James and the Giant Peach (1996)

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Wikidata Q1131380, film, IMDb tt0116683, TMDB 10539: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

In the store as #643, James and the Giant Peach (1996).

Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Lane Smith: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Lane Smith ⇒ James and the Giant Peach (the host's read). Selick brought Lane Smith's artwork to life as the look of James and the Giant Peach.
    “James and the Giant Peachy got Lane Smith.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:09:37 · unclear (Griffin Newman or David Sims) (0.40 sure it was them)

The Nightmare Before Christmas: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): The Nightmare Before Christmas ⇒ James and the Giant Peach (the host's read). The film's long tail made Disney try stop motion again, back to back with Peach, before Laika and others.
    “James and the Giant Peach is almost made like right back to back with this movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:40:45 · Michael Rianda (0.50 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Lane Smith: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Lane Smith → James and the Giant Peach. Selick brought Lane Smith's artwork to life as the look of James and the Giant Peach.
    “James and the Giant Peachy got Lane Smith.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:09:37 · unclear (Griffin Newman or David Sims) (0.40 sure it was them)

Pete Postlethwaite: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (childhood memory): Pete Postlethwaite → James and the Giant Peach. A host remembers him as the man who gives James the bag of magic worms and narrates the film.
    “He's the guy who gives James, the bag of magic worms, and James and the giant P.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:58:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Nightmare Before Christmas: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): The Nightmare Before Christmas → James and the Giant Peach. The film's long tail made Disney try stop motion again, back to back with Peach, before Laika and others.
    “James and the Giant Peach is almost made like right back to back with this movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:40:45 · Michael Rianda (0.50 sure it was them)

Wendell and Wild: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (ranking): James and the Giant Peach → Wendell and Wild. Peach is ranked third over Wendell & Wild because it is more straightforward and rewatchable.
    “Peaches third.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 2:11:42 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): The Nightmare Before Christmas → James and the Giant Peach. The film's long tail made Disney try stop motion again, back to back with Peach, before Laika and others.
    “James and the Giant Peach is almost made like right back to back with this movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:40:45 · Michael Rianda (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Lane Smith → James and the Giant Peach. Selick brought Lane Smith's artwork to life as the look of James and the Giant Peach.
    “James and the Giant Peachy got Lane Smith.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:09:37 · unclear (Griffin Newman or David Sims) (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (childhood memory): Pete Postlethwaite → James and the Giant Peach. A host remembers him as the man who gives James the bag of magic worms and narrates the film.
    “He's the guy who gives James, the bag of magic worms, and James and the giant P.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:58:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (ranking): James and the Giant Peach → Wendell and Wild. Peach is ranked third over Wendell & Wild because it is more straightforward and rewatchable.
    “Peaches third.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 2:11:42 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

None.

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.