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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach
Summary
-James is a happy kid living on the English seaside until he gets some bad news: His parents were, strangely, killed by a rhino and he is sent to live with his two horrid aunts: Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge. When he saves a spider from being killed, he magically comes into the possession of magic boiled crocodile tongues, which cause a giant peach to grow in his garden. When he goes inside, he meets not only the spider he saved the life of, but a few of its friends. Including a ladybug, a centipede, who all try and help him get to New York





Cast
-Simon Callow: Grasshopper (voice)
-Richard Dreyfuss: Centipede (voice)
-Jane Leeves: Ladybug (voice)
-Joanna Lumley: Aunt Spiker (voice)
-Miriam Margoyles: Aunt Sponge/Glow Worm (voice)
-Peter Postlethwaite: Old Man (voice)
-Susan Sarandon: Spider (voice)
-Paul Terry: James (voice)
-David Thewlis: Earthworm (voice)

Did You Know?
-In the story, Spiker and Sponge are killed when the giant peach rolls over them and crushes them. In the movie, they survive
-Paul Terry quit acting after the scene where the spider bites him

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