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| Tim Burton's Corpse Bride [Blu-ray] | ![Tim Burton's Corpse Bride [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ARHNGV79L._SL500_.jpg)
| Directors: Mike Johnson, Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Paul Whitehouse
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $28.99
Buy New: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (307 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5682
Format: Ac-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 77 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 82850
UPC: 012569828506
EAN: 0012569828506
ASIN: B000I5XOWI
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Who else but Tim Burton could make Corpse Bride, a necrophiliac's delight that's fun for the whole family? Returning to the richly imaginative realm of stop-motion animation (after previous successes with The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach), Burton, with codirector Mike Johnson, invites us to visit the dour, ashen, and drearily Victorian mansions of the living, where young Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp) is bequeathed to wed the lovely Victoria (Emily Watson). But the wedding rehearsal goes sour and, in the kind of Goth-eerie forest that only exists in Burton-land, Victor suddenly finds himself accidentally married to the Corpse Bride (Helena Bonham Carter), a blue-tinted, half-skeletal beauty (how pleasantly full-bosomed she remains!) with a loquacious maggot installed behind one prone-to-popping eyeball. This being a Burton creation, the underworld of the dead is a lively and colorful place indeed, and Danny Elfman's songs and score make it even livelier, presenting Victor with quite a dilemma: Should he return above-ground to Victoria, or remain devoted to his corpse bride? At a brisk 76 minutes, Burton's graveyard whimsy (loosely based on a 19th century Russian folktale) never wears out its welcome, and the voice casting (which includes Tracey Ullman and Albert Finney) is superbly matched the film's gloriously amusing character design, guaranteed to yield a wealth of gruesome toys and action figures for many Halloweens to come. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
Warner Brothers Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Blu-ray)
Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (voicedby JOHNNY DEPP), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereftin the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 302 more reviews...
 More Burton brilliance. June 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll say it now, I LOVED THIS MOVIE.
I've never seen The Nightmare Before Christmas so I wasn't sure what to expect from a Burton animation.
In a word, brilliant.
Dark, humorous, all the strangeness we've come to love and expect from Burton.
A cute, somewhat macabre cartoon.
The animation is awesome, the voice acting is awesome, there really isn't anything bad to say about this movie.
I'll say it one more time, brilliant.
Another Burton masterpiece.
A must see for Burton fans and fans with a darker sense of humor.
Recommended.
'Til Death Do Us Part June 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's odd that Tim Burton's Corpse Bride should be released the same year as Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Perhaps it was just an unfortunate coincidence that the two films, both are stop-motion animation, came out during the same time. Both films are great and award-worthy (W&G won the "Best Animated Feature" Oscar). Too bad this film wasn't held back until 2006 when it almost would've been guaranteed the award.
Johnny Depp voices the prim and proper Victor who is to be married to Victoria (voiced by Emily Watson). Their scheming parents who hope to exploit each other's fortunes, both of which are already spent, arrange the marriage. But on the day of the wedding Victor loses the wedding ring. He finds it in a dark foreboding forest... on the finger of a corpse. Now he must marry the Corpse Bride who is voiced by Helena Bonham Carter. Meanwhile Victoria is being courted by the wealthy (or is he?) yet morally bankrupt Lord Barkis. Soon Victor and the Corpse Bride go to the Land of the Dead to find out how to end their engagement but things become even more complicated when she develops feelings for him. All of this leads to a climactic confrontation between the living and the deceased.
The voice cast also includes Tracey Ullman in two roles, Joanna Lumley as Maudeline Everglot, Albert Finney as Finis Everglot, Christopher Lee as Pastor Galswells and Danny Elfman as Bone Jangles. Although not quite the masterpiece that The Nightmare Before Christmas is, Corpse Bride is a cult classic in its own right. It utilizes Tim Burton's gothic sensibilities and his love of macabre humor. It's a stop-motion world of wonder and horror.
The Corpse Bride June 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Don't let the title of this movie turn you away. It's a wonderful movie for kids! They won't want to miss a second of it.
Excellent Movie May 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I generally like Tim Burton movies because of his very unique style of directing. This is an excellent family film.
good movie, great visual on blu-ray May 7, 2008
I like the movie itself, although not as much as Nightmare Before Christmas. Watching it on blu-ray is incredible. I can see details that I never even thought I'd ever see. I'm impressed that the artists use such detail as well.
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