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Corpse Bride (2005)
Front Cover Actor
Johnny Depp Victor Van Dort
Helena Bonham Carter Corpse Bride
Emily Watson Victoria Everglot
Tracey Ullman Nell Van Dort / Hildegarde
Paul Whitehouse William Van Dort / Mayhew / Paul The Head Waiter
Joanna Lumley Maudeline Everglot
Albert Finney Finis Everglot
Richard E. Grant Barkis Bittern
Christopher Lee Pastor Galswells
Michael Gough Elder Gutknecht
Helena Bonham-Carter
Movie Details
Genre Animation; Comedy; Drama; Family; Fantasy; Romance
Director Tim Burton; Mike Johnson
Producer Allison Abbate; Jeffrey Auerbach
Writer Tim Burton; Carlos Grangel
Studio Warner Home Video - DVD
Language English
Audience Rating PG
Running Time 76 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 7.5
Plot
Who else but Tim Burton could make Corpse Bride, a necrophiliac's delight that's fun for the whole family? Returning to the richly imaginative realm of stop-motion animation (after previous successes with The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach), Burton, with codirector Mike Johnson, invites us to visit the dour, ashen, and drearily Victorian mansions of the living, where young Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp) is bequeathed to wed the lovely Victoria (Emily Watson). But the wedding rehearsal goes sour and, in the kind of Goth-eerie forest that only exists in Burton-land, Victor suddenly finds himself accidentally married to the Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter), a blue-tinted, half-skeletal beauty (how pleasantly full-bosomed she remains!) with a loquacious maggot installed behind one prone-to-popping eyeball. This being a Burton creation, the underworld of the dead is a lively and colorful place indeed, and Danny Elfman's songs and score make it even livelier, presenting Victor with quite a dilemma: Should he return above-ground to Victoria, or remain devoted to his corpse bride? At a brisk 76 minutes, Burton's graveyard whimsy (loosely based on a 19th century Russian folktale) never wears out its welcome, and the voice casting (which includes Tracey Ullman and Albert Finney) is superbly matched the film's gloriously amusing character design, guaranteed to yield a wealth of gruesome toys and action figures for many Halloweens to come. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 55
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Price 14,98 €
Links IMDB
Amazon Germany
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Edition Details
Edition Widescreen Edition
Format DVD
Region 2
Screen Ratio 16:9
Barcode 012569593510
Release Date 10.03.2006
Subtitles Deutsch; Englisch; Niederländisch; Portugiesisch; Dänisch; Norwegisch; Schwedisch; Arabisch; Finnisch; Isländisch; Griechisch
Audio Tracks Deutsch Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
Englisch Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1