The Inventor is a stop-motion adventure film about the life of Leonardo da Vinci featuring the voices of Stephen Fry, Daisy Ridley, Marion Cotillard, Gauthier Battoue, and Matt Berry.
The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor/artist Leonardo da Vinci (Fry) leaves Italy to join the French court where he can freely experiment, invent flying contraptions and incredible machines, and study the human body. Joined in his adventure by the audacious Princess Marguerite (Ridley), Leonardo attempts to uncover the answer to the ultimate question: “What is the meaning of life?”
The insatiably curious and headstrong inventor/artist Leonardo da Vinci (Fry) leaves Italy to join the French court where he can freely experiment, invent flying contraptions and incredible machines, and study the human body. Joined in his adventure by the audacious Princess Marguerite (Ridley), Leonardo attempts to uncover the answer to the ultimate question: “What is the meaning of life?”
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00:00 [music ends]
00:02 [dramatic orchestral music]
00:08 [mysterious orchestral music]
00:15 [male narrator] -A long, long time ago,
00:17 when long beards were all the rage,
00:20 a rather insightful inventor
00:23 put some big ideas center stage.
00:27 If you haven't already guessed it,
00:29 this visionary is me!
00:32 And this is the story of how I became
00:35 the legendary Leonardo da Vinci.
00:38 [dramatic orchestral music]
00:40 -The kings will be here in a fortnight.
00:45 -I want something big!
00:48 -These ideas will bring you much trouble.
00:52 -Blast them in!
00:54 -Like, dead trouble.
00:56 -Charge in!
00:58 [crash]
01:00 -This should go well.
01:03 -Now, the world has never been easy,
01:07 even for those with a rather big brain.
01:10 -He's crazy!
01:12 -There will always be nonsensical naysayers
01:15 on an anti-adventure campaign.
01:18 -Why can't you just be satisfied
01:20 with painting pretty things?
01:22 -Oh, not this again.
01:24 -Tear up, maestro. We will help you.
01:27 [dramatic orchestral music]
01:29 -So I set off to prove my point.
01:33 -Creating a city of ideas is so extraordinary.
01:36 -With friends along for the ride.
01:39 On the road to fortune and fame
01:42 and an adventure full of pride.
01:46 -Oh, shoot.
01:48 -This talk of science and discovery
01:52 makes my stomach go all queasy-wheasy.
01:55 [dramatic orchestral music]
01:57 -Even Michelangelo agrees.
02:00 -Blech.
02:02 [laughing]
02:04 [dramatic orchestral music]
02:06 -Hmm. I like the sound of that.
02:11 (upbeat music)