Overview
Awards
- Best Animated Feature
- 2009
- Best Animated Feature
- 2009
Cast & Crew
- Cast Members
- Dakota Fanning Coraline Jones
- Teri Hatcher Mel, Coraline's Mother/Other Mother
- Jennifer Saunders Miss Spink
- Dawn French Miss Forcible
- Keith David Cat
- John Hodgman Charlie, Coraline's father/Other father
- Robert Bailey Jr. Wybie Lovat
- Ian McShane Mr. Bobinsky
- Aankha Neal Sweet Ghost Girl
- George Selick Ghost Boy
- Hannah Kaiser Tall Ghost Girl
- Harry Selick Photo Friend
- Marina Budovsky Photo Friend
- Emerson Hatcher Magic Dragonfly
- Jérôme Ranft Mover
- Crew
- Henry Selick Director
- Henry Selick Producer
- Claire Jennings Producer
- Bill Mechanic Producer
- Mary Sandell Producer
- Henry Selick Screenwriter
- Neil Gaiman Book Author
- Pete Kozachik Cinematographer
- They Might Be Giants Songwriter
- Bruno Coulais Composer (Music Score)
- Bruno Coulais Musical Direction/Supervision
- Ronald Sanders Editor
- Christopher Murrie Editor
- Henry Selick Production Designer
- Thomas Proost Art Director
- Phil Brotherton Art Director
- Bo Henry Art Director
- Michael Zoumas Executive Producer
Synopsis
A young girl walks through a secret door and discovers a parallel reality that is eerily similar to the life she already knows, yet deeply unsettling in a number of ways, in director Henry Selick's animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's international best-seller. Eleven-year-old Coraline Jones (voice of Dakota Fanning) is fearlessly courageous, and perhaps far too adventurous for her own good. Coraline and her parents (Teri Hatcher and John Hodgman) have recently relocated to Oregon from Michigan. Bored in her new home since her parents are distracted by work and she has yet to make any new friends, Coraline passes the time by exploring her new neighborhood with an annoying local boy named Wybie Lovat (Robert Bailey Jr.). But after paying a visit to her eccentric neighbors Miss Spink (Jennifer Saunders) and Miss Forcible (Dawn French), a pair of aging British actresses, and crossing paths with the outright weird Mr. Bobinsky (Ian McShane), the precocious young girl becomes convinced that her new surroundings are just as dull as she'd initially suspected. Shortly thereafter, Coraline discovers a hidden door in her new house, and decides to investigate. Venturing into the eerie passageway inside, Coraline emerges into an alternate version of her own reality. At first glance, this strange new world seems even better than the real thing; there her parents aren't distracted by work, and Coraline is always the center of attention. There's even a mysterious Cat (Keith David) that's fascinated by her every move. But when Coraline's button-eyed Other Mother (also Hatcher) attempts to make her stay permanent, the frightened young girl must summon her resourcefulness and bravery in order to find her way back home and save her real family. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide