James and the Giant Peach 1996

GENRES: animation, adventure, family, fantasy, musical SUBGENRES: children's fantasy, fantasy comedy

DIRECTOR: Henry Selick STARRING: Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite

AWARDS: Nominated for 1 Oscar COUNTRY: UK, USA RUNTIME: 79 minutes RATED: PG

An orphan, who lives with his two cruel aunts, befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.

Synopsis

Adventures this big don't grow on trees.

When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.

Movie data

Nominated for 1 Oscar

RELEASED:

1996.04.12

RUNTIME:

79 minutes

COUNTRY:

UK, USA

REVENUE:

$ 28,921,264 > (BUDGET: $ 38,000,000)

Keywords

aunt death-in-family dream family fantasy fantasy-world magic orphan reality vagabond peach spider new york city friend based on novel garden loss of parents based on children's book insects

Starring of James and the Giant Peach

Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite

Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Sponge Glowworm (voice)
Joanna Lumley as Aunt Spiker
Pete Postlethwaite as Old Man
Susan Sarandon as Miss Spider (voice)
Richard Dreyfuss as Centipede (voice)
Jane Leeves as Ladybug (voice)
David Thewlis as Earthworm (voice)
J. Stephen Coyle as Reporter 2
Steven Culp as James Father
Cirocco Dunlap as Girl with Telescope

Genres

Children's Fantasy, Fantasy Comedy

GENRES:

animation, adventure, family, fantasy, musical

SUBGENRES:

children's fantasy, fantasy comedy

MOOD:

young and old alike

THEME:

authority figures, orphans, runaways

FLAGS:

excellent for children

MPAA RATING:

PG Parental Guidance Suggested

Crew

Directed by Henry Selick

DIRECTOR:

Henry Selick

WRITER:

Roald Dahl, Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts, Steve Bloom

CAST:

Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Susan Sarandon, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, David Thewlis, J. Stephen Coyle, Steven Culp, Cirocco Dunlap, Michael Girardin, Tony Haney, Kathryn Howell, Simon Callow, Paul Terry

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