L'apprendista stregone

Titolo originale: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Regia: Jon Turteltaub |
Anno: 2010
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantasy Avventura Azione
Tag: witch | mission | magic | mystic | castle | sorcerer's apprentice | sorcery | sorcerer | falling in love | based on movie | reflection | magic trick | wizard | aftercreditsstinger | magical creature | statue | college student | electric power | magician | magic book | live action remake | good versus evil | electricity | salem witch | magic ring | callback | raising the dead |
Cast: Nicolas Cage | Jay Baruchel | Alfred Molina | Teresa Palmer | Toby Kebbell | Omar Benson Miller | Monica Bellucci | Alice Krige | Robert Capron | James A. Stephens | Gregory Woo | Nicole Ehinger | Ethan Peck | Adriane Lenox | Jake Cherry | Peyton List | Ian McShane | Parisa Fitz-Henley | Jian Leonardo | Rohit Gaur | Maha Chehlaoui | Oscar A. Colon | Lorna Guity Pruce | Gerrold Vincent | John Farrer | Jason R. Moore | Tarek Arafat | Rich Campbell | Manish Dayal | Victor Cruz | Joe Lisi | William Devlin | Melissa Gallagher | Henry Yuk | Wai Ching Ho | Marika Daciuk | Sándor Técsy | Ross Massood | Amit Soni | Izuchukwu Mozie | Jordan Johnston | Ryan O'Callaghan | Jessie Nagpal | Nundini Rani | Ambika Vas | Vixit Thamboun | Kerry Britt | Billy Anastasiou | Tanzeel Kayani | Ian Alda | Candice Wilson Cherry | Brandon Gill | Adria Baratta | Rosie Moss | Nick Sartori | Pamela Rickard | Jed Nolan | Regina Palian | Johnathan Hallgrey |

L'eterna lotta tra Balthazar Blake e Maxim Horvath, stregoni una volta amici e poi rivali a causa (come sempre) di una donna il cui amore li ha divisi, dopo essersi dipanata per secoli tra incantesimi, trappole e prigionie in bambole russe è arrivata al giorno d'oggi a Manhattan, dove Balthazar ha trovato quello che probabilmente è la nuova incarnazione di Merlino. Il grande mago è stato il maestro di entrambi ed è l'unico a poter fermare la strega Morgana, che Horvath mira a liberare dal giogo cui l'ha costretta Balthazar. Certo, la nuova incarnazione di Merlino non è proprio quello che si direbbe un avventuriero, Dave infatti nasconde molto bene (anche a se stesso) i propri poteri e le proprie doti ed è più interessato a vivere una vita normale, magari con una ragazza, che a combattere maghi dal passato. Sarà necessario un lungo percorso di apprendistato presso Balthazar per scoprirsi erede di Merlino.

Approfondimenti

The first feature film to use Kodak's Vision3 250D 5207 film stock. Kodak provided the producti [...] D
Horvath goes to Dave's college to get information about him while posing as a teacher. When ask [...] D
Balthazar says that humans use only 10% of their brains. This is actually a common misconceptio [...] D
After the credits there is a scene that implies Horvath is still alive. The blue wizard hat fro [...] D
The good and evil apprentices, "Dave Stutler" and "Drake Stone" share the initials "D.S." D
The song that David plays with the Tesla's rays is Stevie Wonder's "Superstition". The second l [...] D
Jay Baruchel and Jake Cherry also starred together in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smith [...] D
During filming, an accident occurred when a filming of car chase sequence went awry. The filmin [...] D
Becky mentions how Dave drew King Kong on the bus window and he lines up with the Empire State [...] D
The alarm clock that Dave pressed when he was a kid was a figure of Buzz Lightyear from Toy Sto [...] D
The 1935 Rolls Royce Phantom that was used in the film is a one of a kind and actually belongs [...] D
When Dave is trying to pick up the Grimhold near the end of this film, the scene is reminiscent [...] D
The Incantus - the sorcerer's Bible - took 3 months to be put together and was deliberately age [...] D
Brie Larson auditioned for Becky. D
Nicolas Cage, Alfred Molina and Monica Bellucci are Italian. Nicolas Cage and Alfred Molina are [...] D
In the bathroom scene, Balthazar uses the Hungarian Mirror trick against Maxim Horvath. Horvath [...] D
The scene with the mops, including the music that plays and the shot of Dave's shadow chopping [...] D
Peyton List and Robert Capron would later go on to appear in Diario di una schiappa 2 (2011) an [...] D
Jay Bachual's only Disney role to date. D
Two posters in Drake Stone's apartment are actually advertisements for the "Magic: the Gatherin [...] D
Adria Baratta's debut. D
Alfred Molina's first Disney film. His second was Frozen 2. D
In the final scene when Dave revitalizes Balthazar, he calls him "Bud" which is his pet name (a [...] D
Alfred Molina and Teresa Palmer also appeared in the Netflix movie Message from the King (2016) [...] D
David asks if Drake is from Depeche Mode. Drake's look is reminiscent of early looks of Depeche [...] D
The Chinatown sequence took 5 months to plan. Half a ton of confetti was used in this sequence. [...] D
Peyton List also appeared in I Love Shopping (2009), another film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer [...] D
Dave's Tesla coil lightning bolts may have been special effects, but they accurately depict the [...] D
Although the film, as its title shows, is ultimately based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's famo [...] D
One of the rings collected at the end is based on the five pointed star medallion from Pomi d'o [...] D
Real wolves were used in the scene where they chase Dave down the street. However, they were ov [...] D
One of the people that Horvath summons is Abigail Williams. At age 12, Williams was the first p [...] D
Jay Baruchel and Teresa Palmer were attached to George Miller's canceled Justice League of Amer [...] D
Jay Baruchel (Dave) and Alfred Molina (Horvath) would later work together on the animated TV se [...] D
The idea for the film was largely Nicolas Cage's as he wanted to explore a mystic world with a [...] D
Toby Kebbell (Drake Stone) and Alfred Molina (Horvath) also acted in Prince of Persia - Le sabb [...] D