The House of Magic
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| Story by | Ben Stassen |
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| Music by | Ramin Djawadi |
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| Country | Belgium France |
| Language | English French German |
| Budget | $34 million |
| Box office | $64.2 million |
The House of Magic (Thunder and The House of Magic in the United States) is a 2013 3D Belgian-French computer-animated fantasy-comedy film produced by Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski, Ben Stassen, Caroline Van Iseghem and Gilles Waterkeyn and directed by Jeremy Degruson and Ben Stassen. The film focuses on an abandoned young cat who seeks shelter in the home of an old, retired magician with his automatons and gizmos.
A woman opens her car's door and throws a toy on the sidewalk so that her cat chases after the toy. The tabby ginger cat, who seems still kittenish, realizes that he has been abandoned by his owner and looks for a refuge. A tiny Chihuahua attempts to befriend him but is quickly dragged off by his leash. After various obstacles and near accidents, he's chased by a large Doberman until he comes to an old house with fame of being cursed in the neighbourhood. Entering via an open attic window, the cat explores all the strange contraptions about and tries to befriend a small mouse who's terrified of him. Soon he is threatened by a rabbit called Jack and the mouse called Maggie, ordering him to leave the house before their owner sees him. They're afraid the cat will monopolize his love and attention, being a cat-lover. They throw the cat out but he finds his way back in through a cellar window, attempting to escape a thunderstorm, and explored more of the house. Soon, he hides behind an urn as the house's owner, Mr. Lawrence, a nice old magician, has a conversation with his nephew Daniel. Afterwards, Jack and Maggie locate the cat and Jack pursues the kitten but before he even attempts to throw him out, Mr. Lawrence picks up the kitten and decides to adopt him, naming him Thunder.
Thunder learns about the house, as well as the various automatons and gizmos created by Mr. Lawrence for his magic shows. Meanwhile, Jack and Maggie try by all ways to exile Thunder from the house, jealous and afraid of being substituted. When Mr. Lawrence suffers an accident and is sent to the hospital, Jack and Maggie convince Mr. Lawrence's automatons about Thunder's guilt in the accident, and Thunder goes to find Mr. Lawrence to apologize.
With Mr. Lawrence in the hospital, his materialist and real estate agent nephew, Daniel, tricks Mr Lawrence into putting his house of magic up for sale, so he might sell it to the highest bidder. Discovering Daniel's trick, Thunder goes back home to alert Mr. Lawrence's gizmos and automatons. When Daniel comes home with one or two possible buyers, Thunder uses all tricks and cheats in order to prevent the house from being sold. Due to the clever tricks employed, the various owners and workman are frightened away from the house, believing it to be haunted. When Jack and Maggie again try exile Thunder, the automatons side with the cat. Daniel, who is allergic to cats, attempts various aggressive ways to get rid of Thunder, but is foiled at every turn. Mr. Lawrence also discovers Daniel's deceit and tries to leave the hospital. Meanwhile, Thunder, Jack, Maggie, and the rest of Mr. Lawrence's toys are in a race against time to save the house before Daniel destroys it. As he, frustrated and villainous, is attempting to demolish the house by using a wrecking ball.
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