Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

[MacGuffin]

Trailer

Release Date: November 16th, 2007 (wide)

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman, Zachary Mills, Ted Ludzik 

Directed by: Zach Helm

Premise: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. In fact, it's a magic toy store and everything in it comes to life--including the store itself. The emporium asks only one thing of its customers--you must believe it to see it.

[Pubrick]

the full extent of zach helm's direction to his actors:

dustin hoffman: "look doped up"
natalie portman: "smile. SMILE."
jason bateman: "be serious"

[Kal]

I'll take this over most of the shit that will be released for Thanksgiving and XMAS... and the rest of the year... probably cause it has Portman in it

[pete]

portman--you're too old for charlie.