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James and the Giant Peach

1996 · 79 min

A strange, sweet, slightly spooky storybook ride that mixes lonely sadness with bright, buggy wonder.

Directed by: Henry Selick
Genres: Family, Animation, Adventure
Starring: Paul Terry, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley

Tagline: Adventures this big don't grow on trees.
Overview: When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.

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Directed by: Henry Selick
Genres: Family, Animation, Adventure
Starring: Paul Terry, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
grief
family
survival
freedom
Places: big city
sea
countryside
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: animated
musical
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	6
Horror	3
Humour	5
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: family, animation, adventure, fantasy
Directed by: Henry Selick
Written by: Steve Bloom, Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts
Starring: Paul Terry, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Susan Sarandon
Music: Randy Newman
Cinematography: Hiro Narita, Pete Kozachik
Runtime: 79 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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