Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1872 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-02-06
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Animated, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 74 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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.

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, voiced by Helena Bonham Carter, a blue-tinted, half-skeletal beauty 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 never wears out its welcome, and the voice casting 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

DVD Description
Two aristocratic families pair off their less-than-satisfied children, believing they will all be escalated into high society. Yet when clumsy Victor Van Dort (Depp) rehearses his vows in the woods, he accidentally marries the Corpse Bride(Bonham-Carter), throwing a great wrench in everyone's plans.

Special Features
- 'Inside The Two Worlds': interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and production drawings - 'The Animators - The Breath Of Life': find out how an animator approaches his character's motivation and why individual animators possess unique skills - 'Tim Burton - Dark vs. Light': explore what inspired Burton to bring 'The Corpse Bride' to life - 'Making Puppets Tick': step inside and tour the puppet workshop - 'Voices From The Underworld': meet the actors behind the voices and see how they craft their unique characterizations based on their puppet counterparts - Pre-production galleries - 'The Voices Behind The Voice' featurette - Composer Danny Elfman interprets the two worlds - Music only audio track

Customer Reviews

Beautiful, dark and interesting
Dark, gothic, beautiful animation, and a quirky collection of songs and dialogue are the main characteristics of this interesting and appealing Tim Burton animated feature.

Adults and children alike can enjoy this, and appeciate it's dark, gothic beauty.

Tim Burton's at its finest
I have been a fan of Tim Burton for a long time and was blessed when my wife offered me this title as a present.

A tale of true love set in a the now typical Burton phantasmagoric world, full of delightful surprises for the eyes and the ears.

A comic and sensitive love story that should please the little ones for its dynamic and funny characters while the not so little will appreciate the subtleties of the characterisation and mise en scene.

A delight..!
The film Corpse Bride by Tim Burton is in many ways a true delight. The puppets and the techical details have been improved since the Nightmare berfore Christmas, and visually it is fantastic, with an elegant use of colours. And of course, the story itself is wonderfully tragic, highlighted by a verey strong voice performance by Helena Bonham Carter, who really gives life to the dead! The music in the film is made by Danny Elfman, and it is in many ways very suitable, with some beautiful piano pieces, however, the regular songs are not quite the same high standard as the Nightmare Before Christmas, but still good, but that is the only thing that is missing.
All in all a film really worth watching, thanks to the fantastic world of Tim Burton and the amazing puppets, vitalized by the actors who made this a film you shan't easilly forget. A true delight!