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James and the Giant Peach 1996 Directed by Henry Selick

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Budget $38,000,000
Revenue $28,946,127
Release Date 12 April 1996
79 mins
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)
David Thewlis Earthworm (voice)
Steven Culp James' Father
Susan Turner-Cray James' Mother
Cirocco Dunlap Girl with Telescope
Kathryn Howell Woman in Bathrobe
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)
Sally Stevens Glowworm (singing voice) (uncredited)