Rent James and the Giant Peach (1996)
3.4 of 5 from 123 ratings
1h 16min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- This is the story of James Henry Trotter, a lonely orphan sent to live with his horribly wicked and greedy Aunts Spiker (Joanna Lumley) and Sponge (Miriam Margoyles). When James meets a strange old man who promises that marvelous things will happen, indeed they do. Escaping his aunts by climbing inside a giant peach that mysteriously and suddenly grows on their barren tree, he meets some very unusual new friends and as they break free in the peach from Spiker and Sponge, they embark on a series of wildly imaginative adventures.
- Actors:
- Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, J. Stephen Coyle, Steven Culp, Cirocco Dunlap, Michael Girardin, Tony Haney, Kathryn Howell, Chae Kirby, Jeff Mosley, Al Nalbandian, Emily Rosen, Mike Starr
- Directors:
- Henry Selick
- Voiced By:
- Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis
- Writers:
- Roald Dahl, Karey Kirkpatrick
- Others:
- Randy Newman
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Children & Family
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