The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score, by Randy Newman. Paul Terry made his debut as the titular character, with Joanna Lumley and Miriam Margolyes played James's aunts in the live-action segments. The film was directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton, who would go on to direct 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Roald Dahl was originally going to write about a giant cherry, but changed it to James and the Giant Peach because a peach is "prettier, bigger and squishier than a cherry."Ī mixture of live-action and stop motion animation makes up 1996’s musical fantasy James And The Giant Peach. The plot centres on a young English orphan boy who enters a gigantic, magical peach, and has a wild and surreal cross-world adventure with seven magically-altered garden bugs he meets. The film now has a cult following and Anjelica Huston with often praised for her performance.īased on: James And The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (196 1 ) Director Nicolas Roeg later cut scenes he thought would be too scary for children after seeing his young son's reaction to the original cut. This version of the tale has stuck with many as one of the scariest children’s films of all time. The 1990 adaptation of this film from Nicolas Roeg, starred Anjelica Huston in the role of the terrifying Grand High Witch. But an elderly former witch hunter and her young grandson find out about the evil plan and now they must do everything to stop it and defeat the witches. The witches are all ruled by the extremely vicious and powerful Grand High Witch, who has just arrived in England to organize her worst plot ever. The story follows the experiences of a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his portrayal of Wonka.īased on: The Witches by Roald Dahl (1983) It is widely-known that Roald Dahl strongly disliked th e adaptation because of how far the plot strayed from the original, including how Wonka was portrayed. The first of two film adaptations of the 1964 tale, sees Gene Wilder play the titular character of wacky and secretive chocolatier Willy Wonka. Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (1971)īased On : Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964)Ī poor boy who has lives in a tiny London home with his parents and 8 bedridden grandparents finds one of only five golden tickets in existence which permit him and his grandfather (affectionately known as Grandpa Joe) to enter Willy Wonka’s secret chocolate factory. From Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to T he Witches, these classic tales have won our hearts both in the pages and on the screen. #Dvd the witches roald dahl movieTo celebrate the release of The Witches, making its’ way to Blu-Ray & DVD, we are celebrating some of our favourite movie adaptations of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novels.
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