James e la pesca gigante

Titolo originale: James and the Giant Peach
Regia: Henry Selick |
Anno: 1996
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Avventura Animazione Famiglia Fantasy
Tag: new york city | based on novel or book | insect | england | magic | loss of loved one | garden | villain | musical | surrealism | aunt | anthropomorphism | stop motion | based on children's book | hot dog | manhattan, new york city | empire state building | live action and animation |
Cast: Paul Terry | Miriam Margolyes | Joanna Lumley | Pete Postlethwaite | Simon Callow | Richard Dreyfuss | Jane Leeves | Susan Sarandon | David Thewlis | Steven Culp | Susan Turner-Cray | Cirocco Dunlap | Kathryn Howell | Mike Starr | Michael Girardin | J. Stephen Coyle | Tony Haney | Mario Yedidia | Jeff Mosley | Jeff Bennett | Sally Stevens |

James Henry Trotter, che si ritrova a vivere con due zie, zia Stecco e zia Spugna dopo la morte dei genitori. La vita con le sue zie è difficile e sogna di un posto migliore, più specificamente New York City, un posto da sogno di cui i suoi genitori gli avevano parlato. I suoi sogni diventano veri quando uno straniero appare con un sacco di cose magiche tra cui vari insetti che trasforma in esseri viventi e parlanti, nondimeno fa si che un'ordinaria pesca cresca di immense proporzioni. È su questa pesca che James ed i suoi nuovi insetti amici viaggiano per la loro terra "da sogno".

Approfondimenti

At around 37 minutes the clouds are in the shape of teapots. D
This is the last time Denise Di Novi was co-producer with Tim Burton. D
The second Disney's live-action/animated hybrid film to be rated PG by the MPAA, after Chi ha incast [...] D
Susan Sarandon, who voiced Miss Spider, was married to Chris Sarandon, who voices Jack Skellington i [...] D
The VHS and DVD versions feature a behind the scenes making-of documentary and a music video of Rand [...] D
Miriam Margolyes (Sponge) and David Thewlis (Earthworm) both appeared in the Harry Potter film serie [...] D
One of the skeletal pirates has a duck bill, a sailor suit, and speaks with a distinct voice, all re [...] D
Miriam Margolyes is the second actor/actress in a Disney live action movie to provide both a live-ac [...] D
This isn't the last time Miriam Margolyes played a character who has a career working with magical p [...] D
This film took twelve years to reach the screen. Roald Dahl himself was convinced that the property [...] D
Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker briefly recite a few lines from a poem written by Roald Dahl. D
In the newspaper articles at the end of the movie, the stories for Green Grasshopper and Mr Centiped [...] D
This isn't the first time Richard Dreyfuss played a character that had a nearly fatal face to face e [...] D
Henry Selick initially considered doing the whole film in stop-motion, but ultimately decided on a b [...] D
If you look closely in the first few minutes, you can see the various insects and bugs that will hav [...] D
This is the only film scored by Randy Newman to be rated PG by the MPAA. D
Paul Terry's only film. D
When James and Miss Spider were searching for both Mr. Centipede and a compass, one of the sunken sh [...] D
When Centipede opens the door to the Pirate Captain's quarters, he exclaims, "A Skellington?" The pu [...] D
When the bugs are questioning centipede's navigation skills and claims of world travel they bring up [...] D
Andy Partridge, of the British pop group XTC, was originally tapped to write the songs for this film [...] D
The movie was filmed on 22 different soundstages. D
According to the newspapers at the end, the movie takes place in 1949. D
An evil storm cloud rhino is an antagonistic force in James' life. In several shots, the evil aunts' [...] D
Sam Mendes (American Beauty (1999), Road to Perdition (2002), Skyfall (2012), and Spectre (2015)) wo [...] D
When Aunt Sponge calls for tourists to see the giant peach, she calls it the eighth wonder of the wo [...] D
Miriam Margolyes (Sponge) and Pete Postlethwaite (Old Man) also worked together in Romeo + Juliet th [...] D
In the book, Spiker and Sponge are killed when the peach rolls over and crushes them. However, in th [...] D
When James first meets the insects, Miss Spider is the one who knows James's name since she was the [...] D
PRODUCER TRADEMARK (Tim Burton): [Black and white stripes]: Miss Spider's black and white striped ab [...] D
Spiker and Sponge's car is a 1947 Jaguar 3½ Litre [Mk.IV]. D
This is the only Disney's live-action-animated hybrid film to be scored by Randy Newman. D
Miriam Margoyels (Aunt Sponge) also plays Grandma Rose in Balto. Both movies start out in live-actio [...] D
The lyrics for the song "Eating the Peach" were written by Roald Dahl. D
The "happy" tune the Grasshopper plays for James is Johann Sebastian Bach's Partita for Violin Solo [...] D
The shark's existence is unusual, as it is unknown how and why it was created or even if it was a fi [...] D
The puppet used for the captain in the icy water, or the head at least, appears to be the same head [...] D