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.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Trolls
-- Juvenile films.
Orphans -- Juvenile films. Families -- Juvenile films. Civilization, Subterranean -- Juvenile films. Friendship -- Juvenile films. Trolls -- Drama. Orphans -- Drama. Family life -- Drama. Underground areas -- Drama. Friendship -- Drama. Adventure and adventurers -- Drama. Children's films. Stop-motion animation films. Animated films. Action and adventure films. Comedy films. Fantasy films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Universal City, CA :Universal Studios Home Entertainment,2015 |
| Edition | Blu-ray and DVD, Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Here be monsters! Box trolls |
| Contributors |
Annable, Graham,
film director. Stacchi, Anthony, film director. Bleiman Ichioka, David, film producer. Knight, Travis, film producer, animator. Brignull, Irena, screenwriter. Pava, Adam, screenwriter. Kingsley, Ben, 1943- voice actor. Hempstead-Wright, Isaac, 1999- voice actor. Fanning, Elle, 1998- voice actor. Baker, Dee Bradley, voice actor. Blum, Steve, 1965- voice actor. Collette, Toni, voice actor. Harris, Jared, 1961- voice actor. Frost, Nick, 1970- voice actor. Ayoade, Richard, 1977- voice actor. Morgan, Tracy, 1968- voice actor. Pegg, Simon, 1970- voice actor. Prat, John Ashlee, director of photography. Marianelli, Dario, composer. Snow, Alan. Here be monsters! Focus Features, production company. LAIKA (Firm), production company. Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
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. |
| Other Contributors |
Lead animators, Travis Knight [and four others] ; director of photography, John Ashlee Prat ; editor, Edie Ichioka ; music, Dario Marianelli. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; action, some peril and mild rude humor. |
| Language |
English French Spanish English, French, and Spanish language tracks; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH) and optional French and Spanish subtitles. |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014. Based upon the book "Here be monsters!" by Alan Snow. 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; preliminary animatic sequences (Blu-ray Disc only). |
| System Details |
Blu-ray Disc; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; 1080p high-definition; BD-50; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English) and DTS Digital surround 5.1 (French and Spanish); requires a Blu-ray Disc player. DVD; NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Description |
1 Blu-ray Disc (1 hr., 37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD (1 hr., 37 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Other | Classic View |