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Article: 'Charlotte's Web' is a charmer for all ages: Movie doesn't stray too far from book and gets the message right
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- December 14, 2006
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Charlotte's Web
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Gary Winick would seem an unlikely choice to direct a live-
action, computer-animated adaptation of "Charlotte's Web," with an A-
list cast providing the voices of the classic children's book's
talking animals.
(Julia Roberts as Charlotte! With Oprah Winfrey as Gussy the
goose! And Robert Redford as Ike the horse!)
Winick co-founded the production company Indigent, known for
stripped-down movies shot on digital video like "Chelsea Walls,"
"Pieces of April" and Winick's own "Tadpole," in which a 15-year-old
boy falls in love with his stepmom.
But he also directed "13 Going on 30," the charming Jennifer
Garner comedy that struck just the right balance of childlike ...