James and the Giant Peach

Name: James and the Giant Peach
Genre: Family, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 1996-04-12
Duration: 1 h 19 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Jeff Bennett, Joanna Lumley, David Thewlis, Miriam Margolyes

When the young orphan James accidentally spills a magical bag of crocodile tongues, he comes into possession of a colossal peach that carries him aloft to mysterious lands.

Director(s)

Henry Selick

L. Dean Jones Jr.

Robert J. Mooney

Colin Michael Kitchens

Paula Frankel

Cast & Crew

Pete Postlethwaite

The Magic Man

Jeff Bennett

Centipede (singing voice) (uncredited)

Joanna Lumley

Aunt Spiker

David Thewlis

Earthworm (voice)

Miriam Margolyes

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Richard Dreyfuss

Centipede (voice)

Susan Sarandon

Miss Spider (voice)

Steven Culp

James' Father

Mike Starr

Cop

Simon Callow

Grasshopper (voice)

Jane Leeves

Ladybug (voice)

Tony Haney

Reporter #3

Michael Girardin

Reporter #1

Colin Michael Kitchens

Sally Stevens

Glowworm (singing voice) (uncredited)

Jeff Mosley

Hard Hat Man

Kathryn Howell

Woman in Bathrobe

L. Dean Jones Jr.

Henry Selick

Paul Terry

James Henry Trotter

Susan Turner-Cray

James' Mother

Cirocco Dunlap

J. Stephen Coyle

Reporter #2

Mario Yedidia

Street Kid

Robert J. Mooney

Paula Frankel

Details

GenresFamily, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

Runtime1h 19 mins

Released on12 Apr 1996

Languageen

Produced InUnited States of America

Reviews

r96sk

7/10

A little light on story, though that stop-motion animation is noice. At just under 1hr 20mins, <em>'James and the Giant Peach</em> 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.