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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

When a massive fire kills their parents, three children are delivered to the custody of cousin and stage actor Count Olaf, who is secretly plotting to steal their parents' vast fortune.

Director

Brad Silberling

Year

Genre

adventure, comedy, family

Box Office

$118,461,298

Production

Paramount Pictures,DreamWorks Pictures,Nickelodeon Movies,Parkes/MacDonald Productions,Kumar Mobiliengesellschaft mbH & Co. Projekt Nr. 2 KG

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 28 nominations.

Count Olaf

Klaus

Violet

Sunny

Sunny

Lemony Snicket

Mr. Poe

Justice Strauss

Catherine O'Hara

Uncle Monty

Aunt Josephine

Bald Man

Hook-Handed Man

Person of Indeterminate Gender

White Faced Woman

Jennifer Coolidge

White Faced Woman

Constable

Cedric the Entertainer

Grocery Clerk (as Robert Clendenin)

Gruff Grocer

Judge

Gustav

Mrs. Poe

Deborah Theaker

Captain Sam (scenes deleted)

Dream Gypsy

Jaimarie Bjorge

Beatrice Baudelaire

Helena Bonham Carter

Mrs. Baudelaire

Wedding Guest

Davidious Augustine / Bohemian

Julius Callahan

French Radio Reporter (voice)

FranÃ§ois Duhamel

Wedding Guest

Rosemary Garris

Duck

Gilbert Gottfried

Wedding Guest

Mr. Baudelaire

Police Photographer

Banker

Rob Hinderstein

The Critic

Ferry Boat Captain

Michael Earl Lane

Realtor

Wedding Guest

Voice over

Wedding Audience

Christopher Metas

Bohemian #1

Woman in Audience

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And this must be Klaus - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

And this must be Klaus

Bum buttery flit fluttery Dum diddly-ooh Bum buttery bluebird is singing a tune Daffodil dillies awaken and prune Bursting in bloom All the flowers assume It's a loverly, loverly spring - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Bum buttery flit fluttery Dum diddly-ooh Bum buttery...

I'm sorry to say that this is not the movie you will be watchingThe movie you are about to see is extremely unpleasantIf you wish to see a film about a happy little elfI'm sure there is still plenty of seating in theatre number twoHowever if you like - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

I'm sorry to say that this is not the movie you will be...

In a world of abandoned items and discarded materialsViolet knew there was always somethingSomething she could fashion into nearly any device for nearly every occasion - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

In a world of abandoned items and discarded materialsViolet...

Sunny, the youngest, had a different interest. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Sunny, the youngest, had a different interest.

Sunny was at an age when one mostly speaks in a series of unintelligible shrieks. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Sunny was at an age when one mostly speaks in a series of...

Children, I'm afraid I must inform you of an extremely unfortunate event. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Children, I'm afraid I must inform you of an extremely...

If you have ever lost someone very important to youthen you already know how it feelsAnd if you haven'tyou cannot possibly imagine it - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

If you have ever lost someone very important to youthen you...

No one knows the precise cause of the Baudelaire fire. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

No one knows the precise cause of the Baudelaire fire.

And as mysterious as the source of the blaze, other mysteries began to unfold before the children's eyes. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

And as mysterious as the source of the blaze, other...

This is an excellent opportunity to walk out of the theatreliving room or aeroplane where this film is being shown - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

This is an excellent opportunity to walk out of the...

Now as chief officer of Mulctuary Managementand the executor of your parents' estateit is my legal obligation to take care of your money till you come of ageand to place you in the care of your closest relative - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Now as chief officer of Mulctuary Managementand the executor...

So I'm taking you to live with your dear Count Olafwho resides right here in the city just 37 blocks awayI don't think that's what closest is supposed to meanWe don't know a Count Olaf Of course you doHe's either your third cousin four times removedor - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

So I'm taking you to live with your dear Count Olafwho...

Here we are, your new home. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Here we are, your new home.

Well, hello, hello, hello. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Well, hello, hello, hello.

My dear Violet. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

My dear Violet.

