James and the giant peach [videorecording]

Resource Information

The work James and the giant peach [videorecording] represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

James and the giant peach [videorecording]

Statement of responsibility

Walt Disney Pictures presents ; in association with Allied Filmmakers ; a Denise Di Novi production ; a Henry Selick film ; screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick and Jonathan Roberts & Steve Bloom ; produced by Denise Di Novi and Tim Burton ; directed by Henry Selick

Contributor

• trueDreyfuss, Richard
• Leeves, Jane
• Lumley, Joanna
• Margolyes, Miriam
• trueThewlis, David, 1963-
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Kirkpatrick, Karey
• trueTerry, Paul
• Allied Filmmakers (Firm)
• trueDahl, Roald
• Di Novi, Denise
• trueCallow, Simon, 1949-
• trueSarandon, Susan, 1946-
• trueBloom, Steven L., (Steven Lawrence), 1956-
• Postlethwaite, Pete
• Roberts, Jonathan, 1956-
• trueBurton, Tim, 1958-
• trueWalt Disney Pictures
• trueSelick, Henry

Actor

• trueDreyfuss, Richard
• Leeves, Jane
• Lumley, Joanna
• Margolyes, Miriam
• trueThewlis, David, 1963-
• trueTerry, Paul
• trueCallow, Simon, 1949-
• trueSarandon, Susan, 1946-
• Postlethwaite, Pete

Screenwriter

• Kirkpatrick, Karey
• trueBloom, Steven L., (Steven Lawrence), 1956-
• Roberts, Jonathan, 1956-

Director

• trueSelick, Henry

Producer

• Di Novi, Denise
• trueBurton, Tim, 1958-

Subject

• Action and adventure films
• Film adaptations
• trueAnimated films
• Peach -- Drama
• Insects -- Drama
• Children's films
• Imagination -- Drama
• Feature films
• trueFantasy films
• Friendship -- Drama
• Boys -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Magic -- Drama
• Fiction films

Genre

• Feature films
• Animated films
• trueFilm adaptations
• Action and adventure films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• trueDrama
• Children's films
• Fantasy films
• Fiction films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

Do you recall how the world looked to you as a child? Everything was huge. Buildings, furniture, and grown-ups -- they all dwarfed you, some of them so large as to seem monstrous. If a thing delighted you, it was a wonder; if it frightened you, it was a terror-this spirit animates this animated version of Roald Dahl's story "James and the Giant Peach." James' parents have died, and now he toils for his cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge. One day, an old man arrives and gives him bag of glowing green 'crocodile tongues.' James accidentally drops these, whereupon they cause a tree to sprout a giant-size peach. Soon enough, James finds himself magically inside the Peach, where insects have taken up residence. One day the Peach rolls away with James inside, and the adventure begins

Cataloging source

IHZ

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directors of photography, Pete Kozachik, Hiro Narita ; editor, Stan Webb ; music by Randy Newman, original songs by Randy Newman ; animation supervisor, Paul Berry ; conceptual designer, Lane Smith ; production designer, Harley Jessup

Intended audience

MPAA Rating: Rated PG for some frightening images; Canadian Home Video Rating: G, frightening images

Language note

In English, dubbed French or Spanish with optional subtitles in Spanish; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Miriam Margolyes (Aunt Sponge/Glowworm), Joanna Lumley (Aunt Spiker), Pete Postlethwaite (Old man), Paul Terry (James), Simon Callow (Grasshopper), Richard Dreyfuss (Centipede), Jane Leeves (Ladybug), Susan Sarandon (Spider), David Thewlis (Earthworm)

Runtime

79

Target audience

juvenile

Technique

animation and live action