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The Spiderwick Chronicles TV Review
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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
- Theatrical - Wide 2008-02-14
- Cast Freddie Highmore Sarah Bolger David Strathairn Mary-Louise Parker Nick Nolte
- Directed by Mark Waters
- Written by Karey Kirkpatrick David Berenbaum John Sayles
Box Office Gross:
$164,200,000
Running Time:
95 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Paramount Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Nickelodeon Movies
Genres:
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Synopsis
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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