James and the Giant Peach (1996)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Henry Selick

Escritores (WGA):

Roald Dahl (book)
Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 abril 1996 (USA)

Género:

Animación | Aventura | Familia | Fantasía | Musical

Frase comercial:

If you really don't go to the movies, you won't see...

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.

Plot Keywords:

Spider | Peach | Aunt | Centipede | Magic

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Great Film for Adult and Kids!

Reparto

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)

También conocida como:

James y el melocotón gigante (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG for some frightening images.

Duración:

79 min

País:

UK | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | Finland:S | USA:PG (certificate #34530) | South Korea:Todo | Philippines:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Germany:6 (bw) | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | UK:U | USA:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

San Francisco, California, USA

Compañía:

Allied Filmmakers

Trivialidades:

Andy Partridge, of the British pop group XTC, was originally tapped to write the songs for this film. When Partridge backed out over the compensation he was offered, the producers called on Randy Newman instead. Partridge eventually released demo versions of the four songs he composed for the film.

Errores:

Continuidad: When the peach goes rolling down the hill, it rolls along the top of a fence, getting the fence stuck in its sides in a counter-clockwise descending spiral. Once the peach hits the water, though, every scene after shows the fence in a clockwise descending spiral, when viewed from above.

Citas:

James: I can't remember what fun is for.

Conexiones de Película:

References Jaws (1975)

Banda de Sonido:

Eating The Peach

A Great Film for Adult and Kids!

I was a bit surprised that the film was not entirely animated. No, I did not read the book. The boy actor is fine here as is Joanna Lumley OBE and Miriam Margolyes OBE as his despicable aunts, Spiker and Sponge, who get custody of him as a child. They really are deliciously evil in their roles and they look like they are having a ball at it too. I thought the story was quite interesting with the animation and live action. The film is good for both adults and children as well as family can view it together. I thought the costumes of Spike and Sponge were hilarious. You could not tell that Spiker also plays half of Absolutely fabulous from this role. The make-up, the costumes, and visual effects are worth watching and it's good to watch this film.