Corpse Bride (also known as Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) is a 2005 stop-motion animated dark fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson (in his directorial debut) and Tim Burton from a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson, and Pamela Pettler, based on characters created by Burton and Carlos Grangel. The plot is set in a fictional Victorian era village in England. Johnny Depp leads the cast as the voice of Victor, while Helena Bonham Carter voices Emily, the title bride. An international co-production between the United States and United Kingdom, produced by Tim Burton Productions and Laika Entertainment, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Corpse Bride is the first stop-motion feature film directed by Burton after previously producing 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and James and the Giant Peach (1996).
Corpse Bride drew inspirations of a 17th-century Jewish folktale, which Joe Ranft introduced to Burton while they were finishing The Nightmare Before Christmas. Work on the film started in November 2003 when Burton was completing Big Fish (2003). He continued with production on his next live-action feature, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was produced simultaneously with the film. Production of the stop-motion animation feature took place at 3 Mills Studios in East London. It was shot with Canon EOS-1D Mark II digital SLRs, rather than the 35 mm film cameras used for Burton's previous stop-motion film The Nightmare Before Christmas. Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Depp and Danny Elfman aboard. The film was dedicated to Ranft, the film's executive producer, who died in a car crash during the film's production.
Corpse Bride premiered at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival on September 7, 2005, and was released in theaters on September 23, 2005, in the United States and on October 13, 2005, in the United Kingdom to critical and commercial success. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature in 78th Academy Awards, making it one of the first two stop-motion films to be nominated within that category.
Cast[]
Character | Actor | ||
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File:Victor Van Dort (Corpse Bride).png | Victor Van Dort
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Johnny Depp | |
File:Emily the Corpse Bride (Corpse Bride).png | Emily the Corpse Bride
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Helena Bonham Carter | |
File:Victoria Everglot (Corpse Bride).png | Victoria Everglot
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Emily Watson | |
File:Nell Van Dort (Corpse Bride).png | Nell Van Dort
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Tracey Ullman | |
File:Hildegarde (Corpse Bride).png | Hildegarde
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File:William Van Dort (Corpse Bride).png | William Van Dort
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Paul Whitehouse | |
File:Mayhew (Corpse Bride).png | Mayhew
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Paul the Head Waiter
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File:Lady Maudeline Everglot (Corpse Bride).png | Lady Maudeline Everglot
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Joanna Lumley | |
File:Lord Finis Everglot (Corpse Bride).png | Lord Finis Everglot
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Albert Finney | |
File:Grandfather Everglot (Corpse Bride).png | Grandfather Everglot
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Lord Barkis
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Richard E. Grant | |
File:Pastor Galswells (Corpse Bride).png | Pastor Galswells
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Christopher Lee | |
File:Elder Gutknecht (Corpse Bride).png | Elder Gutknecht
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Michael Gough |
International versions[]
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File:Corpse Bride - logo (Cantonese).png | Cantonese | 怪誕屍新娘 |
File:Corpse Bride - logo (Catalan).png | Catalan | La núvia cadàver |
File:Corpse Bride - logo (Canadian French).png | French (Canada) | La mariée cadavérique |
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French (France) | Les noces funèbres |
File:Corpse Bride - logo (German).png | German | Corpse Bride - Hochzeit mit einer Leiche |
File:Corpse Bride - logo (Hungarian).png | Hungarian | A halott menyasszony |
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Italian | La sposa cadavere |
File:Corpse Bride - logo (Japanese).png | Japanese | コープスブライド |
File:Corpse Bride - logo (Portuguese).png | Portuguese (Brazil) | A Noiva Cadáver |
File:Corpse Bride - logo (Russian).png | Russian | Труп невесты |
File:Corpse Bride - logo (Latin American Spanish).png | Spanish (Latin America) | El cadáver de la novia |
File:Corpse Bride - logo (European Spanish).png | Spanish (Spain) | La novia cadáver |
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File:Corpse Bride - logo (Ukrainian).png | Ukrainian | Труп нареченої |
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Bulgarian | Булката труп |