In the same vein as EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Tim Burton continues to combine wholesome comedy and creepy horror with this tale of a mild-mannered Victorian gentleman, Victor (Johnny Depp), who accidentally marries a mysterious corpse bride (Helena Bonham-Carter) instead of his intended, Victoria (Emily Watson). Victor soon discovers that the Land of the Dead holds more fun than frights and begins to fall in love with his innocent bride. Meanwhile, Victoria has been drawn into a scam of a marriage and may not escape with her life. As time runs out for everyone, can there be a resolution in which everyone gets what he or she deserves?

Building on their past productive relationship (EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ED WOOD), Tim Burton and Johnny Depp create a colorful riot of a film that revives the increasingly rare method of stop-motion animation. Over the period of 10 years that Burton worked to complete the film, new techniques were created to speed the process, including a new way to change the character models' facial expressions by using gears in their heads. Of particular note is the lilting score by Danny Elfman, another longtime Burton collaborator. Fun for adults and children, CORPSE BRIDE is another welcome walk through Tim Burton's twisted mind.

Theatrical Release: September 16, 2005

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Surround EX 5.1 English
Dolby Surround 5.1 NF English
Dolby Surround 5.1 NF French
Dolby Surround EX 5.1 Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Documentaries: 1. Find out how an animator approaches his character?s motivation and why individual animators possess unique skills.
Featurette: 1. Tim Burton: Dark vs. Light: Explore what inspired Burton to bring the Corpse Bride to life.
Interviews: 1. Voices from the Underworld: Meet the actors behind the voices, and see how they craft their unique character
2. Danny Elfman Interprets The Two Worlds
3. Inside the Two Worlds: Includes interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and production drawings.
Interactive Features:
Making Puppets Tick: Step inside and tour the puppet workshop
Text/Photo Gallery:
Photo Gallery - The Corpse Bride Pre-Production Galleries

Distributor Notes: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by JOHNNY DEPP), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love.

Source: Warner Home Video

Johnny Depp: American Actor - SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STR
Helena Bonham-Carter: British Actress
Emily Watson: Actress
Albert Finney: Oscar winning actor
Richard E. Grant: British Actor

Tim Burton: American director
Caroline Thompson: American Screenwriter

Laurie Parker: 
Tim Burton: American director
Allison Abbate: Producer/ THE IRON GIANT (1999)

John August: Writer: 'Go'
Pamela Pettler: 

Danny Elfman: Score composer

Chris Lebenzon: Editor, XXX (2002)

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's warped and wonderfully effervescent....Burton evokes a darkly erotic obsession that recalls Edgar Allan Poe and Hitchcock's VERTIGO."
"As an achievement in macabre visual wizardry, TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE has to reckoned some sort of marvel....A sculpted musical dreamscape of kiddie-gothic expressionist design." -- Grade: B
"The visuals are dazzling and the characters vividly rendered in caricature fashion. Danny Elfman's score may be his best yet, with songs that are witty and melodic."
"The new film showcases the subtle effects the technique can manage, with texture and detail, lighting and costuming still beyond anything computers can achieve..."
5 stars out of 5 -- "A return to form for Tim Burton....A bravura, tag-along triumph in its own right."
"[With] a few moments of graceful, melancholy lyricism rare for any kind of movie, let alone an animated one."