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ParaNorman
Sign in to saveParaNorman is a 2012 American stop motion animated comedy horror film directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler, and written by Butler. Produced by Laika, the film stars the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jodelle Ferland, Bernard Hill, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein, and John Goodman. It is the first stop-motion film to use a 3-D color printer to create character faces. In the film, Norman Babcock, a young boy who can communicate with ghosts, is given the task of ending a 300-year-old w
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ParaNorman is a 2012 American animated film produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features and Universal Pictures. Directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler, the movie features a screenplay by Chris Butler and music by Jon Brion. The voice cast includes Tucker Albrizzi, Elaine Stritch, John Goodman, and Jeff Garlin. The film utilizes stop-motion and puppetoon animation techniques and is presented in 3D.
The movie runs for 92 minutes and is classified as a comedy, zombie comedy, fantasy, and comedy horror film. It received a PG rating and has a tagline reading, "It's all fun and games until someone raises the dead." Critical reception included a Metascore of 72/100 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 89%. The film was nominated for the Academy Award, Annie Award, and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature.
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7.0In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's eccentric uncle tells him of a ritual he must perform to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch centuries ago.
Cast
- Kodi Smit-McPhee as Norman Babcock (voice)
- Tucker Albrizzi as Neil Downe (voice)
- Anna Kendrick as Courtney Babcock (voice)
- Casey Affleck as Mitch Downe (voice)
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Alvin (voice)
- Leslie Mann as Sandra Babcock (voice)
Themes
- medium
- jock
- stop motion
- curse
- zombie
- ghost
- communicating with the dead
- aftercreditsstinger
- witch trial
- child witch
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
116,416 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
72/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Animation, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 19 wins & 46 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- ParaNorman: The Thrifting
- Film.image
- ParaNorman poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.writer
- Chris Butler
- Film.music
- Kevin LaxRobert Lydecker
- Film.cinematography
- Tristan Oliver
- Film.editing
- Christopher Murrie
- Film.studio
- LaikaPassion Pictures
- Film.distributor
- Fathom Entertainment
- Film.runtime
- 7 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $60 million
- Film.gross
- $107.1 million
- Film.director
- Thibault LeClercq
- Film.producer
- Peter McCown
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- animated film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Chris Butler
- Screenwriter
- Chris Butler
- Voice actor
- Casey Affleck
- Composer
- Jon Brion
- Producer
- Arianne Sutner
- Production company
- Laika
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 964550
- Official website
- www.paranorman.com
- Image
- LA Times Festival of Books 2012 - Paranorman and two zombies (7104959075).jpg
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- publication date
- 2012-08-17
- Commons category
- ParaNorman
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- title
- ParaNorman
- fabrication method
- puppetoon animation
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 72/100
- social media followers
- 18589
- has characteristic
- 3D film
- capital cost
- 60000000
- box office
- 107139399
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Voice cast
- Production
- Soundtrack
- Release
- Home media
- Other media
- Video game
- ''ParaNorman: The Thrifting''
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- Accolades
- Reception
- Critical response
- Box office
- Gay character
- Accolades
- Future
- Proposed television series
- See also
- References
- External links
ParaNorman is a 2012 American stop motion animated comedy horror film directed by Sam Fell and Chris Butler, and written by Butler. Produced by Laika, the film stars the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jodelle Ferland, Bernard Hill, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Tempestt Bledsoe, Alex Borstein, and John Goodman. It is the first stop-motion film to use a 3-D color printer to create character faces. In the film, Norman Babcock, a young boy who can communicate with ghosts, is given the task of ending a 300-year-old witch's curse on his Massachusetts town.
The idea of ParaNorman came from Butler, who thought making such a movie for kids could help express the challenges kids face growing up, after realizing that zombie films often contained a degree of social commentary. Production of the stop-motion animation took place at Laika's studio in Hillsboro, Oregon for three years, with the animating stage of production lasting about two years and beginning in late 2009. Instead of using traditional 3-D format cameras, the studio had sixty Canon EOS 5D Mark II DSLR cameras film the movie. Jon Brion composed the film's musical score.
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