The Portable Door
- 2023
- 1h 56m
Two lowly interns at J.W. Wells and Co., a mysterious firm based in London, uncover a plot by their CEO to disrupt the ancient magical world with modern corporate practices.Two lowly interns at J.W. Wells and Co., a mysterious firm based in London, uncover a plot by their CEO to disrupt the ancient magical world with modern corporate practices.Two lowly interns at J.W. Wells and Co., a mysterious firm based in London, uncover a plot by their CEO to disrupt the ancient magical world with modern corporate practices.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
Karen Peart
- Dry Cleaner
- (as Karen Marie Peart)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe Portable Door, the first book in Tom Holt's J.W. Wells & Co. series. Publication Order of J. W. Wells & Co. Books all eight books: The Portable Door (2003), In Your Dreams (2004), Earth, Air, Fire and Custard (2005), You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But it Helps (2006), The Better Mousetrap (2008), May Contain Traces of Magic (2009), Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages (2011), The Eight Reindeer of the Apocalypse (2023).
- GoofsThe Union flag (the British flag) to the right on the J W Wells building is being flown upside down.
- Quotes
Dennis Tanner: Did I give you permission to be down here? Let me think! No. I did not!
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits contain a fake user agreement which scrolls past really quickly. On further study the "contract" contains unusual contractual terms and funny tidbits that foreshadow the movie plot: The movie has an overarching theme about agreeing blindly to terms of service, after all.
- SoundtracksJust for You
Written by Paul Shirley
Performed by The Paul Shirley Show Band
Courtesy of Midnight Choir Pty Ltd
Featured review
Enjoyable but needs a new sound mix
I haven't read the book so I can't judge this movie on that basis. It's a nice looking film with nice photography, there's no problem with editing or pacing. Its what you'd expect from this type of film. The cast was suitably solid but for me the highlight was Sam Neill: His was a stand-out performance, an absolute delight. He just stole every scene he was in and was loads of fun. However, the movie would have been better if not for serious problems with the sound mix. The music is so overwhelmingly loud it drowns out the dialogue to the point where you're struggling to discern what is being said over the sheer loudness of the music. You might as well turn subtitles on. How does such a serious blunder occur? It seriously detracts from what otherwise might have been a more enjoyable movie.
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- Eruaran
- Jun 30, 2023
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $801,082
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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