Film

James and the Giant Peach 1996

Directed by Henry Selick

  • Family, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
  • 79 min
  • PG

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.

FamilyAnimationAdventureFantasynew york citybased on novel or bookinsectenglandmagicloss of loved onegardenhalloweenvillainmusicalsurrealismaunt

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