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James and the Giant Peach

1996·79 min

James and the Giant Peach

Directed by Henry Selick

AdventureAnimationFamilyFantasy

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.

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James Henry Trotter

Miriam Margolyes

Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)

Aunt Spiker

Pete Postlethwaite

The Magic Man

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Karey Kirkpatrick

Screenplay

Jonathan Roberts

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Grasshopper (voice)

Richard Dreyfuss

Centipede (voice)

Ladybug (voice)

Miss Spider (voice)

Earthworm (voice)

James' Father

Susan Turner-Cray

James' Mother

Girl with Telescope

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Michael Girardin

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James and the Giant Peach (1996) is about 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.

Who directed James and the Giant Peach?

Henry Selick directed James and the Giant Peach (1996).

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