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©2004
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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2004
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
Based on the books "The bad beginning," "The reptile room," and "The wide window" by Lemony Snicket
Special features: Director Brad Silberling commentary [audio only feature]; Brad Silberling and the real Lemony Snicket commentary [audio only feature]; Bad beginnings [featurettes] (25 min.); Orphaned scenes; Alarming evidence from the Making of the film; the unsound sound designer; Sinister special effects; theatrical trailers
Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; edited by Michael Kahn ; music by Thomas Newman ; costumes designed by Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Rick Heinrichs
Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Timothy Spall, Catherine O'Hara, Billy Connolly, Cedric the Entertainer, Luis Guzman, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Adams, Craig Ferguson, Jamie Harris, Meryl Streep, Kara Hoffman and Shelby Hoffman, and Jude Law
MPAA Rating: Rated PG; for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language
Blu-ray, widescreen; 16x9, 1.85 widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1; requires Blu-ray player
In English, Español, or Fran̨cais with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned