The Corpse Bride

Title: The Corpse Bride
Year: 2005
Directed by: Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Written by: John August, Pamela Pettler
Music by: Danny Elfman
Johnny Depp playing: Victor Van Dort (voice)
Runtime: 76 minutes
Official site
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Rated 13 times.

Plot

A man, after butchering his lines at his wedding rehearsal, is sent into the woods to practice his vows. He preforms his vows perfectly and places the ring on a twig on the ground. It turns out the twig was really the hand of the Corpse Bride, who now claims she is his legal wife.
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Cast

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)

Michael Gough

Elder Gutknecht (voice)

Jane Horrocks

Black Widow Spider/Mrs. Plum (voice)

Crew and Companies

Produced by

Allison Abbate, Jeffrey Auerbach, Tim Burton, Derek Frey, Joe Ranft, Tracy Shaw.

Original music by

Danny Elfman

Editing by

Jonathan Lucas

Production Companies

Warner Bros., Tim Burton Animation Co., Laika Entertainment, Will Vinton Studios

other Companies

Poster Pictures, Technicolor, The Moving Picture Company (MPC), Warner Bros. Records.

Distributors

Fox-Warner, Warner Bros. Pictures Inc., Warner Bros., Warner Home Video.

Filming

Certification

Singapore:PG / Portugal:M/12 / Argentina:Atp / UK:PG / Finland:K-7 / Hong Kong:IIA / Australia:PG / Czech Republic:12 / Ireland:PG / Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) / Netherlands:MG6 / Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) / Philippines:G / Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) / Brazil:Livre / USA:PG (certificate #42021) / Taiwan:PG-12 / Norway:7 / Mexico:A / Canada:G (Quebec)

Release Dates

Italy 7 September 2005 (Venice Film Festival), Canada (Toronto Film Festival)/France 10 September 2005 (Deauville Film Festival), Italy 12 September 2005 (limited), USA 16 September 2005 (limited), USA 23 September 2005, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival)/Singapore 29 September 2005, Taiwan 30 September 2005, Philippines 5 October 2005, Poland 7 October 2005 (Warsaw Film Festival), Argentina/UK 13 October 2005 (limited), Panama 14 October 2005, Austria (Vienna International Film Festival)/Spain 15 October 2005 (Festival de Cinema de Catalunya), France 19 October 2005, Brazil/Mexico/UK/Venezuela 21 October 2005, Japan 22 October 2005, Belgium 26 October 2005, Hong Kong/Iceland 27 October 2005 (Iceland International Film Festival), Denmark/Italy/Norway/Poland/Spain 28 October 2005, Finland 30 October 2005 (Night Visions Film Festival), Germany/Netherlands/South Korea/Switzerland 3 November 2005 (German speaking region), Austria/Finland 4 November 2005, Czech Republic 7 November 2005 (Palace Film Festival), Bulgaria/Iceland 11 November 2005, Australia/Hungary 17 November 2005, Turkey 18 November 2005 (Istanbul), Czech Republic/Israel 24 November 2005, Sweden 2 December 2005, Greece/Portugal 22 December 2005, Estonia 30 December 2005, Russia 26 January 2006

Business

Budget $40,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
$385,078 (USA) (18 September 2005) (5 Screens)
£1,150,464 (UK) (23 October 2005) (385 Screens)
CZK 933,914 (Czech Republic) (24 November 2005) (13 Screens)
€1,043,848 (Italy) (30 October 2005) (213 Screens)
€51,874 (Netherlands) (6 November 2005) (15 Screens)
€1,113,925 (Spain) (30 October 2005) (155 Screens)
Gross
$53,337,608 (USA) (18 December 2005)
$53,290,999 (USA) (11 December 2005)
$53,205,590 (USA) (4 December 2005)
$53,059,395 (USA) (27 November 2005)
$52,829,776 (USA) (20 November 2005)
$52,733,438 (USA) (13 November 2005)
Weekend Gross
$29,880 (USA) (18 December 2005)
$58,794 (USA) (11 December 2005)
$103,699 (USA) (4 December 2005) (313 Screens)
$171,250 (USA) (27 November 2005) (86 Screens)
$67,710 (USA) (20 November 2005) (86 Screens)
$137,773 (USA) (13 November 2005) (184 Screens)
Admissions
27,197 (Czech Republic) (22 December 2005)
24,321 (Czech Republic) (15 December 2005)
958,157 (France) (1 November 2005)
506,716 (France) (25 October 2005)
209,309 (Spain) (30 October 2005)
59,935 (Switzerland) (14 December 2005)

Awards

Laureate:

Movie

Ub Iwerks Award - Technical Achievement

Movie

NBR Award - Best Animated Feature

Mike Johnson, Tim Burton

Future Film Festival Digital Award

DVD Features

1 disc
movie 77 minutes
Inside The Two Worlds
Danny Elfman Interprets The Two Worlds
The Animators The Breath Of Life
Tim Burton Dark Vs Light
Voices From The Underworld
Making Puppets Tick
The Voices Behind The Voice
The Corpse Bride Pre Production Galleries
Music Only Track

Reviews, Summaries etc.

There are 5 entries listed.

Movie Overview
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Corpse Bride
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