The Pagemaster


The Pagemaster is a 1994 American liveactionanimated fantasy adventure film starring Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Stewart, Leonard Nimoy, and Frank Welker. The film was produced by Turner Pictures and released by 20th Century Fox on November 23, 1994.

Pessimistic Richard Tyler Macaulay Culkin lives life based on statistics and fears everything. His exasperated parents Ed Begley, Jr. and Mel Harris have tried multiple ways to build up the courage of their son, but to little success. Richard is sent to buy a bag of nails for building a treehouse. However, Richard gets caught in a harsh thunderstorm and takes shelter in a library. He meets Mr. Dewey Christopher Lloyd, an eccentric librarian who gives him a library card, despite Richards protests he doesnt want a book, since hes only there to escape the storm. Searching for a phone, Richard finds a large rotunda painted with famous literary characters. He slips on some water dripping from his coat and falls down, knocking himself out. Richard awakens to find the rotunda art melting, which washes over him and the library, turning them into illustrations.He is met by the Pagemaster Christopher Lloyd, who sends him through the fiction section to find the librarys exit. Along the way, Richard befriends three anthropomorphic books Adventure Patrick Stewart, a swashbuckling piratelike book Fantasy Whoopi Goldberg, a sassy but caring fairy tale book and Horror Frank Welker, a fearful Hunchbook with a misshapen spine. The three agree to help Richard if he checks them out. Together, the quartet encounter classicfictional characters. They meet Dr. Jekyll Leonard Nimoy who turns into Mr. Hyde, driving them to the open waters of the Land of Adventure. However, the group is separated after MobyDick attacks, following the whales battle with Captain Ahab George Hearn. Richard and Adventure are picked up by the Hispaniola, captained by Long John Silver Jim Cummings. The pirates go to Treasure Island, but find no treasure, nearly causing a mutiny. Fantasy and Horror return and defeat the pirates. Silver attempts taking Richard with him, but surrenders when Richard threatens him with a sword. By the time Adventure insulted Horror, it caused the hunchbook to get captured by Lilliputia

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