Mortimer "Mo" Folchart/Silvertongue: Father of Meggie. He has the ability to read characters out of stories, just like his daughter. He is the husband to Resa who got read into the book Inkheart when Mo accidentally read Capricorn and Basta out along with Dustfinger. Inkheart was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2009. [5] It was released in the United States on June 23, 2009. It was released in Australia on September 24, 2009 on DVD and Blu-Ray and re-released on August 10, 2016 on both DVD and Blu-Ray. He blinks up and the angel smiles. “Hello, Mortimer. You called for me. Twice.” Language: English Words: 14,341 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 3 Kudos: 9 Hits: 286

So I get this book. It shows up in the mail. 'Dear Brendan,' it's inscribed, 'Thank you for inspiring this character.' I can feel my leg getting pulled already. 'What? Where's Ashton Kutcher?' 'I hope that you get a chance to read this aloud to your kids one day. Best wishes, Cornelia Funke.' I had no idea from a bar of soap who she was, so I Googled her. Wow, so much work, she's prolific. I think part of the story is that a little girl who was bilingual, I think she was a Brit but she spoke German fluently, had discovered a copy of Tintenherz which she loved and read, and wrote to either it was Cornelia or the publisher and asked why isn't this published in English? And I think Cornelia probably wanted to know the answer to that question too. So once it was, it just became a snowballing thing and then that really got her out there and led to the acclaim and popularity of her work. Inkheart was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2009. [5] On January 12, 2009, a video game based on the film was released for the Nintendo DS. [6] Plot [ edit ]Diana Wynne Jones. "Review: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke | Books". The Guardian . Retrieved 2015-12-23. She was beside the bed in an instant. ‘Where did you get that?’ she shouted, tugging the book out of Elinor’s arms, which were heavy with sleep. ‘That’s my father’s!’ Elinor woke as suddenly as if Meggie had tipped cold water over her face. ‘You stole it!’ cried Meggie, beside herself with rage. ‘And you brought those men here, yes, that’s what happened. You and that Capricorn are in this together! You had my father taken away, and who knows what you did with poor Dustfinger? You wanted that book from the start! I saw the way you looked at it – like something alive! It’s probably worth a million – or two million or three million . . .’ Inkheart - Brendan Fraser on Inkheart and Inspiring Author Cornelia Funke". Movies.about.com. June 17, 2010 . Retrieved August 7, 2011. When she was younger, she thought girls who were kidnapped were always children or older teens, never the eccentric, quiet woman who lived a simple life and spent too much time in the forests with her nose in foraging guides on weekends, her bare feet digging into the earth, just wishing she were in a world other than her own.

Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter disliked the film, saying: "Whatever made the German novel Inkheart by Cornelia Funke so popular that it got translated into 37 languages is nowhere in evidence in its film version", and "The main problem is the central concept itself." [15] The storyline was well-paced, the direction did very well to remain true to the novel, the visuals were very creative, and the film score was very emotive. Fenoglio offers them an apartment so that they can live there for the time being when Mo fixes Fenoglio's books. Mo, on an urgent call from Elinor, goes to the airport leaving Meggie with Fenoglio and his three grandchildren. Mortola (the Magpie): Read out of Inkheart by Darius. She has a vulture-like face. Her eyes are set close together and her jaw juts forward. Her legs are swelled, and wrapped in bandages. She is very cruel, as Basta claims "Compared to her my heart is as soft as a child's cuddly thing". National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" . Retrieved August 22, 2012.Shortly after the novel was published, author Cornelia Funke sent a copy of Inkheart along with a note to Brendan Fraser, explaining that he was her inspiration for the character of Mo. [7]