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Article: It's a `Peach' // Stop-Motion Tale Has Magic Touch
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 12, 1996
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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (STAR) (STAR) (STAR)
With the voices of:
James Paul Terry
Spider Susan Sarandon
Centipede Richard Dreyfuss
Grasshopper Simon Callow
Old Man Pete Postlethwaite
Directed by Henry Selick. Written by Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan
Roberts and Steve Bloom. Based upon the book by Roald Dahl. Running
time: 80 minutes. Rated PG (for some frightening images).
Almost all Disney animated films involve dead or absent parents
whose departure frees their little heroes to become independent
adventurers. But "James and the Giant Peach" wipes out the parents
with so much glee, it almost seems like an inside joke. The movie
opens with a pastel, soft-focus live action sequence ...