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James and the Giant Peach
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Roald Dahl (book)
Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
12 April 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
If you really don't go to the movies, you won't see... more
Plot:
An orphan with terrible aunts for guardians, befriends human like bugs who live inside a giant peach, who take the boy on a journey to New York City. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations more
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(22 articles)
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User Comments:
Utterly delightful and a must-see!! more (59 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Simon Callow ... Grasshopper (voice)

Richard Dreyfuss ... Centipede (voice)

Jane Leeves ... Ladybug (voice)

Joanna Lumley ... Aunt Spiker

Miriam Margolyes ... Aunt Sponge / The Glowworm (voice)

Pete Postlethwaite ... Old Man

Susan Sarandon ... Miss Spider (voice)
Paul Terry ... James

David Thewlis ... Earthworm (voice)
J. Stephen Coyle ... Reporter #2

Steven Culp ... James' Father
Cirocco Dunlap ... Girl With Telescope
Michael Girardin ... Reporter #1
Tony Haney ... Reporter #3

Kathryn Howell ... Woman in Bathrobe (as Katherine Howell)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some frightening images.
Runtime:
79 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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This is the last time Denise Di Novi was co-producer with Tim Burton. more
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Continuity: When the Centipede, the Spider and James are trying to get the compass from the pirate ship, the Centipede pulls the string twice to signal to the other bugs to pull them up. But the Centipede was not there when James told the other bugs to pull them up when he yanked on the sting twice. more
Quotes:
[in the darkness]
Earthworm: [Centipede pinches him] Ow! What was that?
Centipede: Sorry, I thought you were the spider.
Grasshopper: [Miss Spider hits him] Ouch. What was *that*?
Miss Spider: Excuse, I thought you were the Centipede.
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My Name Is James more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Utterly delightful and a must-see!!, 22 November 2002
9/10
Author: jangu from Stockholm, Sweden

There is sooo much I like with this movie. It has imagination, a sense of wonder and characters you either love or hate. And the blend of live action and stop-motion animation is a delight. The songs incorporated in this story is not very memorable but sweet and fit their purpose. And you simply have to love to hate Margoyles and Lumley in their parts as the aunts from hell. They treat poor James so horribly that I thought that "Cinderella had it easy"! Compared to "nightmare before Christmas" I actually liked this movie better. It has more of a heart even if the story itself may be just a bit less interesting and inventive. There are so many good scenes but among the highlights is the arctic adventure and the New York sequence. But, mind you, the opening is very deceptive and might scare younger parts of the audience. Otherwise, a must-see!!!

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