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Frankenweenie

  • 20122012
  • PGPG
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
110K
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Frankenweenie (2012)
Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.
Play trailer2:16
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AnimationComedyDrama
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.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
110K
YOUR RATING
    • Tim Burton
    • Leonard Ripps(1984 screenplay)
    • Tim Burton(original idea)
    • John August(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Winona Ryder(voice)
    • Catherine O'Hara(voice)
    • Martin Short(voice)
    • Tim Burton
    • 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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    • 227User reviews
    • 394Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

    Videos12

    Comic-Con
    Trailer 2:16
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    No. 2
    Trailer 2:31
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    First Trailer
    Trailer 2:10
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    Frankenweenie
    Trailer 1:21
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    A Guide to the Films of Tim Burton
    Clip 2:11
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    "Sparky Is Alive!"
    Clip 1:05
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    "Lightning"
    Clip 0:52
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    Frankenweenie
    Clip 1:19
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    Frankenweenie
    Clip 0:48
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    Frankenweenie
    Clip 1:22
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    "The Story"
    Featurette 3:51
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    Photos232

    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)

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    Winona Ryder
    Winona Ryder
    • Elsa Van Helsing
    • (voice)
    Catherine O'Hara
    Catherine O'Hara
    • Mrs. Frankenstein
    • (voice)
    • …
    Martin Short
    Martin Short
    • Mr. Frankenstein
    • (voice)
    • …
    Martin Landau
    Martin Landau
    • Mr. Rzykruski
    • (voice)
    Charlie Tahan
    Charlie Tahan
    • Victor Frankenstein
    • (voice)
    Atticus Shaffer
    Atticus Shaffer
    • Edgar 'E' Gore
    • (voice)
    Robert Capron
    Robert Capron
    • Bob
    • (voice)
    James Hiroyuki Liao
    James Hiroyuki Liao
    • Toshiaki
    • (voice)
    Conchata Ferrell
    Conchata Ferrell
    • Bob's Mom
    • (voice)
    Tom Kenny
    Tom Kenny
    • New Holland Towns Folk
    • (voice)
    Dee Bradley Baker
    Dee Bradley Baker
    • Persephone van Helsing
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Jeff Bennett
    Jeff Bennett
    • Giant Sea Monkeys
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Jon Donahue
    Jon Donahue
    • Additional Voices
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Movie Dracula
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Gary Martin
    Gary Martin
    • Giant Sea Monkeys
    • (uncredited)
    Melissa Stribling
    Melissa Stribling
    • Movie Mina
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Welker
    Frank Welker
    • Sparky Frankenstein
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
      • Tim Burton
      • Leonard Ripps(1984 screenplay)
      • Tim Burton(original idea)
      • John August(screenplay)
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    • 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: Ladies and gentlemen. I think the confusion here is that you are all very ignorant. Is that right word, ignorant? I mean stupid, primitive,unenlightened. You do not understand science, so you are afraid of it. Like a dog is afraid of thunder or balloons. To you, science is magic and witchcraft because you have such small minds. I cannot make your heads bigger, but your children's heads, I can take them and crack them open. This is what I try to do, to get at their brains!

    • 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

    User reviews227

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    9/10
    Frankenweenie or bringing Tim Burton's mojo back from the dead
    In 1984, when Tim Burton worked for Disney made a short film called Frankenweenie, which tells the story of Victor, a boy who after losing his dog Sparky in an accident decides to bring him back to life in the purest Frankenstein style, without considering the consequences this may cause. This work helps us to understand the basics of Burton's thematic and visual style, which became his trademark over the years: dark worlds with isolated and/or solitary characters faced to the reality of the world that confronts or rejects them.

    It is almost 30 years later and a streak of quite irregular films that Burton returns to his roots and decided to resume the story of Frankenweenie to make an animated feature making use of the stop- motion technique, with which he created some of his best works such as the Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie is no exception, as it represents a return to the best films of Burton.

    On this occasion the original story remains intact and makes a bigger emphasis on the impact of the resurrection of Sparky among Victor's friends and as they'll try to emulate the feat with catastrophic results for the small town they live in. Likewise, the relationship between Victor and Elsa, her neighbor and school crush is explored, through which a great reference to The Bride of Frankenstein is made, although it'snot the only one, since along the film there are winks to classic monsters movies from the 30's as the Mummy, Creature from Black Lagoon, Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari and even classic monsters like Godzilla. And the film itself is a homage to this cinema being filmed in black and white and with music in perfect tone by Danny Elfman (Burton's closest collaborator).

    An innate quality of Burton is the skill to create endearing characters out of the dark and grotesque and the best example of it is Sparky, a little dog now part of the most adorable creations on the burtonian universe, and that somehow reflects many of elements or themes that have remained constant in most of Burton's filmography: childhood, loneliness, friendship and a strange fixation with death and what happens after this.

    Excepting the end that seems to betray the original concept, it is safe to say that Burton needs to do more films like Frankenweenie and much less like Alice in Wonderland.
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      • October 5, 2012 (United States)
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      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Pictures
      • Tim Burton Productions
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    • 1 hour 27 minutes
      • Black and White
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      • Dolby Digital
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      • Dolby Surround 7.1
      • Auro 11.1
      • IMAX 6-Track
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