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Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.

Based on the books "The bad beginning," "The reptile room," and "The wide window" by Lemony Snicket.

Special features: Director Brad Silberling commentary [audio only feature]; Brad Silberling and the real Lemony Snicket commentary [audio only feature]; Bad beginnings [featurettes] (25 min.); Orphaned scenes; Alarming evidence from the Making of the film; the unsound sound designer; Sinister special effects; theatrical trailers.

Director of photography, Emmanuel Lubezki ; edited by Michael Kahn ; music by Thomas Newman ; costumes designed by Colleen Atwood ; production designer, Rick Heinrichs.

Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Timothy Spall, Catherine O'Hara, Billy Connolly, Cedric the Entertainer, Luis Guzman, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Adams, Craig Ferguson, Jamie Harris, Meryl Streep, Kara Hoffman and Shelby Hoffman, and Jude Law.

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are taken in by a series of oddball relatives and others after their wealthy parents are killed in a fire. The first to take them in is the dastardly and cunning Count Olaf, who is only interested in their inheritance.

MPAA Rating: Rated PG; for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language.

In English, Espanol, or Francais with optional subtitles in English; closed-captioned.

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