Frankenweenie

20122012
K-7K-7
1h 27min

Frankenweenie (2012)

Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.

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Animation Comedy Family

When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.

Director
- Tim Burton
Writers
- Leonard Ripps(1984 screenplay)
- Tim Burton(original idea)
- John August(screenplay)
Stars
- Winona Ryder(voice)
- Catherine O'Hara(voice)
- Martin Short(voice)

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 50 nominations total

Frank Welker in Frankenweenie (2012)

Winona Ryder, Charlie Tahan, and Atticus Shaffer in Frankenweenie (2012)

Frank Welker in Frankenweenie (2012)

Winona Ryder, Dee Bradley Baker, and Atticus Shaffer in Frankenweenie (2012)

Frank Welker and Charlie Tahan in Frankenweenie (2012)

Frankenweenie (2012)

Frankenweenie (2012)

Catherine O'Hara in Frankenweenie (2012)

Martin Short in Frankenweenie (2012)

Frankenweenie (2012)

Frankenweenie (2012)

Winona Ryder in Frankenweenie (2012)

Elsa Van Helsingas Elsa Van Helsing
(voice)

Catherine O'Hara

Mr. Rzykruskias Mr. Rzykruski
(voice)

Victor Frankensteinas Victor Frankenstein
(voice)

Atticus Shaffer

Edgar 'E' Goreas Edgar 'E' Gore
(voice)

Bobas Bob
(voice)

James Hiroyuki Liao

Toshiakias Toshiaki
(voice)

Conchata Ferrell

Bob's Momas Bob's Mom
(voice)

Dee Bradley Baker

Persephone van Helsingas Persephone van Helsing
(voice)
(uncredited)
…

Christopher Lee

Movie Draculaas Movie Dracula
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Melissa Stribling

Movie Minaas Movie Mina
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Sparky Frankensteinas Sparky Frankenstein
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Tim Burton
Writers
- Leonard Ripps(1984 screenplay)
- Tim Burton(original idea)
- John August(screenplay)
All cast & crew

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When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been. —Kathy Li

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Taglines
- The electrifying dog is back from beyond the grave
Genres
Certificate
- K-7
Parents guide

Trivia
The pet cemetery features the grave of Zero from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).

Goofs
During the classroom scene when Mr. Rzykruski is explaining the mechanics of lightning, his diagram shows positively charged clouds above the ground, which is shown as being negatively charged by electrons. The diagram should contain negatively charged clouds (containing a surplus of negatively charged electrons) over the ground which should not have any charge.

Quotes
Mr. Rzykruski: Science is not good or bad, Victor. But it can be used both ways. That is why you must always be careful.

Crazy credits
When the Disney logo has almost completed, a flash of lightning turns the logo black-and-white, the sky turns cloudy and the music turns scary.

Connections
Featured in 56th BFI London Film Festival (2012)

Soundtracks
Six Powerful Cues (a)
Written by Wilfred Burns (as Wilfred William Burns)
Courtesy of APM Music

Top review

7/10

An "Electrifying" Tale Of A Boy and His Dog.... Arf! Arf! Arf!

With its cute, yet, decidedly creepy-looking characters, and all, I thought that Frankenweenie was a pretty darn good "Mad Scientist" story that's sure to be a hit with audiences of all ages.

Containing some very nice touches of warped humor, grotesque horror and several arousing moments of pathos (cleverly injected into its weird, but oddly wonderful, little tale), Frankenweenie has proved, once again, that director Tim Burton still has the master's touch when it comes to making stop-motion, animated films that seem to emerge from the very depths of the dark-side.

If nothing else, Frankenweenie certainly turned out to be a lovingly-charged homage to a variety of classic horror, monster, and Sci-Fi pictures from those glorious days of yesteryear.

All-in-all, Frankenweenie certainly had its share of flaws, but, just the same, I certainly hadn't expected to enjoy this film as much as I did.

Appropriately filmed in b&w, thank goodness that it didn't contain any musical numbers.

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Release date
- January 11, 2013 (Finland)
Country of origin
- United States
Official sites
- Official Facebook
- Official site
Language
- English
Also known as
- Chó Ma Frankenweenie
Production companies
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Tim Burton Productions
See more company credits at IMDbPro

Budget
- $39,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $35,291,068
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,412,213
- Oct 7, 2012
Gross worldwide
- $81,493,846

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
- 1h 27min
Color
- Black and White
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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