Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are taken in by a series of oddball relatives and others after their wealthy parents are killed in a fire. The first to take them in is the dastardly and cunning Count Olaf, who is only interested in their inheritance.
Publisher:Hollywood, Calif. :Paramount Home Entertainment,[2005], c2004.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Based on the books "The bad beginning", "The reptile room" and "The wide window" by Lemony Snicket.
Special features: Commentary by Brad Silberling; Brad Silberling and the real Lemony Snicket commentary; bad beginnings; dismal deletions; obnoxious outtakes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Rick Heinrichs.
Participant or Performer Note:
Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Timothy Spall, Catherine O'Hara, Billy Connolly, Cedric the Entertainer, Luis Guzman, Jennifer Coolidge.
Voice, Jude Law.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG; for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language.