Animated fantasy directed by Tim Burton and featuring the voices of Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp and Albert Finney. As he prepares for his arranged marriage to Victoria Everglot, Victor Van Dort goes into the woods to practise his vows and unwittingly slips the ring onto the finger of a corpse. How will he explain to his fiancée that he has married another - and that she happens to be dead?
Made around the same time as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, this wonderful fantasy appeared in what was a vintage year for fans of the director. This exquisitely crafted example of stop-motion animation puts a hip spin on a Russian folk tale, with shy Victor Van Dort (voiced by Johnny Depp) wandering into the woods to practise his marriage vows and ending up hitched to a corpse (Helena Bonham Carter) - a passionate, blue-hued beauty with a maggot living in her eye. She whisks him off to a curiously vibrant subterranean land, but this enchanting world and his new bride's increasingly apparent charms are little comfort to Victor when he'd rather be married to his living, breathing fiancée Victoria (Emily Watson) above ground. There's a strong resemblance here to Burton's previous foray into feature animation, The Nightmare before Christmas, but this time the gothic morbidity is tinged with more sweetness, and the consistently funny and often lyrical script is far better.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Corpse Bride | Helena Bonham Carter |
| Victor Van Dort | Johnny Depp |
| Finis Everglot | Albert Finney |
| Lord Barkis Bittern | Richard E Grant |
| Pastor Galswells | Christopher Lee |
| Maudeline Everglot | Joanna Lumley |
| Victoria Everglot | Emily Watson |
| Nell Van Dort / Hildegarde | Tracey Ullman |
| William Van Dort / Mayhew / Paul the head waiter | Paul Whitehouse |
| Elder Gutknecht | Michael Gough |
| Black widow spider / Mrs Plum | Jane Horrocks |
| Bonejangles | Danny Elfman |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Tim Burton |
| Director | Mike Johnson (2) |
