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James and the Giant Peach (Special Edition)

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DVD - 03 October, 2000
Walt Disney Video
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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Director: Henry Selick

Number of Media: 1
Features:

  • Animated
  • Closed-captioned
  • Color
  • DVD-Video
  • Letterboxed
  • Live
  • Special Edition
  • NTSC

Related Areas: Adventure, Animated, Children, Children's Fantasy, Children's Video, Children's/Family, Childrens, Color, Comedy, Computer Animation, English, Excellent For Children, Family, Fanciful, Fantasy, Fantasy Comedy, Feature Film Family, Light, Movie, Orphans

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DVD Description

Roald Dahl's modern classic for children becomes a delightful combination of live action and stop-motion animation by the team that made The Nightmare Before Christmas: director Henry Selick and producers Tim Burton (Batman) and Denise Di Novi. The story concerns young James (played for real and through voice-overs by Paul Terry), who is orphaned and left in the charge of two cruel aunts (Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley). Rescued by a mysterious fellow (Pete Postlethwaite), James ends up inside a giant peach, drifting over the Atlantic Ocean in the company of a gentleman grasshopper (voiced by Simon Callow), a fast-talking centipede (Richard Dreyfuss), an anxious earthworm (David Thewlis), a matronly ladybug (Jane Leeves), and a sexy spider (Susan Sarandon). The collection of actors and their creepy-crawly alter egos are a delight, especially when some of the song-and-dance numbers (tunes are written by Randy Newman) get everyone going. --Tom Keogh


Customer Reviews

Outstanding, creative movie.

Had always toyed with seeing this flick, so glad my family did. Not only creative story and model animation, but excellent and witty songs. Imaginative tale of a lonely boy transformed to have a fantasy voyage with an eclectic bunch of insects, each portraying a different "character". You need to see this movie. One caution, a few parts may be a bit scary for children under 6.


Childhood memory

I remembered this movie from when I was a kid and deciced to hunt it down. I'm glad I did. It's not the same as when I was a kid but still a pretty good movie. I work in a learning center and the afterschool kids love it too. Good stuff.


GREAT SONGS AND VISUALS MAKE THIS TIM BURTONS BEST ANIMATED FILM

I love this movie! The visual may not be a macabre as Nightmare Before Christmas or Corpse's Bride, but the joyful songs by Randy Newman and the story pacing make this a big winner! This is a great film for the family,but there are some scary moments for the younger kids so beware! The DVD transfer is very good.

 

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