FAQ for
Stardust (2007)

It's called Rule the World, and it's by a group called Take That. The song was written by the group themselves (Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, and Mark Owen). See Take That's official web page for more information on them, as well as samples of their work.

The CD single is due for release initially in the UK sometime in October. The promo video has been directed by Matthew Vaughn and is debut on ITV in the UK on the 22nd September at 20:30.

http://www.takethattv.com/

Update: Gallery from the video shoot of Rule the World can be found at the gallery section of the Take That web site, see:

http://www.takethattv.com/page/Gallery/0,,12359,00.html

Yvaine's hair was glowing throughout the movie mostly in the scenes where she is happy or with Tristan because she begins to fall in love with him. It may also be because she is a star and as she simply puts, "What do stars do...shine."

Yes, this movie is based on the novel of the same name, Stardust. It was originally written by Neil Gaiman in 1998, and was his second solo novel. The screenplay for the film was adapted by Matthew Vaughn who also directed the film, and screenwriter Jane Goldman. According to Gaiman the film is a faithful adaption in a more compressed form, with very little differences.

For starters, in the novel the lead character is referred to as Tristran Thorn instead of Tristan. Also, several characters have been omitted, and the scenes with the witch and the ending have been changed. Also in the novel, Tristan's journey is somewhat more lengthy, and goes into more detail about the world of Faerie.

In the book, the witch lives, and Tristan dies as King many years later, then Yvaine rules in his stead (eternally). It seems to be a general concensus that the movie adaption ending is the better of the two, as it is more positive.

The movie contains characters not in the book: Captain Shakespeare and Ricky Gervaise's character were not in the book. Michelle Pfeiffer's character is named Lamia in the movie but has a different name in the book. Tristan Thorn has a mother and sister in the book but in the movie the father is only seen. In the movie one man guards the wall at all times but in the book two men guard both sides of the wall and are replaced every so often by two other men.

In the book Secundus is already dead before the King dies. In the book Septimus is killed by a snake as he tries to burn down the house of the witch that killed his brother, Primus, and he dies from venom. Tertius is killed by wine given to him by an lusty chamber maid that was passed along to her by Septimus. The ghosts don't have any kind of spell on them to make them pass along when a new King is crowned. Instead, they just get bored and leave. Una has a different spell that binds her to Ditchwater Sal. There is barely any romantic connection between Yvaine and Tristran throughout the book. Hardly any attempt at Yvaine growing fond of Tristran is made. It's there, but just a fraction of what is in the movie. It's only after Tristran goes to find Victoria and learns that she's already engaged to Mr. Monday that he decides to take a second place shot at Yvaine. The witch inexplicably does a 180 and apologizes to Yvaine for trying to tear out and eat her heart. There's no Humphrey character in the book. The name of the boy that turned into a goat was different. Yvaine had a broken leg throughout much of the book. The phrase "babylon candle" was never used in the book nor was it ever used to send both Tristran and Yvaine to the sky at the end. Also, at the end, Tristran decides to leave his family behind forever and never see them again for some reason unexplained. Neil Gaimon claims that the book and movie are very compatible, though the two entities are very different. Instead of chopping some stuff out of the book to condense it for a film they either added stuff that was never mentioned in the book or invented plot lines all together.