born in Vienna on October 4, 1956, Christoph is the son of a German father and Austrian mother. He studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna before going to the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. During the 1980s he worked primarily in theatre.
Career:
For 30 years, Waltz made a steady living as an actor on German TV but struggled to find English-speaking roles. His big break came when he met Quentin Tarantino and played Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds (2009). It catapulted him to international recognition and he won a number of awards for his performance, including an Academy Award. Since then, Waltz has been a bona fide Hollywood star and appeared in The Green Hornet (2011), Water for Elephants (2011), The Three Musketeers (2011) and Carnage (2011). In 2012 he teamed up with Tarantino again for the critically acclaimed Django Unchained, for which Waltz won his second Academy Award. He now has a number of Hollywood films in the pipeline.
Quote:
'Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.'
Trivia:
Waltz is fluent in German, English and French.
Sam Neill
(Actor)
.. Dennis Tanner
Born:
September 14, 1947
in
Omagh, Co Tyrone
Best Known For:
Jurassic Park.
Early-life:
Nigel John Dermot Neill was born on September 14, 1947, in Omagh, Co Tyrone. His father moved the family to New Zealand's South Island in 1954. He went to boarding school and attended universities at Canterbury and Victoria. After gaining a degree in English Literature he worked with the New Zealand Players and other theatre groups. He was also a film director, editor and scriptwriter for the New Zealand National Film Unit for six years.
Career:
Following several little-seen movies, Neill's breakthrough came as Damien in Omen III: The Final Conflict. After the 1983 miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies, he divided his career between TV work, mainstream dramas and arthouse films, including such projects as Kane and Abel, Plenty, Dead Calm and A Cry in the Dark. Steven Spielberg cast him in Jurassic Park in 1993, the year he was awarded an OBE. He also won critical acclaim for The Piano and Sirens. Other projects include The Horse Whisperer, Restoration, Event Horizon, Jurassic Park III, mini-series Merlin's Apprentice, The Tudors and the BBC's gritty period drama Peaky Blinders. One of the busiest actors in Hollywood, he always has several films in the pipeline.
Quote:
'The pathetic thing about actors is they don't feel valid unless they're acting.'
Trivia:
Away from showbusiness, he has his own vineyard, which he claims is a very expensive hobby.
Sophie Wilde
(Actor)
.. Sophie Pettingel
Patrick Gibson
(Actor)
.. Paul Carpenter
Miranda Otto
(Actor)
.. Countess Judy
Born:
December 16, 1967
in
Brisbane
Best Known For:
War of the Worlds and two Lord of the Rings movies.
Early-life:
Miranda was born in Brisbane on December 16, 1967 to actors Barry and Lindsay Otto. Her sister, Gracie Otto, is also an actor. At a young age, Miranda appeared in plays at the Nimrod Theatre. She made her film debut at the age of 18 in Emma's War (1986). Minor film roles followed in Initiation (1987) and The 13th Floor (1988). She went on to graduate from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 1990.
Career:
Otto's big break came in the movie The Girl Who Came Late (1991). It earned her first Australian Film Institute nomination. She was nominated again the following year for her performance in The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992). Roles followed in Love Serenade (1996), The Well (1997), Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) and In the Winter Dark (1998). Her profile increased globally in 2000 when she starred opposite Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath. She played Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). More recently, she has starred in War of the Worlds (2005), Blessed (2009) and I, Frankenstein (2014).
Quote:
'Acting is a freelance career - you never stop having to prove yourself and fight for work.'
Trivia:
Otto's costume in the Lord of the Rings films was very heavy, weighing 22lbs.
Jessica De Gouw
(Actor)
.. Rosie Tanner
Damon Herriman
(Actor)
.. Monty Smith-Gregg
Jeffrey Walker
(Director)
