The Spiderwick chronicles  [videorecording]  
Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present a Kennedy/Marshall and a Mark Canton Production, a Mark Waters film ; produced by Mark Canton, Larry Franco, Ellen Goldsmith- Vein, Karey Kirkpatrick ; screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick and David Berenbaum and John Sayles ; directed by Mark Waters. 
 - Widescreen version. 
 - Hollywood, Calif. :  Paramount Home Entertainment,  2008. 
 - 1 videodisc (101 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> DVD release of the 2008 motion picture.  Based on the book by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.  Special features: featurettes, 'Spiderwick: it's all true' and 'It's a Spiderwick world'; Arthur Spiderwick's field guide (with optional in-movie mode). 
<br/><br/>Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, James Horner ; costume designers, Odette Gadoury, Joanna Johnston ; production designer, James D. Bissell ; special effects supervisors, Louis Craig, Michael Lantieri ; visual effects supervisor, Tim Alexander.  Director of photography, Caleb Deschanel ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, James Horner ; costume designers, Odette Gadoury, Joanna Johnston ; production designer, James D. Bissell ; special effects supervisors, Louis Craig, Michael Lantieri ; visual effects supervisor, Tim Alexander. 
<br/><br/>Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Sarah Bolger, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn. Voices: Seth Rogen, Martin Short, Chris Parson. 
<br/><br/> The moment the Grace family moves into the dilapidated Spiderwick Estate, strange things begin to happen. Jared, a curious, adventurous boy, quickly seeks out and finds the hidden laboratory of his great great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. He unleashes a mysterious force when he locates a field guide full of the secrets of the magical creatures that inhabit the forest surrounding the mansion. 
<br/><br/> MPAA rating: PG; for scary creature action and violence, peril, and some thematic elements. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD; Dolby digital 5.1. 
<br/><br/><br/>English, French and Spanish language tracks; English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1415739218 9781415739211 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>097363432845 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>343284  Paramount Home Entertainment 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Laboratory notebooks--Drama.<br/>Decedents' estates--Drama.<br/>Laboratories--Drama.<br/>Brothers and sisters--Drama.<br/>Families--Drama.<br/>Goblins--Drama.<br/>Twins--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Feature films.<br/>Films for the hearing impaired.<br/>Fantasy films.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/72