James and the Giant Peach (1996)

PG ★ 6.6/10 79 min Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy United States English

Director: Henry Selick

Novel: Roald Dahl
Screenplay by: Steve Bloom, Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts

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Adventures this big don't grow on trees.

Description

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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Top Cast

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)

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