James and the Giant Peach (1996)
- Directed by
- Henry Selick
- Genre
- fantasy film, musical film, children's film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 1,451 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young orphan boy named James escapes his cruel aunts by traveling inside a giant magical peach. He sails across the ocean with a group of friendly oversized insects he meets inside the fruit.
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What happens
James and the Giant Peach is a 1996 musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. Combining live-action and stop-motion animation, it was produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi, and starred Paul Terry as James. Joanna Lumley and Miriam Margolyes played James's self-absorbed Aunts Spiker and Sponge, respectively, and Pete Postlethwaite played the old man who gives James crocodile tongues (in the live-action segments), with Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Susan Sarandon, and David Thewlis, as well as Margolyes, voicing his insect friends in the animation sequences. Released on April 12, 1996 in the United States, the film received highly positive reviews, with many critics praising the story and visuals. However, the film was a box office failure, grossing $28.9 million against its $38 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Goblin Market (1996)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.