I must say you're a gloomy looking bunchWhy so glumOur parents just diedYes of course How very very awfulWait let me do that one more timeGive me the line again Quickly while it's fresh in my mindOur parents just diedYesWhat a schmuck - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

I must say you're a gloomy looking bunchWhy so glumOur...

I will raise these orphansas if they were actually wanted - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

I will raise these orphansas if they were actually wanted

Anyway, where do I sign for the fortune... - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Anyway, where do I sign for the fortune...

I realise that my humble abode isn't as fancy as the Baudelaire Mansion, but I'm coming into a great deal of money soon and I think it'll be quite charming when it's finished. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

I realise that my humble abode isn't as fancy as the...

The tower, which you are never to enter, under any circumstances. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The tower, which you are never to enter, under any...

Which you are never to enter - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Which you are never to enter

I don't know if you've ever noticed but first impressionsare often entirely wrongFor instance Klaus when Sunny was born didn't like her at allBut by the time she was six weeks old the two of them were thick as thievesA phrase which here means fetching and - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

I don't know if you've ever noticed but first...

But by the time she was six weeks old the two of them were thick as thieves - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

But by the time she was six weeks old the two of them were...

And as unfortunate as their situation seemed, it was only about to get worse. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

And as unfortunate as their situation seemed, it was only...

Why aren't you children in the kitchen preparing our dinner? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Why aren't you children in the kitchen preparing our...

On the back. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Pasta it is. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Now who shall playthe most handsome count in all the worldWould you do it sirAll right - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Now who shall playthe most handsome count in all the...

Would you do it, sir? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Would you do it, sir?

This is a little piece I like to call Electric ChairI think you might have to turn it upIs anybody out there - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

This is a little piece I like to call Electric ChairI think...

I think you might have to turn it up. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

I think you might have to turn it up.

Strainer. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Well? It's good. It's really good. Time check. Let's go back to prehistoric times when dinosaurs rul - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Well? It's good. It's really good. Time check....

Baudelaire orphans to the courtesy desk. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Baudelaire orphans to the courtesy desk.

What do you want? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

What do you want?

Dinner is servedPuttanescaWhat did you call meIt's pasta Pasta PuttanescaWhere's the roast beefRoast beefBeef Yes Roast beefIt's the Swedish term for beef that is roasted - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Dinner is servedPuttanescaWhat did you call meIt's...

Puttanesca. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

You know there's a big world out therefilled with desperate orphans who would gladlyswim across an ocean of thumbtacksjust to be eclipsed by the long shadow that is cast by my accomplishments - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

You know there's a big world out therefilled with...

But I don't care about themI chose to open my heartto you two loverly childrenand your hideous primate - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

But I don't care about themI chose to open my heartto...

All I ask in return is that you do every thing that pops into my headwhile I enjoy the enormous fortune your parents left behind - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

All I ask in return is that you do every thing that pops...

No Why you littleBack off parrot faceI'll bite higherDon't mock meWow You are nuts - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

No Why you littleBack off parrot faceI'll bite...

Wow. You are nuts. It's time you children learnt a little respect. - Back! - Put her down! You monst - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Wow. You are nuts. It's time you children learnt a...

You all saw it. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

You all saw it.

You won't get a cent until Violet turns 18ReallySays who The law Look it up - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

You won't get a cent until Violet turns 18ReallySays...

The law Look it up - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The law Look it up

Are you? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Where were we? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Are you okay No - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Are you okay No

Klaus, what are you doing? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Klaus, what are you doing?

How could they do this to us? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

How could they do this to us?

Do you remember when Mom and Dad went to Europe? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Do you remember when Mom and Dad went to Europe?

Do you think anything will ever feel like home again? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Do you think anything will ever feel like home again?

Do you think anything will ever feel like home againSanctuary is a word which here meansa small safe place in a troubling worldLike an oasis in a vast desert or an island in a stormy sea - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Do you think anything will ever feel like home...

"Sanctuary" is a word which here means a small, safe place in a troubling world. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

"Sanctuary" is a word which here means a small,...

Thank you, Your Honour. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Thank you, Your Honour.

Children, I've been contemplating our situation and I realise that I've been a bit standoffish, shall we say? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Children, I've been contemplating our situation and I...

