Adventures this big don't grow on trees.
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.
Paul Terry
James Henry Trotter
Miriam Margolyes
Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Joanna Lumley
Aunt Spiker
Pete Postlethwaite
The Magic Man
Simon Callow
Grasshopper (voice)
Richard Dreyfuss
Centipede (voice)
Jane Leeves
Ladybug (voice)
Susan Sarandon
Miss Spider (voice)
David Thewlis
Earthworm (voice)
Steven Culp
James' Father
Susan Turner-Cray
James' Mother
Cirocco Dunlap
Girl with Telescope
Kathryn Howell
Woman in Bathrobe
Mike Starr
Cop
Michael Girardin
Reporter #1
J. Stephen Coyle
Reporter #2
Tony Haney
Reporter #3
Mario Yedidia
Street Kid
Jeff Mosley
Hard Hat Man
Jeff Bennett
Centipede (singing voice) (uncredited)
Director
Henry Selick
Writers
Jonathan Roberts, Roald Dahl, Steve Bloom, Karey Kirkpatrick
Stan Webb
Editor
Hiro Narita
Director of Photography
Pete Kozachik
Director of Photography
Randy Newman
Original Music Composer
Harley Jessup
Production Design
Julie Slinger
Costume Design
r96sk
7/13/2022
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.
