James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach is a 1996 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. The film is a combination of live action and stop-motion animation. James Henry Trotter is a young boy who lives with his parents by the sea in the United Kingdom. On James's birthday, they plan to go to New York City and visit the Empire State Building, the ta... More
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  • Apr 12, 1996

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Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 19 min

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  • James and the Giant Peach

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Henry Selick

Henry Selick (born November 30, 1952) is an American stop motion director, producer and writer who is best known for directing The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach and Coraline. He studied at the Program in Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts, under the...

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  • Adventures this big don't grow on trees.
  • Climb aboard for the adventure of your life!

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1996
  • Sep 14, 2010
  • Oct 3, 2000
  • Apr 12, 1996
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 19 min
  • 1 h 24 min
  • 1 h 16 min
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  • 38,000,000

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James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The original first edition published by Alfred Knopf featured illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. However, there have been various reillustrated versions of it over the years, done by Michael...

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  • 1997
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