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James and the Giant Peach is a american film of genre Fantasy directed by Henry Selick released in USA on 12 april 1996 with Simon Callow
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
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Add to a movie listJames and the Giant Peach is a 1996 British-American musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. It was produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi, directed by Henry Selick, and starred Paul Terry as James. The film is a combination of live action and stop-motion animation. Co-stars Joanna Lumley and Miriam Margolyes played James's aunts in the live-action segments, and Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Jane Leeves, and David Thewlis voiced his insect friends in the animation sequences.
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James Henry Trotter is a young boy who lives with his parents by the sea in England. On James' birthday, they plan to go to New York City and visit the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world. However, before that happens, his parents are killed by a ghostly rhinoceros from the sky and James finds himself living with his two neglectful and cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge.Actors
Simon Callow
(Grasshopper (voice))
Paul Terry
(James)
Richard Dreyfuss
(Centipede (voice))
Susan Sarandon
(Miss Spider (voice))
Jane Leeves
(Ladybug (voice))
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