Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The Sorcerer's Apprentice movie costumes on display...

In Disney's 2010 fantasy adventure The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Nicolas Cage plays 'Balthazar Blake', a master sorcerer who recruits a reluctant protege, Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), to help him combat the forces of evil in modern day Manhattan.

Original movie costumes from The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Original The Sorcerer's Apprentice movie costumesDave and Balthazar Sorcerer's Apprentice costumes
This fantastic selection of lead cast costumes from the movie was on display in the foyer of ArcLight Sherman Oaks cinema on July 19, 2010.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice movie billboard
Disney The Sorcerer's Apprentice bilboard
The original costume display featured outfits worn by Jay Baruchel as college student 'Dave' and Nicolas Cage's sorcerer 'Balthazar'.

Costumes worn by Jay Baruchel and Nicolas Cage
in The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Nicholas Cage Sorcerer's Apprentice Balthazar costume
The Sorcerer's Apprentice Dave and Balthazar costumes
Michael Kaplan was responsible for Costume Design on the movie and past credits have included costumes for JJ Abrams 2009 reinvention of Star Trek.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice movie poster
The Sorcerer's Apprentice movie poster
In the film Balthazar's magical arch-nemesis, 'Maxim Horvath', is played by Alfred Molina. The movie costume exhibit featured one of his outfits from the movie, including his cane.

Maxim Horvath's costume worn by Alfred Molina
in The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Alfred Molina Sorcerer's Apprentice Horvath costumeThe Sorcerer's Apprentice Horvath cane film propThe Sorcerer's Apprentice Horvath costume

The Sorcerer's Apprentice movie poster
The Sorcerer's Apprentice poster
If you like this film you may also like to check out more original costumes and props from other Disney movies like Alice in Wonderland.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Original Inception movie costumes and props on display...

Now that the curtain has been pulled back on Christopher Nolan's audacious sci-fi thriller, Inception, it's even more exciting to see original costumes and props on display from the amazing movie.

Original Inception movie costume and prop exhibit
at ArcLight Sherman Oaks cinema
Inception movie costume and prop display
Actual Inception movie costumes
Inception Arthur and Ariadne movie costumes
Inception movie prop display
Inception movie costume and prop exhibit
On July 19, 2010 costumes worn in the movie by Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Marion Cotillard were exhibited at the ArcLight Sherman Oaks cinema. Enjoy this selection of photographs and short video of the movie display.


Inception movie poster
Inception poster
First up in more detail is one of the outfits worn by Ellen Page who plays 'Ariadne' in the movie. She is the 'Architect' on the special team of dream invaders, who is a newly recruited college student responsible for constructing the world of the dream.

Costume worn by Ellen Page as Ariadne in Inception
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Arthur and Ariadne Inception costume display
Next are some props featured in the movie, including Ariadne's school bag and the high-tech 'Dream Case' equipment, along with instruction manual, which is used to put the Dreamers to sleep.

Actual props used in Inception
Inception movie propsInception Dream Case film propInception Dream Case movie prop

Inception movie poster
Inception movie poster
The fantastic Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays 'Arthur', the 'Point Man' responsible for researching the team's targets. As you can see from this suit, Arthur is quite a fashionable gent and snappy dresser.

Suit worn by Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Arthur in Inception
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt is seen wearing this sharp grey three-piece suit towards the beginning of the movie after their failed incursion into Saito's (played by Ken Watanabe) dreams.

Inception movie poster
Inception Arthur posterThis next outfit is worn by Leonardo DiCaprio as 'Dom Cobb' is from the first dream level of Robert Fischer's (Cillian Murphy) mind, directly after they enter for the first time and kidnap him by hijacking a yellow taxi cab. Cobb is an 'Extractor', a professional mind thief who steals secrets from his victims dreams.

Outfit worn by Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception
Leonardo DiCaprio Inception movie costumeLeonardo DiCaprio Inception movie outfit
Arthur Inception movie costumeInception Leonardo DiCaprio Cobb costume
Original Inception movie costumes
Marion Cotillard plays the dead ex-wife of Leonardo DiCaprio's character, 'Cobb'. 'Mal' now only exists as part of his subconscious.

This is the outfit she wears when she disrupts Arthur and Cobb's extraction in Saito's dreamscape towards the beginning of the movie.

Original costume worn by Marion Cotillard as Mal in Inception
Marion Cotillard Mal Inception movie costumeMarion Cotillard's Inception movie costume
Mal Marion Cotillard Inception movie costume
Costume Designer Jeffrey Kurland is responsible for the distinctive look of the outfits in the movie. The suits and outfits were created especially for Inception. Fabrics were found and bought, tailored by Dennis Kim, shirts made by shirtmaker Anto of Beverly Hills and dresses produced by dressmaker Mary Ellen Fields of Hargate Costumes in L.A.

Inception Movie poster
Inception Mal movie poster

Visit Jason in Hollywood for a movie review of Inception.

Actual outfits worn in Inception
Original Inception film costumesInception movie costumes
Inception Cobb and Mal costumes
Go deeper behind-the-scenes with this book of the movie in the USA: Inception: The Shooting Script

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Period costumes from The Wolfman...

In addition to a fantastic animatronic werewolf and make-up prosthetics on display at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 21, 2010, there were also these fantastic period costumes worn by the principal actors in the 2010 remake of horror classic, The Wolfman.

Original costumes on display from The Wolfman
Original Wolfman movie costumes
The Wolfman movie costumes
The film is set in 1891 England and the costume exhibit included outfits worn by Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro and Sir Anthony Hopkins.

The Wolfman movie poster
The Wolfman 2010 movie poster
Emily Blunt wears this fur trimmed mourning costume as 'Gwen Conliffe' in the movie.

Funeral costume worn by Emily Blunt in The Wolfman
Emily Blunt The Wolfman film costume
Emily Blunt funeral costume The Wolfman
Milena Canonero was the Costume Designer and responsible for these outfits for The Wolfman.

The Wolfman movie poster
Emily Blunt The Wolfman poster
The display also included an outfit each for Benicio Del Toro, who plays 'Lawrence Talbot', and Anthony Hopkins who plays his father, 'Sir John Talbot'.

Original costumes from the 2010 version of The Wolfman
The Wolfman film costumesThe Wolfman period costumes

First transformation costume worn by
Benicio Del Toro in The Wolfman
Benicio Del Toro The Wolfman costume
Costume worn by Anthony Hopkins in The Wolfman
Anthony Hopkins The Wolfman costumeAnd finally as part of the exhibit was this roll camera slate used during the production of the movie, which is used to help synchronize the pictures and sound after the movie has been filmed.

The Wolfman movie clapper board
The Wolfman movie camera slate
Buy the movie in the USA: The Wolfman
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