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| In a small gloomy town, two shy young people are supposed to get married, although they’ve never before met. Nell and William Van Dort have dreamt of joining the high-class part of society, but while they’re not lacking in wealth, they lack class. Maudeine and Finis Everglot are full of class but drained of cash. All they have left is their social status, and their daughter, Victoria. They’ve never seen much worth of Victoria, but she might be their ticket back up the social ladder as it seems that the Van Dorts have a bachelor son, Victor. The deal is made and everybody is excited, except for the bride and groom. Victor and Victoria first set eyes on each other on the eve of their wedding, when the families gather for a proper introduction of the soon-to-be newlyweds. It seems that Victor and Victoria’s chance of true love may not have been completely lost. At the wedding rehearsal, Victor could not seem to recite him vows correctly. Paster Galswells sends him away until he can manage to learn his lines. Humiliated, he wanders off into a dark forest surrounding the village. One alone, he is able to speak his vows perfectly, even going so far as to place the ring on a tree root as a finishing touch. Terrifyingly, the strange and beautiful decaying corpse of a woman, wearing the tattered remains of a wedding dress, rises from the ground wearing Victoria’s ring on her finger. Victor has unwittingly betrothed himself to the Corpse Bride, or better known as Emily. Ever since she was murdered on her wedding night by her fiancé, Emily has waited heartbroken, for someone to come and ask her to be his. While her heart has stopped beating, her search for true love had not ended. Victor has now become the groom she has been waiting for and is swept down to the Land of the Dead. Victor tries to find his was back to Victoria, who is still in the Land of the Living, unable to convince anyone that her groom was taken by a dead woman to the underworld. The Everglots hastily arrange a second wedding, this time to the sinister and mysterious Barkis Bittern, who just happens to be at the right place at the right time to take Victoria’s hand in marriage. The Corpse Bride is determined not to let Victor escape their bonds of unholy matrimony or she now loves him. Victor must find a way back to the Land of the Living and into the arms of the love of his life’s arms before she is unwillfully married. Victor must make a very important decision. |
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Victor Van Dort is a shy, sweet man. His family is wealthy, but not very classy. He gets nervoud easily and just wants to be liked.
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Emily is known as the Corpse Bride. She was murdered by her fiancé. She hopes to find true love, and wishes to repair her broken heart. She is beautiful and is a generous, caring woman.
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Victoria Everglot is a classy, poor girl whose family will do anything to get back on the social ladder. She is very shy, but she knows how to speak her mind.
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Johnny Depp: Victor Van Dort (voice) Helena Bonham Carter: Corpse Bride (voice) Emily Watson: Victoria Everglot (voice) Tracey Ullman: Nell Van Dort/ Hildegarde (voice) Paul Whitehouse: William Van Dort/ Mayhew/ Paul the Head Waiter (voice) Joanna Lumley: Maudeline Everglot (voice) Albert Finney: Finnis Everglot (voice) Richard E. Grant: Barkis Bittern (voice) Christopher Lee: Pastor Galswells (voice) Jane Horrocks: Black Widow Spider/ Mrs. Plum (voice) Enn Reitel: Maggot/ Town Crier (voice) Deep Roy: General Bonesapart (voice) Danny Elfman: Bonejangles (voice) Stephen Ballantyne: Emil (voice) Lisa Kay: Solemn Village Boy (voice) Allison Abbate: producer Tim Burton: director; producer Mike Johnson: director John August: screenplay Pamela Pettler: screenplay Caroline Thompson: screenplay Derek Frey: associate producer Joe Ranft: executive producer Tracy Shaw: line producer Danny Elfman: original music Peter Kozachik: cinematographer Jonathon Lucas: film editor Michelle Guish: casting director Alex McDowell: production designer Nelson Lowry: art director Colin Batty: set director Harry Linden: production manager
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Release Date: September 16, 2005 Studio: Warner Bros. Genre: animated Official Site: www.corpsebridemove.com Rating: PG for some scary images, action, and brief mild language Runtime: 78 minutes Box Office Funds: $20,100,000 (U.S. total) Tagline: “There’s Been A Grave Misunderstanding.” Corpse Bride was filmed on location in London, England.
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Trivia
*The puppets were made from stainless steel armatures covered with silicone skin. *This is the first feature to be made with commercial digital still photography cameras instead of flim cameras. *Corpse Bride is dedicated to the memory of Joe Ranft. *It took the animators 28 separate shots to make the bride blink. *When Victor is playing the piano in one scene, he leans back and the license plate says “Harryhausen”, a reference to stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen. *The puppets used neither of the industry standards of replaceable heads or replaceable mouths, but instead used precision crafted clockwork heads, adjusted by hidden keys. This allowed for unprecedented subtlety, but was apparently even more painstaking than the already notoriously arduous animation. *The maggot’s voice, mannerisms, and facial appearance are an impression of Peter Lee. *Puppets were about two feet tall. *Some stages were so large that animators could walk though door with minimal crouching. *They had a 55-week shoot, during which 109.440 individually animated frames had to be set up and filmed. *The skeletons in the underworld perform several routines from The Skeleton Dance (1929). *Small moving elements, such as candle flames, were photographed in Mini DV.
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