Movie Cosmos - James and the Giant Peach

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Paul Terry

As James Henry Trotter

Miriam Margolyes

As Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Joanna Lumley

As Aunt Spiker

Pete Postlethwaite

As The Magic Man

Simon Callow

As Grasshopper (voice)

Richard Dreyfuss

As Centipede (voice)

Jane Leeves

As Ladybug (voice)

Susan Sarandon

As Miss Spider (voice)

David Thewlis

As Earthworm (voice)

Steven Culp

As James' Father

Susan Turner-Cray

As James' Mother

Cirocco Dunlap

As Girl with Telescope

Kathryn Howell

As Woman in Bathrobe

Mike Starr

As Cop

Michael Girardin

As Reporter #1

J. Stephen Coyle

As Reporter #2

Tony Haney

As Reporter #3

Mario Yedidia

As Street Kid

Jeff Mosley

As Hard Hat Man

Jeff Bennett

As Centipede (singing voice) (uncredited)

Sally Stevens

As Glowworm (singing voice) (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Henry Selick

Director, Co-Producer

Roald Dahl

Novel

Karey Kirkpatrick

Screenplay

Jonathan Roberts

Screenplay

Steve Bloom

Screenplay, Assistant Editor

Tim Burton

Producer

Denise Di Novi

Producer

Jake Eberts

Executive Producer

Pete Kozachik

Director of Photography

Hiro Narita

Director of Photography

Stan Webb

Editor

Laura Schultz

Animation Coordinator

Owen Klatte

Visual Effects, Animation

Rich Zim

Animation

Chuck Duke

Animation

Anthony Scott

Animation

Mike Belzer

Animation

Paul Berry

Animation Supervisor

Stephen A. Buckley

Animation

Sean Burns

Animation

Kent Burton

Animation

Webster Colcord

Animation

Tom Gibbons

Animation

Chris Gilligan

Animation

Jane Hartwell

Animation Manager

Timothy Hittle

Animation

Jerrold Howard

Animation

Josephine Huang

Animation

Paul Jessel

Animation

Mike Johnson

Animation

Justin Kohn

Animation

Guionne Leroy

Animation

Daniel Mason

Animation

Tim Myers

Animation

Sue Pugh

Animation

Christopher Rand

Animation

Tom St. Amand

Animation

James Stimson

Art Department Manager

Trey Thomas

Animation

Martin Meunier

Other

John Bermudes

Compositors

Ross Shuman

Other

Randy Newman

Songs, Original Music Composer

Gary Kachelhoffer

Animation

Robin Gurland

Casting

Brian Chavanne

Casting

Ros Hubbard

Casting

John Hubbard

Casting

Lane Smith

Conceptual Design

Harley Jessup

Production Design

Brian Rosen

Co-Producer

Chris Montan

Executive Music Producer

Bill Boes

Art Direction

Gary Rydstrom

Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Christopher Boyes

Assistant Sound Designer

Mike Cachuela

Storyboard Artist

Jerome Chen

CG Supervisor

Jørgen Klubien

Storyboard Artist

Reviews:

r96sk (7/10)

A little light on story, though that stop-motion animation is noice.

At just under 1hr 20mins, 'James and the Giant Peach is simply a pleasant to watch flick with a sweet story and excellent animation. Miriam Margolyes and Joanna Lumley as the aunts is great casting, while the voice cast all perform well.

I like it enough, even with the ineffective singing bits. Overall, this 1996 release is, in my opinion, nothing great but nothing bad either.

2022-07-13