Do you believe in fairies? I certainly did as a child and Monkey has a bit of a thing for elves and the like at the moment. We’ve been lucky enough to watch Fairytale: A True Story on DVD recently which has brought back lots of childhood memories. The DVD goes on national release on 23rd March through Icon Film Distribution and is based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.
Fairytale: A True Story is based on the story of two cousins who supposedly captured fairies on camera in the meadows of Cottingley on the outskirts of Bradford in 1917.
The film had me captivated from the start. I knew the story but had forgotten the details. Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths believe in fairies and magical worlds as did Elsie’s brother who had recently passed away. Frances’s own mother has died and her father in missing in action in World War One. We follow the girls on a magical journey of hope and dreams as their photographs capture the imagination of the country, at a time when innocence needs to be recaptured.
Peter O’Toole plays Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (writer of the Sherlock Holmes stories) who discovers the girls photographs, and so the media furor begins. Fairytale: A True Story also brings us Harvey Keitel as Harry Houdini, the famous escape artist who takes a little longer to believe the girls than Doyle.
Fairytale: A True Story is totally enchanting, a film that the family can enjoy together and we’ve really enjoyed watching it. I love films that are based on real life events and this film doesn’t disappoint. There’s a real feel good factor to the story and it reminds us all that children have a wonderful imagination, which we as adults seem to leave in our youth.
I’m really pleased that we can share the Fairytale: A True Story DVD with two of my readers – just complete the gleam form below for your chance to win one of two copies I have to share. Good luck!
**************************
Terms and conditions:
(Please note that all entries will be checked against comments for validation).
Only the first step of this form is mandatory, all other steps are optional. Only one entry per person is allowed.
This giveaway is for UK residents only.
Once a winner is randomly picked, I will check if the winner has done what was requested and I will contact them, if they do not reply within one week, the prize will be allocated to another person.
The giveaway will close on 8th April 2015 at midnight.
Twinkly Tinkerbell Tracy because I am a bit hairy flairy at times but nice!
Twinkletoes!
Glitter Fairy, I love a bit of sparkle
Pix.. because it sounds cute
Fairy Twin Mother, as i have twin boys already but would love magic powers to go with it x
id have to be called dizzycinders as im always rushing about being a stay at home mum, I also suffer from vertigo so usually end up doing 10 different things at once and end up dizzy xxxx
I would be called twiglet, as it used to be my knickname when I was little and it sounds like a good fairy name
TWINKLE TOES BECAUSE IT SUITS ME
Fayette as I am little like a fairy
flutter berry sounds cute x
TWINKLETOES as I,m light on my feet
Effie – short for Effervescent – always enthusiastic 🙂
Purple Butterfly as I love the colour and love butterflies
red fairy dust…. why? just because 🙂
Kayleighcorn because its a nickname
curious cathy
Lou-Lou a belle, my Dad used to call me Lou-Lou and I added the… a belle as it sounds a but fairyish!
It would have to be Izbiz – that’s what my friends call me and it sounds pretty fairyish!
fairy sleepyhead as i’m always yawning
Kristyella – as I already call myself that for all the flitting and floating I do
Flutterfly – because of the wings 🙂
I’d be mc magical fairy
Oops the Fairy! I’m clumsy and accident prone!
Clarabelle becasue my grandad always calls me that
flower fairy because I love flowers.
Mistyblue as it was my cb radio handle years ago and is my username on several sites.
ginger as it sounds a bit mischeivous
daydreamer – because i daydream all the time im always in my own little world
Rainbow Dreams
Misty (because I would be mystical)
scarlet sparkle because my hair is bright red and i’m always smiling 😀
tinkerbell as she’s my favourite fairy 🙂 xx
Stinkerbell! 🙂 As my son says!
Brightfly, my wings would glow in the dark.
ShineSpark – to spread the sunshine over the flowers during the day and sprinkle the starts at night …. I may have been watching too much Tinekerbell recently! (highly recommend the new film btw).
fairy- small because i would be tiny xx
Sleepydust, I like to lie in.
Forgetful fairy as a bit ditsy
Flighty because i do what i want when i want
Clumsy Flicker – I’m so acident prone!
I think I would be magic findalot as My children never seem to be able to find anything yet I can just lay my hand on it straight away 😉
Snorabelle as apparently I snore!
Angelpuss as my favourite animal is a cat <3
glitter because I love sparkles 🙂
Glitter bug
Snowflake, id be a Christmas fairy
Flutterby – just because id want to just flutter around minding my own buisness 😀
Floatsy I love to float around from place to place
Doodle x
Sunset fairy as I will spread my magic at sunset
Tinkerbell cause shes petite like me!
sunshine, as i would give my magic when the sun is shining
tinklebell
Virginia, I am Virgo and typically so
Forgetful flutter as I never remember anything :/
I’d call myself “Glinders” – a version of Cinders with just a little bit of glitter and glitz – how I feel on a daily basis
My fairy name would have to be – Natura, because it is latin for Nature and simple I love all nature and animals 🙂
elvira – i would be a gothic fairy
Laura Lauralleaves
Super Sapphire as thats what i used to be as a kid when i played with my nanny xx
don’t think I could ever be dainty enough to be any kind of fairy
Rain Jupiterfly because it’s a pretty name 🙂
isabella pom pom. it sounds sweet!
Flitty Daze because I’m so busy I’m in a daze.
Mine would be maicakes – mai is my middle name, and i LOVE cupcakes and all cakes in general. I’d have a cute pink sparkly dress with a cupcake on it and sugary wings
Daisy Katie because I love Daisies 🙂
Mavis because just like the famous Mavis from Willow the wisp I’m well meaning, a little clumsy and certainly a foodie.
April sunbeam because my daughter is called April and she’s my little beam of sunshine
Giggles because I am always laughing.
Twinkletoes because I’d be a dancing fairy
Cherry Blossom because I love pink flowers
Pixiepie because it sounds cute
Titania – queen of all the fairies. I’m the bossy one
Chilled out (ask my kids and grandchildren)
I looked it up- Kim’s fairy name is ‘Oak Willow Glimmer’ I can only be seen when the sun sets on the day of a completed harvest. I wear pretty autumnal leaf colours and has delicate green coloured wings like a cicada.
Arabella – just like the name!
diamond – nothing sparkles so special just like fairies
PWE, beause when we were naming our youngest son we named him Peter William Evans thinking nobody would shorten that !
Flutterby as I would always flutterby and sprinkle fairy dust on everyone that needed it
moon fizz. because im a night person and quiet bubbly x
Nyx because it means ‘of the night’ which suits me as I’m quite a night owl!
Glitter pom
Miracle Fairy because with a flash of fairy does the housework is done and everyone is fed and happy 😉
I meant Fairy Dust not does…lol
Felix Leaf because I love the garden and wouldn’t want to be too girly.
Crafty Fairy because im crafty in both senses of the word!
bemused fairy as my mind is always somewhere else
Pixie dust
My grandaughter says it should be Pinkiebelle as I love all things pink 🙂
Twinkle, I would be all glittery and sparkly
my fairy name would be Jessminda. my name is Jessica but i had a friend when i was younger and she always called me Jessminda. I remember we watched this film once and made a fairy castle after (lol) haven’t seen the film for years!
flutterby – a play on pretty butterflies and like a butterfly I would just flutterby because there would be so much to see from above!
Clickatoola – ready with a camera myself to capture the “big people”
I think my name works quite well as a fairy: holly
Esterella I don’t know why … just because
Nimble, I’d be small and fast.
Nightshine – I would come out and do my magic at nightime
Tinkerfluff just because I like the sound of it.
fluffykins because it’s sweet 🙂
sandy sparkledust because i love the sound of it
Friendly Fairy because it is a warm and nurturing name.
FluffyBunny fairy, just sounds sweet and huggable!
Luna Laila Rhoslyn
Luna because I love the name and my favourite time of day is the nighttime, Laila as she is an angel / fairy who protects newborns (perfect for me as a mum) and Rhoslyn as I am Welsh and the name means rose, my favourite flower!
Tatty Valastree – apparently I change into a fairy at night and dance in my childs hair knotting it all up?!
http://fairy.namegeneratorfun.com/
Mine is – Bold Quillsprite
Mark means brave so quite apt!
Nibbles – because I’m always eating 🙂
Lucky because I would like to make people happy xx
Ditzy – I forget everything.
JENTLE DEWDROP
I like the name Tinkerbell.
Singer Rainbowembers
He brings good fortune. He lives in church yards and places of the dead. He can only be seen during the first snow of winter. He wears silver and white feathers and has multicoloured wings like a butterfly.
Queenie – would love to lead the fairies into all sorts of adventures
FlabbyFattyBum 🙂 But gimme another 6 months and I’ll be SkinnySparkleBum after my diet 😀
Twinkle toes
fairy flowerpot
The Feline Fairy, yup I have a bit of a thing for cats….and fairies D x
Hi – New blog liker – Was this a remake/rerelease? I had this on VHS when I was around 6 ish 20 odd years ago and I know have it on dvd but that was bought 6/7 years ago 🙂 Ema
The film was released in 1997 if that helps, it’s just been released in this format, so same film I would believe.