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Coraline [2009]
Tagline:
- Be careful what you wish for.
- An Adventure too Weird for Words
- The braver you are, the more you’ll see
Synopsis:
- Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
Theatrical Release:
- 05 February 2009 (Portland International Film Festival)
- 06 February 2009 (United States)
Genre:
- Dark Fantasy
- Horror
- Animation
Director:
- Henry Selick
Screenplay:
- Henry Selick
Story:
- Neil Gaiman
Producers:
- Bill Mechanic
- Claire Jennings
- Henry Selick
- Mary Sandell
- Christopher Murrie
- Ronald Sanders
Cinematography/Editor/Choreographer:
- Pete Kozachik (Cinematography)
- Christopher Murrie (Editor)
- Ronald Sanders (Editor)
Studio / Production Company:
- LAIKA
- Pandemonium Films
Distribution Company:
- Focus Features (United States)
- Universal Pictures (International)
Language:
- English
Budget/Box Office:
- Budget: $60 million
- Box Office: $184.5 million
Period:
- Contemporary setting, early 2000s.
Place:
- The Pink Palace Apartments, Oregon.
Special Effects:
- Fonco Creative Services
- Gentle Giant Studios
- Mechinations
Animators:
- Travis Knight: Lead Animator
- Trey Thomas: Lead Animator
Composer:
- Bruno Coulais
Tracklist:
- End Credits
- Dreaming
- Installation
- Wybie
- Exploration
- Other Father Song, They Might Be Giants
- The Supper
- Bobinsky
- Fantastic Garden
- Coraline Fly
- Trap For The Mices
- Mice Circus
- Dreams Are Dangerous
- Sirens Of The Sea
- In The Bed
- Spink And Forcible
- It Was Fantastic
- Ghost Children
- Let’s Go
- Playing Piano
- Wybie That Talks
- Cocobeetles
- Alone
- Dangerous
- Reunion
- Coraline Despair
- The Theater
- The Famous Mister B
- You Know I Love You
- Mechanical Lullaby
- The Hand
- The Party
Based On:
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Achievements and Awards:
- Academy Awards
- Best Animated Feature: Henry Selick (Nominated)
- American Film Institute Awards
- Best 10 Movies (Won)
- Annie Awards
- Best Animated Feature (Nominated)
- Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production: Henry Selick (Nominated)
- Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production: Dawn French (Nominated)
- Best Music in an Animated Feature Production: Bruno Coulais (Won)
- Best Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production: Travis Knight (Nominated)
- Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production: Shane Prigmore, Shannon Tindle (Won)
- Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production: Christopher Appelhans, Tadahiro Uesugi (Won)
- Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production: Chris Butler (Nominated)
- BAFTA Awards
- Best Animated Film (Nominated)
- British Academy Children’s Awards
- Best Feature Film: Bill Mechanic, Henry Selick, Claire Jennings, Mary Sandell (Won)
- Golden Globe Awards
- Best Animated Feature Film (Nominated)
- Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards
- Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Music, Dialogue and ADR Animation in a Feature Film (Nominated)
- American Film Institute (AFI):
- Top 10 - Movies of the Year
Iconic Quotes:
- Be careful what you wish for. - Coraline Jones
- I’m your Other Mother, silly. - Other Mother
- You probably think this world is a dream come true… but you’re wrong. - Cat
- _How can you walk away from something and then come towards it?_-Coraline
_Walk around the world._-Cat
_Small world._-Coraline - _They say even the proudest spirit can be broken… with love._-Other Mother
- _You know that I love you._-Other Mother
_You… have a really funny way of showing it._-Coraline - _Don’t remember our names, but I 'member my true mommy._-Ghost Boy
- _Be clever, Miss. Even if you win, she’ll never let you go!_-Sweet Ghost Girl
- _You know, you could stay forever, if you want to. There’s one tiny thing we have to do first…_-Other Mother
- _So sharp, you won’t feel a thing…_-Other Father
- _T’ain’t all bad, miss. Thou art alive. Thou art still living._-Ghost Boy
- _I thought you’d like him more if he talked a little less. So I fixed him._-Other Mother
Quotes:
- A heart-stopping, stop-motion nightmare for the child lost in all of us. - AFI Awards
- A needle-sharp display of animated filmmaking - literate, subtle and sophisticated. - Film Critics
Fun Facts:
- Coraline was the first stop-motion animated feature to be originally filmed in 3D.
- The film required over 6,300 face replacements for Coraline alone.
- Neil Gaiman invited Henry Selick to adapt the novella after being impressed by his work on The Nightmare Before Christmas.
- The production took place in a warehouse in Hillsboro, Oregon.
- The character designs were heavily influenced by Japanese illustrator Tadahiro Uesugi.
- The film’s color palette was designed to be muted in the real world and vibrant in the Other World.
- The animators shot each frame from two slightly apart camera positions to capture stereoscopy for the 3D release.
- The film has developed a cult following and is considered one of the greatest animated films of all time.
- The character Wybie was created specifically for the film.
Stars:
- Dakota Fanning as Coraline Jones
- Teri Hatcher as Mel Jones / Other Mother
- Jennifer Saunders as April Spink
- Dawn French as Miriam Forcible
- Keith David as Cat
- Ian McShane as Mr. Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky
- John Hodgman as Charlie Jones / Other Father
- Robert Bailey Jr. as Wyborne “Wybie” Lovat