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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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(26 articles)
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And Now The Weather Forecast: Rhino Has A Giant Cold... 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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Trivia:
Henry Selick initially considered doing the whole film in stop-motion, but decided on a blend with live-action to cut down on costs. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: At the end, when the NYC children are rushing toward the peach to scoop out a piece to eat, you can see one little girl running with a piece of peach already in her hand. more
Quotes:
James: Excuse me, sir, can you tell me where the Empire State Building is?
Hard Hat Man: You're on top of it, kid.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Enemy of the State (1998) more
Soundtrack:
Eating The Peach more

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And Now The Weather Forecast: Rhino Has A Giant Cold..., 27 November 2004
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Author: eric wobma from amsterdam

What a pleasant feel good film this little gem is !

After the sugar and sweet opening, including a hair raising song in the very worst Disney Style, Burton and Dahl break in and off we go, on an adventure that is fun and cheeky and in which not all the sharp edges have been blunted, thank Goodness.

Before we can go on a journey with the Giant Peach however, first Little James have to be orphaned. And he is, in a matter of fact voice-over that makes for a surprise element here. A bold way to get the plot in motion, and it works ! Many keep on wandering what or who that rhino was, that took the life of the parents just like that, on a whim. Well, anybody can be swept away by the rhino in the sky, or so the nasty aunties will have you believe anyway...

The visuals are stunning, the dialogues are bubbling fizzing electrical fun and brought wonderfully and lovingly by a great cast, and direction is clear cut, sharp and focused.

A lovely film, that makes you wonder what is Selnick & Burton and what's genuine Roald Dahl.

A splendid film that makes you go out and want to read a great book (again). What more can we possibly ask of a peach?

Hmmm, well ... about that Rhino in the stormy clouds ... Maybe ... If it's based in Britain, couldn't we tempt it to take a holiday somewhere in, say, Bora Bora or the Halls of Montezuma ? The English are quite accustomed to their climate, but their rhino gives us, here in the Lowlands, more than our share of rain and sleet too !!!

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