Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)

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Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Rating: PG
Release Date: Sep 23, 2005
Running Time: 76 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
synopsis
Set in a 19th century European village, young Victor is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love.
cast + crew
Director
Director
Voice of Victor Van Dort
Voice of Corpse Bride
Voice of Victoria Everglot
Nell Van Dort/Hildegarde
William Van Dort/Mayhew/Paul The Head Waiter
Voice of Maudeline Everglot
Voice of Finis Everglot
Voice of Barkis Bittern
Voice of Pastor Galswells
Elder Gutknecht
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Source Material
Source Material
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Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
reviews
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rating  PETER TRAVERS - September 8, 2005
The Oscar for this year's Best Animated Feature Film belongs right here, even though the ravishing goth romance that Tim Burton has conjured up in Corpse Bride isn't strictly animated in the computer-generated sense. Burton and his co-director, Mike Johnson, use the stop-motion technique, which means taking puppets -- about a foot tall -- and painstakingly moving them half a millimeter at a time to achieve a subtlety of expression beyond the range of CGI. It takes a twelve-hour work day to… Continued
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The wildly creative and stunningly visual Corpse Bride once again highlights director Tim Burton's very macabre imagination. Still, does the guy ever have a happy, shiny thought?

Story

Inspired by a Russian folktale, Corpse Bride begins with the promise of a wedding. The snobby Everglots (voiced by Joanna Lumley and Albert Finney) are pushing their daughter Victoria (voiced by Emily Watson) into marrying Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), the bachelor son of the social-climbing Van Dorts (voiced by… Continued