Movies / James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Runtime: 79 min
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Fantasy Musical
Languages: English
James, a lonely orphan, is sent to live with his wicked and greedy Aunts Spiker and Sponge. Unwanted and forced to perform their menial chores, the boy dreams about going to New York City--a place, his father once told him, where dreams come true. Then James meets a mysterious old man who gives him a bag of magical glowing green things (crocodile tongues) and tells him that marvelous things will happen. Racing home, James accidentally spills the contents of the bag at the base of a barren old peach tree. To his astonishment, a peach instantly appears on the branch and grows and grows until it reaches 20 feet in diameter. Hungry and curious, James sneaks out that evening and takes a bite of the peach. When a glowing tunnel appears, the frightened boy ventures inside and meets Centipede, Earthworm, Ladybug, Glowworm, Grasshopper and Miss Spider. Rolling out to sea, the giant peach launches its passengers on a series of wildly imaginative adventures with New York City as their final destination.
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Henry Selick | ... |
Writers (4) | Credit |
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Jonathan Roberts | (screenplay) & |
Karey Kirkpatrick | (screenplay) and |
Roald Dahl | (book) |
Steve Bloom | (screenplay) |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Randy Newman | ... |
Editors (1) | Credit |
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Stan Webb | ... |
Cinematographers (3) | Credit |
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Eric Swenson | (lighting cameraman) |
Hiro Narita | (live action) |
Pete Kozachik | (animation) |
Actors (26) | Credit |
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Al Nalbandian | Cabby |
Bob Dini | Milkman (uncredited) |
Chae Kirby | Newsboy |
Cirocco Dunlap | Girl With Telescope |
David Thewlis | Earthworm (voice) |
Emily Rosen | Innocent Girl |
Guy Messenger | Carpenter (uncredited) |
Jane Leeves | Ladybug (voice) |
Jeff Bennett | Centipede (singing voice) |
Jeff Mosley | Hard Hat Man |
Joanna Lumley | Aunt Spiker |
J. Stephen Coyle | Reporter #2 |
Kathryn Howell | Woman in Bathrobe (as Katherine Howell) |
Mario Yedidia | Street Kid |
Michael Girardin | Reporter #1 |
Mike Starr | Beat Cop |
Miriam Margolyes | Aunt Sponge / The Glowworm (voice) |
Paul Terry | James |
Pete Postlethwaite | Old Man |
Richard Dreyfuss | Centipede (voice) |
Sally Stevens | Glowworm (singing voice) |
Simon Callow | Grasshopper (voice) |
Steven Culp | James' Father |
Susan Sarandon | Miss Spider (voice) |
Susan Turner-Cray | James' Mother |
Tony Haney | Reporter #3 |