And I realise that I've been a bit standoffish shall we sayWhich in this case is a big big word meaningPure evil - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

And I realise that I've been a bit standoffish shall we...

But now that we're family I can make it up to youI can be the ultimate dad - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

But now that we're family I can make it up to youI can...

Soda. Soda. Banana. Bite me. Got it. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Soda. Soda. Banana. Bite me. Got it.

Violet. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Hello. I'm going on a perfectly innocent ride in the country with my kids, whom I love. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Hello. I'm going on a perfectly innocent ride in the...

What is it? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Kiwi Watermelon Surprise. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Kiwi Watermelon Surprise.

Count Olaf? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Klaus, you've read books on trains. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Klaus, you've read books on trains.

- It's too far away. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

- It's too far away.

- Violet. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Mr Poe. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

He tried to kill us Let us not exaggerateThe vehicle was not even in gear - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

He tried to kill us Let us not exaggerateThe vehicle was not...

Goodbye, kids. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Take them, Mr Poe. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Take them, Mr Poe.

That's the two headed cobra Well spottedIs that a he or a sheI have no idea Didn't think it polite to ask - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

That's the two headed cobra Well spottedIs that a he or...

Uncle Monty why are we going to PeruJust this morning I was wonderingHow are we all going to get out of town togetherAnd I thought Peru They have snakes in Peru don't theyBut why are we getting out of townViolet do you know snakes are more afraid of you - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Uncle Monty why are we going to PeruJust this morning I was...

Wait. That spyglass. I saw one like that... Plenty of time for chitchat later. But right now what I - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Wait. That spyglass. I saw one like that... Plenty of time...

Plenty of time for chitchat laterBut right now what I need is an inventora readerand a biterKnow anyMy teeth are at your service Sir - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Plenty of time for chitchat laterBut right now what I need...

No one knows the precise cause of the Baudelaire fire - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

No one knows the precise cause of the Baudelaire fire

Hello. I am looking for Dr Montgomery Montgomery. I am Stephano. I am an Italian man and I am here to assist him in his research as best I can as well as to facilitate and remain observatory. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Hello. I am looking for Dr Montgomery Montgomery. I am...

Now, why would you say something like that? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Now, why would you say something like that?

Well, perhaps you should re-evaluate your hypothesis. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Well, perhaps you should re-evaluate your hypothesis.

My chief assistant Gustav took sick and phoned not one hour agoHe'd give anything to be here right now - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

My chief assistant Gustav took sick and phoned not one hour...

You can't be buying this - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

You can't be buying this

Violet no Everything happens for a reason - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Violet no Everything happens for a reason

The children will be helping us with the research in PeruDo you have any experience with childrenChildren are strange and foreign to meI never really was oneI know that they are an important part of the ecosystem - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The children will be helping us with the research in PeruDo...

I was wondering if you wouldn't mind milking Petunia for mePetuniaWell the milkingNow see what I was Could I justYeah sure I'll take a shot at thatNow they used to call me Old MacDonaldup at the milking lab thereI'd milk these things all day longBut the - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

I was wondering if you wouldn't mind milking Petunia...

Now they used to call me Old MacDonaldup at the milking lab thereI'd milk these things all day longBut the little udders they're hard to locate - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Now they used to call me Old MacDonaldup at the milking lab...

Is he still watching? - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Is he still watching?

And if you kids should get restless during the night, I'm right down the hall and I'm a very light sleeper. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

And if you kids should get restless during the night,...

Do you have a hall passI didn't think so - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Do you have a hall passI didn't think so

I didn't think so. - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

I didn't think so.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

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When a massive fire kills their parents, three children are delivered to the custody of cousin and stage actor Count Olaf, who is secretly plotting to steal their parents' vast fortune.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Brad Silberling

Writer: Robert Gordon (screenplay), Daniel Handler (books)

Production: Paramount Pictures,DreamWorks Pictures,Nickelodeon Movies,Parkes/MacDonald Productions,Kumar Mobiliengesellschaft mbH & Co. Projekt Nr. 2 KG

Genre: adventure, comedy, family

Year: 2004

MetaScore: 62/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: $118,461,298

Released: 17 Dec 2004

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 28 nominations.

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