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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)
Runtime: 87 mins
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Emily Watson, Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant
Producer: Laurie Parker, Tim Burton, Allison Abbate
Screenwriter: John August
Director: Caroline Thompson
Screenwriter: Pamela Pettler
Composer: Danny Elfman
DVD Info
Release:
Oct 10, 2006
HD-DVD Features:
- Elite Red HD Case
- Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Surround Sound EX 5.1 - English, French (Quebec), Latin Spanish
- Subtitles - English, French, Latin Spanish, Spanish - Optional
- Closed Captioned - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
- Featurettes - 1. "Inside the Two Worlds"
- 2. "Danny Elfman Interprets the Two Worlds"
- 3. "The Animators: The Breath of Life"
- 4. "Tim Burton: Dark vs. Light"
- 5. "Voices from the Underworld"
- 6. "Making Puppets Tick"
- 7. "The Voices Behind the Voice"
- 8. Music-Only Track
Text and Photo Galleries:
- "THE CORPSE BRIDE Pre-Production Galleries"
Reviews
You'd be hard pressed to find a film with this level of visual and storytelling potency this year.
Special mention must also go to Enn Reitel, whose performance as the Peter Lorre maggot inside Emily's eye comfortably steals the entire film.
The script and vocal cast turn each character into a vivid bundle of nerves and longings.
Burton thinks in intuitive images, and there are sights here that I would love to have framed on my wall.
Burton definitely follows his own deliriously surreal path that may be more decipherable to a shrink than a movie critic.
Gloomy, but in a beautiful, compelling way. In fact, the visuals sell the film because the story is entertaining but extremely lightweight.
...the visuals are so good and the voices so colorful, you probably won't mind the film's minor shortcomings.
There are wonderful voice performances all around...and the animation, particularly of facial expressions, sets a new level of technical accomplishment...but the humor in Corpse Bride feels underpowered...
Divertida, romántica y con mucho más corazón que el resto de los filmes en cartelera, es simple y sencillamente un deleite que no puedes dejar pasar por alto.
After the bloated hit-and-miss feel of many of Burton's recent live-action work it is a joy to experience this throwback to the glory days.
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