The Sorcerer's apprentice

 The Sorcerer's Apprentice

- Production : Jon Turteltaub

- Scenario:  Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard, Matt Lopez, Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal inspired from the poem The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Der Zauberlehrling) from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

- Artistic direction :  David Lazan and David Swayze

- Music : Trevor Rabin

- Film set :  Naomi Shohan

- Costume :  Michael Kaplan

- Pictures : Bojan Bazelli

- Edited by William Goldenberg

- Produced by : Jerry Bruckheimer

- Executive producer :  , Nicolas Cage, Todd Garner, Norman Golightly, Chad Oman, Mike Stenson et Barry H. Waldman, Oren Aviv

- Production company :  Walt Disney Pictures

•       Jerry Bruckheimer Films

•       Saturn Films

- Distributed by Walt Disney Studios

- Budget :150 000 000 $

- Box office : 236 893 283 $

- Country : United States of Amerika

- genre : fantastic

- Running time : 110 min

- Release date : July 8, 2010

Summary :

            Once upon a time, many years ago in 720, Merlin and two of his apprentices Balthazard and Veronica fight against Morgan and Horvath. During the battle Merlin is killed, Morgane is drawn away by Veronnica in the « Grimhold » her. During many centuries Balthazard looks all over the world for the first Merlinian, the only one who is able to destroy Morgan.

            In 2000 Balthazard finds the one he's been looking for since the eighth century : the first Merlinian, his name is David a ten-year-old boy. Balthazard tells him that one day he will be a great wizard.  Unfortunately Horvath is here too, his figths against Balthazard and together. Ten years later David is now a scientist living in New York. With Balthazard he has destroyed Morgan who wanted to rule the world with the help of the dead people all over the world. Veronica, Balthazard's girl friend is free again,  David and  Balthazar Blake are safe too.

My opinion :

Good movie, full of bouncing where benevolent magician and evil wizard become cat and mouse in turn.

The film includes 3 steps : the first one takes place in 720 when Morgane kills Merlin, the second one in 2000 when Baltazar finds David and in 2010 the third one when David begins his training, having destroyed Morgane and liberates Véronica.


Arnaud Gucek