2006 · 1h 50m · Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

The Illusionist

Directed byNeil Burger

IMDb

7.5

407K votes

Metacritic

critics

Rotten Tomatoes

73%

critics

Box office

$87.9M

5.2x its $17M budget

Released Apr 27, 2006

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37th of 324Films of 2006 with 10,000+ votes

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Critics (Metacritic)68

Audience (IMDb x 10)75

Audiences liked it more than critics did, by 7 points.

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Director: Neil Burger
Writers: Neil Burger Steven Millhauser
Music: Philip Glass
Cinematography: Dick Pope
Editing: Naomi Geraghty
Producers: Brian Koppelman David Levien Michael London Cathy Schulman

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Cinematography · Academy Awards 2007
Dick Pope
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On The Illusionist

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