James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach (1996)

Timing: 1:19 (79 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1996-04-12

Country

United States

Production

Walt Disney Pictures, Allied Filmmakers

Genre

Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy

Budget

$38 000 000

Revenue

$28 946 127

Website

http://movies.disney.com/james-and-the-giant-peach

Director

Henry Selick

Actors

Paul Terry, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, Steven Culp
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Scenario

Producer

Tim Burton, Denise Di Novi, Jake Eberts

Operator

Hiro Narita

Composer

Randy Newman

Artist

Audition

John Hubbard, Ros Hubbard, Robin Gurland

Editing

Stan Webb
All team (100)

• The project took 12 years to complete. Writer Roald Dahl (1916-1990) even doubted whether the project would ever be finished.
• When the Centipede opens the door to the captain's cabin, it exclaims, "Is that...Skelegton?" The head of the Captain Jack Skellington puppet was taken from the stop-motion animated film *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (Henry Selick, 1993).
• Initially, director Henry Selick considered making the entire film in stop-motion animation, but ultimately, due to financial considerations, he decided to make a live-action film.