Stardust is a 2007 fantasy film from Paramount Pictures, directed by Matthew Vaughn. The film is based on Neil Gaiman's novel of the same name, illustrated by Charles Vess, originally published by Avon Books, and stars an ensemble cast including Charlie Cox, Ben Barnes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Rupert Everett, Ricky Gervais, David Walliams, Nathaniel Parker, Peter O'Toole, David Kelly, Robert De Niro, and Mark Heap. Narration is by Ian McKellen.
In the village of Wall (so called because of the stone wall that is a border with another, magical world), Dunstan Thorne (Ben Barnes) runs past the guard at a hole in the Wall to the other side of the Wall - Stormhold. On the other side he meets a witch's slave (Kate Magowan) for one night. Nine months later the wall guard arrives at Dunstan's door with a baby named Tristan.
Eighteen years later, Tristan (Charlie Cox) is infatuated with Victoria (Sienna Miller). He invites her to a night time picnic. That same night, on the other side of the wall in the kingdom of Stormhold, the king (Peter O'Toole) is dying in the company of his sons. He throws the Power of Stormhold, a large ruby, into the sky. "He of royal blood" who first finds the ruby will become the next king. The stone collides with a star, causing it to fall to Earth.
Back in Wall, Tristan vows to bring the fallen star to Victoria in exchange for her hand in marriage. Tristan cannot get past the guard at the wall, so his father gives him a Babylon candle, which he had been given by Tristan's mother. Lighting the candle, he is suddenly transported to the star, who appears as a beautiful woman named Yvaine (Claire Danes). Tristan binds Yvaine to himself with a magical silver chain, to bring her to Victoria. He promises to use the Babylon candle to return her to the sky after taking her to Victoria.
However, three witches — Mormo, Empusa and Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer) — want Yvaine so they can recover their beauty and youth by devouring her heart. Additionally, the sons of the king are looking for the Power of Stormhold, which Yvaine is wearing after it knocked her from the sky.
The witches select Lamia to seek the star, so she embarks on a journey through the countryside, where she conjures up an inn to capture Yvaine. On the way she meets another witch (Ditchwater Sal) who happens to have Tristan's mother enslaved.
Yvaine is weary and unaccustomed to daytime travel, so Tristan ties her to a tree and promises to return with food. A unicorn frees Yvaine, taking her to Lamia's inn. Tristan discovers Yvaine gone and lies down to rest. The stars warn Tristan of Yvaine's danger, begging him to save her. Tristan joins Prince Primus in his stagecoach and they travel to the inn. Lamia kills Primus, but Tristan and Yvaine escape using the Babylon candle. Because each thought of their respective homes, the candle takes Tristan and Yvaine into the storm clouds.
Yvaine rides a unicorn to safety
Prince Septimus arrives and believes he is the last surviving son of the king, only needing to find the stone to accept the throne. He learns that it is in the possession of the fallen star and that the heart of a star grants immortality.
Meanwhile, Tristan and Yvaine are captured by pirates in a flying ship. Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro) threatens and interrogates them, and takes them into his private quarters — where he reveals himself to be a kind, gentle man who acts tough to preserve his reputation. He grants them safe passage, on the condition that they keep his secret.
When Tristan and Yvaine arrive at a village, they confess their love for each other. Come morning, Tristan leaves Yvaine to go to Wall, bringing with him a lock of her hair, to tell Victoria he won't marry her. When the lock turns to stardust he learns that Yvaine can not cross the wall, lest she also turn into a lump of iron, and he rushes back to save her.
Ditchwater Sal's slave wants to save Yvaine, so she takes her mistress' caravan and races to the wall. She stops Yvaine, but Lamia arrives, kills Ditchwater Sal, and takes Yvaine and the slave girl to the witches' castle.
Septimus and Tristan both pursue Lamia, and meet up at the castle. Septimus confronts the slave girl, but recognizes her as his sister Una, daughter of the king. She sees Tristan and informs him that she is his mother. Septimus kills Empusa and attacks Lamia, who drowns him using a voodoo doll. Tristan releases cage animals on Mormo, and Lamia uses Septimus' corpse to fight Tristan. She convinces Tristan and Yvaine for a moment that she will release them because she is mourning the deaths of her sisters. However she attacks, and Yvaine, more in love with Tristan than ever, unleashes a wave of starlight that disintegrates Lamia.
Tristan retrieves the jewel that Yvaine was wearing. Una explains that Tristan is the last male heir of Stormhold. Tristan becomes the new king with Yvaine as his queen. After eighty years of ruling Stormhold, they use a Babylon candle to ascend to the sky, where they become stars. Since Yvaine "gave her heart" to Tristan, the two will live forever in the sky.
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