Coraline

Be careful what you wish for.
Coraline (2009)
Timing: 1:40 (100 min)
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Budget
$60 000 000
Box office
$124 596 398
Director
Scenario
Producer
Harry Linden, Henry Selick, Bill Mechanic, Claire Jennings, Mary Sandell, Alex Heineman, Michael Zoumas
Camera operator
Pete Kozachik
Composer
Artist
Eric Leighton, Brad Schiff, Ken Lidster
Audition
Linda LaMontagne, Cathy Kalmenson
Editing
Ronald Sanders, Christopher Murrie
Whole Team (254)

Short description

A young girl discovers an idealized parallel universe behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that it contains a sinister secret.

What's left behind the scenes

  • 450 people worked on the creation of this film, including animators, designers, and technicians.
  • In a theater scene in the "Other World," one of the elderly actresses portrays Venus against a backdrop grotesquely copied from Sandro Botticelli's famous painting "The Birth of Venus."
  • It is the longest stop-motion animated film ever made. It is also the first stop-motion animated film created in 3D.
  • In the film, Coraline's father is wearing Monkeybone slippers. "Monkeybone" is a film directed by Henry Selick.
  • Filming took place in an indoor space of approximately 13,000 square meters.
  • The profile on the dollar given as a tip belongs to the director.
  • The animated background in the scene where Coraline meets the liberated ghost children closely resembles the night sky in Vincent van Gogh's painting "The Starry Night."
  • All objects and characters in Coraline were 3D printed. Three 3D printers worked non-stop for over eighteen months.
  • The film is based on the children's novella "Coraline" (2002) by Neil Gaiman.
  • In the film, Coraline's father wears Monkeybone slippers. "Monkeybone" is a film directed by Henry Selick.
  • Mr. Bobinsky wears a medal for his work in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster.
  • The snow was made from super glue and baking soda.
  • A total of 28 Coraline dolls were made, the largest of which reaches 25 cm in height.
  • When Coraline first enters her bedroom in the 'Other World', the eyes of her friends in the photograph are normal. Later, the eyes become buttons, like everyone else's in this world.
  • The film is based on the children’s story “Coraline” (2002) by Neil Gaiman.
  • In the living room of the Jones family's apartment in the "Other World," three oval portraits with black silhouettes of children are visible on one wall above a dresser with a vase – the ghosts of whom Coraline encountered.
  • The animated background in the scene where Coraline meets the freed ghost children closely resembles the night sky in Vincent van Gogh's painting "The Starry Night."

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