The Boxtrolls / Focus Features ; LAIKA ; directed by Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi ; produced by David Bleiman Ichioka, Travis Knight ; screenplay by Irena Brignull, Adam Pava.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 62129695 | UniversalLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2015]Description: 1 videodisc (1 hr., 37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0111207207
- 9780111207208
- Box trolls
- Lead animators, Travis Knight, Malcolm Lamont, Jason Stalman, Daniel Alderson, Jeff Riley ; director of photography, John Ashlee Prat ; production designer, Paul Lasaine ; edited by Edie Ichioka ; music by Dario Marianelli ; "The boxtrolls song" written by Eric Idle ; costume designer, Deborah Cook ; art director, Curt Enderle.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | FAMILY Boxtroll | Checked out | 05/16/2024 | 33111008292175 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Subterranean trolls raise an orphaned boy, who helps them fight back against an evil exterminator and make peace with the fearful residents of an upper-crust Victorian-era town known for its world-class cheeses. The two things the people of this posh town treasure most are their children and their cheeses; unfortunately, those are also the things that the Boxtrools - a race of unsightly, sewer-dwelling creatures - covet most. Clad in cast-off cardboard boxes as they scuttle about underground, the Boxtrolls may look like a fearsome bunch, they're actually quite friendly. Having previously adopted an orphaned infant named Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead-Wright), the diminutive tinkerers raise him as one of their own. Meanwhile, Eggs may be the Boxtrolls' only hope for survival when scheming exterminator Archibald Snatcher (voiced by Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley) seeks to earn his entry into the ultra-exclusive Cheesebridge society by eradicating the misunderstood creatures once and for all. Little does the villainous Snatcher realize that Eggs has a wealthy friend named Winnie (voiced by Ellie Fanning), and that Winnie may be the key to solving the longstanding feud between the people above, and the benevolent creatures below. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Based on the children's novel "Here Be Monsters" by Alan Snow.
Bonus features: Dare to be square : behind the scenes of The boxtrolls; Featurettes: The nature of creation, Trolls right off the tongue, Allergic to easy, Let's dance, On the shoulders of giants; Feature commentary with directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014.
Lead animators, Travis Knight, Malcolm Lamont, Jason Stalman, Daniel Alderson, Jeff Riley ; director of photography, John Ashlee Prat ; production designer, Paul Lasaine ; edited by Edie Ichioka ; music by Dario Marianelli ; "The boxtrolls song" written by Eric Idle ; costume designer, Deborah Cook ; art director, Curt Enderle.
Voices on English version, Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, Simon Pegg.
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, 'into the light,' where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family.
MPAA rating: PG; for action, some peril and mild rude humor.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital 5.1.
English, French, or Spanish soundtracks with optional Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.