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James and the Giant Peach (1996)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Henry Selick
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    James Henry Trotter Paul Terry
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    Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice) Miriam Margolyes
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    Aunt Spiker Joanna Lumley
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    The Magic Man Pete Postlethwaite
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    Grasshopper (voice) Simon Callow
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    Centipede (voice) Richard Dreyfuss
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    Ladybug (voice) Jane Leeves
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    Miss Spider (voice) Susan Sarandon

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