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The DVD James And The Giant Peach contains a combination of live action and stop motion animation. The story concerns young James (played by Paul Terry) who is orphaned and left in the charge of two cruel aunts. He is rescued by a mysterious fellow (Pete Postlethwaite) and ends up inside a giant peach, drifting over the Atlantic Ocean in the company of a gentleman grasshopper, a fast-talking centipede, an anxious earthworm, a matronly ladybug, and a sexy spider. The collection of actors and their creepy-crawly alter egos are a delight, especially when some of the song-and-dance numbers (tunes are written by Randy Newman) get everyone going.
Roald Dahl's modern classic for children becomes a delightful
combination of live action and stop-motion animation by the team
that made The Nightmare Before Christmas: director Henry Selick and
producers Tim Burton (Batman) and Denise Di Novi. The story
concerns young James (played for real and through voice-overs by
Paul Terry), who is orphaned and left in the charge of two cruel
aunts (Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley). Rescued by a mysterious
fellow (Pete Postlethwaite), James ends up inside a giant peach,
drifting over the Atlantic Ocean in the company of a gentleman
grasshopper (voiced by Simon Callow), a fast-talking centipede
(Richard Dreyfuss), an anxious earthworm (David Thewlis), a
matronly ladybug (Jane Leeves), and a sexy spider (Susan Sarandon).
The collection of actors and their creepy-crawly alter egos are a
delight, especially when some of the song-and-dance numbers (tunes
are written by Randy Newman) get everyone going. --Tom Keogh
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