The Boxtrolls / Focus Features ; LAIKA ; directed by Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi ; produced by David Bleiman Ichioka, Travis Knight ; screenplay by Irena Brignull, Adam Pava.
Publisher:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodiscs (1 hr., 37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
541099. Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. Based upon the book "Here be monsters" by Alan Snow. Released as part of set Three film LAIKA collection. Special features: Dare to be square: behind the scenes of The Boxtrolls; 5 featurettes that take you inside the magical world of The Boxtrolls; feature commentary with directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi. Voices, Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, Simon Pegg.
Summary:
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures known as the Boxtrolls lovingly raise an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. But when town villain Archibald Snatcher comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs ventures above ground where he meets and teams up with a fabulously feisty girl named Winnie who helps him devise a daring plan to save his family.
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