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James and the Giant Peach
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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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(24 articles)
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A classic in my home 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:
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. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When James wakes up from the fall onto the Empire State Building, he is inside the peach, with a red light flashing on him. But he has to open the hatch in the peach to get atop it, so, the light shouldn't have illuminated him at all, as it is from a light above the peach. more
Quotes:
Centipede: Hey, Glowworm, how 'bout some light?
Glowworm: I can't hear you. I'll have to put my light on.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Harryhausen Chronicles (1998) (TV) more
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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
A classic in my home, 11 February 2002
Author: Dave Wilson from United States

I really enjoyed it, and so did my 3- and 5-year-old (and yes, we read the book). The animation and live-action scenes showed a lot of love. Though elements of the story seemed a bit hurried or neglected, they weren't anything a fairy-tale fantasy couldn't absorb in stride. The music works well enough for this non-fan of musicals, and I prefer serviceable and inoffensive tunes to the treacly jingles and melodramatic scores of the usual Disney classics.

My only real complaint would be with the ending, as it really is unclear how the aunts drove across the ocean (did they obtain their own crocodile tongues?), and the slice of NY upon landing has a grim, Munchkin-town quality. Still, everything up to that point has left you with lots of goodwill towards the movie's makers.

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