Based on Roald Dahl’s delightfully dark children’s story, Selick’s (Coraline) imaginative film tells the tale of an unhappy orphaned boy forced to live with his cruel aunts. James’s luck finally changes when a giant enchanted peach appears in his garden and he climbs inside, befriending a group of insects that call it home. When the peach rolls to the sea, James and his friends sail across the Atlantic Ocean on a magic adventure, battling obstacles all the way to New York City. Combining live action and animation, the offbeat and spellbinding story is complemented by Randy Newman’s delightful music, which earned an Academy Award nomination. Best Feature Film Prize, Annecy International Animation Festival.
Appears in: Animated Worlds: Stop Motion Classics, 2017 on Celluloid
Genres: Stop-Motion Animation
Other Films by Henry Selick
Moongirl
A young boy out fishing when the moon goes dark is magically transported to restore its light.
Coraline
Based on Neil Gaiman’s international best-selling novel, Coraline’s heroine is an adventurous girl (Dakota Fanning) who discovers a doorway to a parallel world in her home. She thinks this strange universe is better than her own until the button-eyed Other Mother (Teri Hatcher) reveals her plan to keep Coraline trapped there forever. It’ll take every …