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Frankenweenie(Movie, 2012)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 27min | Genres: Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
FrankenweenieRating: 3.5/5 (with 14521,452 votes)
Frankenweenie is a 2012 American 3D stop-motion animated science fiction horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by John August, and starring Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, and Winona Ryder. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, it is a feature-length remake of Burton's 1984 short film of the same name, and is also both a parody of and homage to the 1931 film Frankenstein, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 book Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Set in 1957, the film follows a boy named Victor Frankenstein who uses the power of electricity to resurrect his dead Bull Terrier, Sparky, but his peers discover what he has done and reanimate their own deceased pets and other creatures, resulting in mayhem. Frankenweenie came under development in December 2007, when Burton was asked to direct two 3D films for Disney, including a 2010 live-action adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. However, the development of a full-length stop motion dates as far back as November 2005, when scripts had been written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott. Filming for a stop-motion feature film began at 3 Mills Studios in July 2010. The tongue-in-cheek film contain... ()
Movie poster of Frankenweenie

Where to watch Frankenweenie (cinema/streaming/download)?

"Frankenweenie" is currently available on 2 providers. Frankenweenie can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) or purchased on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as a download from the website or as a Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Duration: 1h 23min
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Duration: 1h 27min
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Awards & Nominations for Frankenweenie

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film

About Frankenweenie

When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.

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Trailer for Frankenweenie + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official Trailer(Trailer, 2:10)

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Additional Information

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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on: "Frankenweenie" (movie, 1984)
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers" (movie, 2013)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 30 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Burmese (MY), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/24/2013 (World premiere: 10/04/2012)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"프랑켄위니"
"Frankenvini"
"科學怪犬"
"Франкенвiнi"
"Frankenweenie 3D"
"Chó Ma Frankenweenie"
Budget: 39,000,000 USD
Revenue: 81,493,846 USD (= 209%)

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