Three adventurous kids set out to save their neighbourhood from a house thats actually a living breathing monster in this comically-frightful tale presented by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. A masterful construction of laughs, chills, inventive animation and classic story telling, Monster House is perfectly designed for kids, adults and anyone who's looking for a great big dose of movie magic.
MPAA rating: PG; for scary images and sequences, thematic elements, some crude humor and brief language.|||general
Columbia Pictures presents in association with Relativity Media ; an Imagemovers/Amblin production ; produced by Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey ; story by Dan Harmon & Rob Schrab ; screenplay by Dan Harmon & Rob Schrab and Pamela Pettler ; directed by Gil Kenan.
Special features: 7 featurettes including : Imaginary Heroes, Beginner's Luck, The Best of Friends, Lots of Dots, Black Box Theater, Making it Real, Did you hear that? ; Multi-angle evolution: Eliza vs. Nebbercracker ; filmmaker commentary ; the art of Monster house photo gallery ; The adventure continues online with DVD-ROM link to exciting games, downloads and activities.
Voices: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Lee, Kevin James, Nick Cannon, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Ryan Newman, Jon Heder, Kathleen Turner.
DVD; region 1; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation.
Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (5.1 Dolby Digital) or French (5.1 Dolby Digital) with optional English or French subtitles.
Directors of photography, Paul C. Babin, Xavier Pérez Grobet ; editors, Fabienne Rawley, Adam Scott ; music, Douglas Pipes ; costume designer, Ruth Myers ; production designer, Ed Verreaux.
For private home use only.
Monster house
Kenan, Gil
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