James’ happy life at the English seaside is rudely ended when his parents are killed by a rhinoceros and he goes to live with his two horrid aunts. Daringly saving the life of a spider he comes into possession of magic boiled crocodile tongues, after which an enormous peach starts to grow in the garden. Venturing inside he meets not only the spider but a number of new friends including a ladybug and a centipede who help him with his plan to try and get to New York.

James and the Giant Peach (1996)
  • Rating: (20,936 votes)
  • Taglines:If you really don't go to the movies, you won't see... » Marvellous things will happen! »
  • Runtime:79 minutes
  • Director: Henry Selick
  • Countries:UK, USA
  • Actors:
    Grasshopper (voice)
    Simon Callow
    Centipede (voice)
    Richard Dreyfuss
    Ladybug (voice)
    Jane Leeves
    Aunt Spiker
    Joanna Lumley
    Aunt Sponge / Glowworm - (voice)
    Miriam Margolyes
    Old Man
    Pete Postlethwaite
    Spider (voice)
    Susan Sarandon
    James
    Paul Terry
    Earthworm (voice)
    David Thewlis
    Reporter #2
    J. Stephen Coyle
  • Genres:Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
  • Producers:
    Tim Burton
    producer  
    Denise Di Novi
    producer  
    Jake Eberts
    executive producer  
    John Engel
    co-producer  
    Brian Rosen
    co-producer  
    Henry Selick
    co-producer  
  • Plot: James' happy life at the English seaside is rudely ended when his parents are killed by a rhinoceros and he goes to live with his two horrid aunts. Daringly saving the life of a spider he comes into possession of magic boiled crocodile tongues, after which an enormous peach starts to grow in the garden. Venturing inside he meets not only the spider but a number of new friends including a ladybug and a centipede who help him with his plan to try and get to New York. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
James and the Giant Peach
  • User's comment:A Great Film for Adult and Kids! by (sylviastel@aol.com)

    I was a bit surprised that the film was not entirely animated. No, I did not read the book. The boy actor is fine here as is Joanna Lumley OBE and Miriam Margolyes OBE as his despicable aunts, Spiker and Sponge, who get custody of him as a child. They really are deliciously evil in their roles and they look like they are having a ball at it too. I thought the story was quite interesting with the animation and live action. The film is good for both adults and children as well as family can view it together. I thought the costumes of Spike and Sponge were hilarious. You could not tell that Spiker also plays half of Absolutely fabulous from this role. The make-up, the costumes, and visual effects are worth watching and it's good to watch this film.


  • Quotes: Spider: [eating the peach] Mmmmm. Better than ladybugs. Ladybug: What? Spider: Excuse me.
  • Also known as: Dev seftali (Turkey - Turkish title), James és az óriásbarack (Hungary - imdb display title), James V'Ha-Afarsek Ha-Anak (Israel - Hebrew title), James e la pesca gigante (Italy), James e o Pêssego Gigante (Portugal), James et la pêche géante (France), James i dzinovska breskva (Serbia - imdb display title), James ja jättipersikka (Finland - imdb display title), James och jättepersikan (Sweden), James si piersica uriasa (Romania), James und der Riesenpfirsich (Germany), James y el melocotón gigante (Spain), Jim y el durazno gigante (Argentina - imdb display title), O Tzimis kai to gigantorodakino (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title),

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