Corpse Bride

Corpse Bride is a 2005 American stop-motion animated romantic fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton and written by John August, Caroline Thompson, and Pamela Pettler. Set in an English village, Corpse Bride stars Johnny Depp as the voice of Victor, while Helena Bonham Carter voices Emily, the title character. An international co-production between the United States and United Kingdom, produced by Tim Burton Productions and Laika Entertainment, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Corpse Bride is the first stop-motion feature film directed by Burton after previously producing The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and James and the Giant Peach (1996). Corpse Bride drew inspiration from "The Finger", a 17th-century Jewish folktale put down by Howard Schwartz, which Joe Ranft introduced to Burton while they were finishing The Nightmare Before Christmas. Work on the film started in November 2003 while Burton was wrapping up his previous live action feature Big Fish. His next live-action tenure, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was produced simultaneously with Corpse Bride. Production of the stop-motion animation feature took place at 3 Mills Studios in London. It was shot with Canon EOS-1D Mark II digital SLRs, rather than the 35 mm film cameras used for The Nightmare Before Christmas. Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Depp, Bonham Carter and Danny Elfman aboard. Corpse Bride is dedicated to executive producer Ranft, who died a month before the film's release. Corpse Bride premiered at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival on September 7, 2005, and was released in theaters on September 23 in the U.S. and on October 13 in the U.K. to critical and commercial success. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 78th Academy Awards.