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The Fairy King of Ar
DVD cover
Directed byPaul Matthews
Written byPaul Matthews
Christopher Atkins
Produced byElizabeth Matthews
Christopher Atkins
Richard Green
Starring
CinematographyPeter Thornton
Edited byPeter H. Matthews
Music byBen Heneghan
Ian Lawson
Production
company
Peakviewing Productions
Distributed byPeakviewing Transatlantic PLC
Release date
  • 14 May 1998 (1998-05-14)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million[1]

The Fairy King of Ar (originally released as Beings[2]) is a 1998 British direct-to-video fantasy adventure film co-written, co-produced and directed by Paul Matthews. It stars Corbin Bernsen, Glynis Barber and Malcolm McDowell.

Plot

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Since as far back as Kyle and Evie Preston can remember, their grandmother told fantastical tales about fairies who had been trapped underground by giants for thousands of years. Now their grandmother is gone, and the siblings are surprised to discover that she has left them a decrepit gold mine and a family home they never even knew existed. Upon discovering that grandmother's far-fetched stories have a bizarre basis in reality, and that by freeing the fairies from the mine they will discover a cure for their terminally ill father, Kyle and Evie race against time to free the trapped fairies and save their father's life.

Cast

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Reception

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Andy Giese writing for the "Tofu Nerdpunk" praised McDowell's performance, but criticized the CGI and the special effects.[3] Edwin L. Carpenter writing for the Christian website The Dove Foundation called the film "a delight for both kids and adults".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Peakviewing Transatlantic PLC". MIPCOM 2001 Product Guide. MIPCOM. 2001. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  2. ^ "THE FAIRY KING OF AR". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  3. ^ Giese, Andy. "Der Herr der Elfen (2002) [Schröder Media]". Tofu Nerdpunk (in German). Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  4. ^ Carpenter, Edwin L. "The Fairy King of Ar". The Dove Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
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