Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #703 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-15
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 95 minutes

Synopsis
Animation master Gabor Csupo directs his first live-action film in this adaptation of the novel 'The Bridge to Terabithia' by Katherine Paterson, whose son David co-wrote the screenplay and serves as a producer. Jess (Josh Hutcherson) is misunderstood. Despite Jess' talents as an artist, the school bullies pick on him, his father (Robert Patrick) belittles his dreams, and his four sisters invade his space in the family's cramped house. Jess' bleak world changes when Leslie (AnnaSophia Robb) moves into the house next door. Bright, creative and outspoken, Leslie also finds herself an outsider in their school. Soon the two are thick as thieves, spending their after school hours exploring the woods beyond their backyards and on the others side of a creek, which Leslie deems the kingdom of Terabithia. Here, they create their own magical world, complete with a Dark Master and his minions, dragonfly soldiers, giant trolls and a treehouse fortress. In Terabithia, the two friends let their imaginations run wild and control their destiny, far away from school bullies and the pressures of adolescence. Hutcherson and Robb are well cast as Jess and Leslie in this coming-of-age tale. Hutcherson handles both the melancholy intensity and unbridled joy of his character beautifully, and Robb's smile and charisma are infectious. Zooey Deschanel also stars as Miss Edmunds, the music teacher who befriends Jess. Terabithia and its creatures are created by WETA Digital LTD, the same company that did the effects for the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and KING KONG.

Customer Reviews

utterly depressing
Watched this on a rainy Sunday afternoon with my six year old. Next rainy Sunday afternoon I might watch something a bit more upbeat. Schindlers List perhaps!

Sooooo Disapointed!!!
I brought this item for my friends niece to watch, but as we do with all films me and my friend watched it first as her 8 year old niece can get quite upset about things. It moved us both to tears but we are soft lol :) i would advise watching first to see if your child can cope with what happens within the film. Also i was soooo disapointed i was ready for another cronicles of narnia with all the magic and a fairytale ending it was more like "my girl" a friendship between a boy & girl. Still good film just a disapointment as not at all what you are expecting.

***WARNING FOR THOSE WITH YOUNG OR SENSITIVE CHILDREN***
I'm sorry but I'm going to tell you the story so that no-one else suffers the way we did!
You're led into a great story by the main characters, Jess & Leslie, who become friends because they're both outsiders at school. They discover the land of Terabithia and go there everyday after school.
However Jess comes home one day to find Leslie has gone adventuring alone and has died in an accident.
The rest of the movie is about Jess grieving for Leslie and blaming himself for her death!
Totally unsuitable for sensitive children, left us all in floods of tears. The writers and producers should be prosecuted for producing such a film and misleading everyone with the trailers!