Sorcerers Apprentice (Blu-ray) Blu-Ray DVD

Editor's Note

Inspired by the beloved segment of the Walt Disney classic FANTASIA, THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE moves the setting of the story to modern-day Manhattan, where decidedly average teen Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel) hones his magical powers under the tutelage of master sorcerer Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage). Malevolent wizard Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina) is determined to claim New York City as his own. And Horvath isn't alone in his diabolical endeavor, because by joining forces with the sinister sorcerer, pop illusionist Drake Stone (Toby Kebbell) aspires to gain powers beyond his wildest imagination. Realizing that he can't take on Horvath and Stone alone, Blake recruits Stutler as his reluctant assistant and begins training him the battle that will determine the fate of the Big Apple. Teresa Palmer and Monica Bellucci co-star.

Features

DVD, Widescreen, English, French, Subtitled

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
	Release Date: 4/8/2012
	Running Time: 109 minutes
	Original Release Date: 2010
	UPC: 00786936808889
	Number of Discs: 2
Audio & Video
	Available Audio Tracks:
	Video: Color

Entertainment Reviews

The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Blu-Ray DVD Review

By: Blake Matthews Blogcritics.org Reviews

Published on: 12/1/2010 2:44 PM

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is the live action adaptation of the 1940’s short of the same name that appeared in Fantasia. The film begins in 740 AD where we meet Merlin’s three apprentices — Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage), Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina), and Veronica Gorloisen (Monica Bellucci). During the fall of Camelot, Horvath joins with Merlin’s mortal enemy Morgan le Fay but Merlin and Blake are able to stop them before they can raise an army of the dead. However before being defeated, Merlin is mortally wounded and le Fey has her soul absorbed by Veronica and then is imprisoned in a nesting doll called the Grimhold....read the full review

Cast & Crew

	Nicolas Cage
	Jay Baruchel
	Teresa Palmer
	Alfred Molina
	Larry Konner - Screenwriter
	Mark Rosenthal - Screenwriter
	Jerry Bruckheimer - Producer
	Mike Stenson - Executive Producer
	Chad Oman - Executive Producer
	Barry Waldman - Executive Producer
	Jon Turteltaub - Director

Professional Reviews

Box Office
3 stars out of 5 -- "Cage, with long hair and a cheeky attitude, dominates the proceedings with a quirky sense of fun and authority, while Baruchel plays his geeky side and generally succeeds. Best of the bunch, though, are the villains, particularly Molina..." 07/13/2010

Chicago Sun-Times
"The director, Jon Turteltaub, and his several writers devise some clever set pieces, such as a dragon in a Chinatown parade that starts breathing smoke and fire..." 07/14/2010

Entertainment Weekly
"[Cage] is at his most charismatic...the CGI is spangly fun..." 07/23/2010

Empire
3 stars out of 5 -- "THE CG magic certainly pops and crackles, and offers New York as a fantasy-realm as dragons spit flames in Chinatown and a Chrysler Building eagle takes flight." 09/01/2010

Premiere
"[The effects] rival that of HARRY POTTER, LORD OF THE RINGS, and every other modern wizard blockbuster." 11/30/2008