"Paperhouse" quotes
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
Director: Bernard Rose
Writer: Catherine Storr, Matthew Jacobs
Production: N/A
Year: 1988
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 6.6
BoxOffice: $241,278
Released: 17 Feb 1989
Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination
100 video clips
00:25 There was this boy
00:03 I'm blind
00:07 What's snogging like then
00:13 You're going to be alright
00:04 Mum Go away please
00:04 Is anybody there
00:07 To be honest i'd rather draw by myself I don't...
00:07 Alright
00:15 Anna Go away
00:30 I said go away No you let me in then I'll go away
00:09 That's better I was beginning to think I was invisible
00:08 I'm having dreams mum but they're real I know they...
Mum!
00:06 86, 87, 88 ...
00:06 A nice hot bath and then to bed.
00:07 Alright
00:31 - Anna!
- Go away.
00:15 Anna Go away
00:14 Anna, i'm not going away so
you might aswell let me in.
00:07 Anna.
00:15 Anna?
00:11 Anna!
00:11 Anna.
00:26 Anna
00:15 Behind you!
00:27 - Bye.
- Bye.
00:09 Can I come in?
00:09 Come on Anna.
00:06 Daddy's here.
00:06 - Dad's on the left, by the rocks.
- Put your finger on...
00:21 Didn't you know?
00:09 - Dr Nichols didn't tell me
the whole story. - Obviousl...
00:11 Eighty-seven, eighty-eight, eighty-nine...
00:14 - Feeling better?
- No, worse.
00:05 Fooled you!
00:13 Hello, is everything ok?
00:21 Here, I want to show you something.
00:18 - Here.
- Thanks.
00:20 Hi.
00:17 How's that then eh?
00:24 I brought it with me this time.
You draw the helicopter.
00:12 - I don't feel well. - I know, I know,
you try and get ...
00:16 I don't want to go without you but the
helicopter'...
00:05 - I drew you walking but it went wrong.
- I don't under...
00:30 - I said go away.
- No, you let me in, then I'll go awa...
00:30 I said go away No you let me in then I'll go away
00:22 I want to go to the pier...
to get Karen some rock.
00:30 - I wish dad was here.
- So do I.
00:08 I'm having dreams mum, but
they're real, I know th...
00:08 I'm having dreams mum but they're real I know they...
00:18 I'm sorry, I just drew someone
at the window, that'...
00:07 Instead of making a mess out of
this place... why don't...
00:08 Is anybody there?
00:04 Is anybody there
00:29 It looks like glandular fever.
00:07 It shines out for miles and
miles and everyone can see it.
00:08 - It's dad!
- No, don't let him in.
00:12 It's dad!
00:09 It's great, isn't it?
00:14 I've got some good news...
00:25 I've walked as far as I can along
these cliffs but ther...
00:12 - Look, you've lost the drawing
Anna, just accept it. -...
00:06 Mark, Mark, Mark!
00:11 Mark.
00:16 Mark.
00:17 Mark?
00:07 Mark?
00:06 Mark!
00:04 Mum Go away please
00:09 Mum?
00:15 - Mum?
- What?
00:10 Ninety-nine, one hundred.
00:06 - No, leave it, I like the
clouds dark. - Alright, darling.
00:12 Oh that's too much.
00:09 She passed out.
00:09 Sorry Anna.
00:14 Stay with me until I get to sleep,
I don't wanna be on ...
00:22 Stop!
Stop it!
00:30 Thanks.
00:27 - That was quick.
- I'm late.
00:09 That's better I was beginning to think I was invisible
00:21 - Then you are Mark?
- Well i'm not a drawing, I know t...
00:07 There, just a bit more.
00:31 There was this boy...
00:08 - They've stopped.
- What's stopped.
00:19 This looks a real skill
place to play hide-and-seek.
00:07 To be honest i'd rather draw by myself I don't...
00:20 Well you wait down here
and keep a look out for it.
00:31 We're just opposites
me and him, aren't we?
Cast
Anna - Charlotte Burke
Miss Vanstone - Jane Bertish
Sharon - Samantha Cahill
Kate - Glenne Headly
Karen - Sarah Newbold