Charlotte's Web (2006 film)

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Charlotte's Web
Directed by Gary Winick
Produced by Jordan Kerner
Paul Neesan
Julia Pistor
Bernie Williams
Written by E.B. White (book)
Susannah Grant (screenplay)
Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay)
Starring Dakota Fanning
Voices:
Julia Roberts
Steve Buscemi
John Cleese
Oprah Winfrey
Jennifer Garner
Cedric The Entertainer
Kathy Bates
Reba McEntire
Robert Redford
Thomas Haden Church
André Benjamin
Music by Danny Elfman
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) Australia December 7, 2006
United States December 15, 2006
Running time 94 minutes
Language English
IMDb profile
Ratings
Australia:  G
United States:  G

Charlotte's Web is a live-action/computer-animated feature film, based on the popular book of the same name by E.B. White. It is directed by Gary Winick and produced by Paramount Pictures, Walden Media, Kerner Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies, and a remake of the animated 1973 film.

The movie was at one time intended for a June 2006 release, but was pushed back to December 2006 to avoid competition with two other films from Nickelodeon Movies -- Nacho Libre and Barnyard -- as well as Over the Hedge among other films. It was released in Australia on December 7, 2006 and will be released in the United States on December 15, 2006, having been rescheduled from December 20.

The film is rated G by the MPAA.

The slogan of the movie, according to the trailer and website, is "Help is coming from above."

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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Wilbur is the pet piglet of a young girl named Fern Arable. Unfortunately, when he grows into an adult pig, Fern is forced to take him to the Zuckerman farm, where he will be prepared as dinner in due time.

Charlotte A. Cavatica, a spider, lives in the space above Wilbur's sty in the Zuckermans' barn; she befriends Wilbur and decides to help prevent him from being eaten. With the help of the other barn animals, including a rat named Templeton, she convinces the Zuckerman family that Wilbur is actually quite special, by spelling out such descriptions as "Some Pig" in her web. Charlotte gives her full name as "Charlotte A. Cavatica", revealing her as a barn spider, an orb-weaver spider with the scientific name Araneus cavaticus.

[edit] Cast

Voice actors
Dominic Scott Kay     Wilbur
Julia Roberts Charlotte A. Cavatica
Oprah Winfrey Gussy the goose
Steve Buscemi Templeton the rat
Kathy Bates Bitsy the cow
John Cleese Samuel the sheep
Thomas Haden Church Brooks the crow
Robert Redford Ike the horse
Cedric the Entertainer Golly the gander
Jane Sibbett Joy
Jennifer Garner Susy
Reba McEntire Betsy the cow
André Benjamin Elwyn the crow
Live actors
Dakota Fanning Fern Arable
Gary Basaraba Homer Zuckerman
Siobhan Fallon Mrs. Zuckerman
Kevin Anderson Mr. Arable
Essie Davis Mrs. Arable
Nate Mooney Lurvy the hired hand
Elle Fanning Fern's granddaughter

[edit] Production details

Major shooting was completed in May 2006. It was filmed on location in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria and suburbs in Melbourne, Australia. The fair scene in the story was filmed in Heidelberg in Melbourne, Australia.

This will be Thomas Haden Church's second family film to be released by Paramount Pictures in 2006, the first being Over the Hedge, which was made by DreamWorks Animation. Paramount had distributed the film as a result of its acquisition of DreamWorks, whose animation division became its own company in late 2004.

Visual effects are by Rising Sun Pictures, Fuel International, Proof, Rhythm and Hues Studios, Digital Pictures Iloura and Tippett Studio. The visual effects supervisor is John Berton. Judging from movie trailers and scenes, the character of Charlotte A. Cavatica appears to look more like a spider as opposed to having a woman's face on a spider's body as the 1973 movie envisioned her.

[edit] Music

Danny Elfman left Spider-Man 3 to score this movie; Thomas Haden Church has roles in both of them. Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan performs a song entitled "Ordinary Miracle" for the movie, which was written by Glen Ballard and David A. Stewart of The Eurythmics. Music by Drowning Pool will also be included on the film's soundtrack, which will be released on December 5, 2006.

[edit] Video game

Charlotte's Web
Developer(s) N/A
Publisher(s) Sega
Release date(s) December 12, 2006/Q4 2007
Genre(s) N/A
Mode(s) N/A
Rating(s) Everyone (E)
Platform(s) Movie Release: GBA, DS, & PC DVD Release: GameCube & Wii

A video game of the movie will be published by THQ, Sega and developed by Studio Gigante and will be available for the GBA and Nintendo DS. When it comes to DVD December 11, 2007, a year later, a Wii and Gamecube version will be released. It will be released on December 12, 2006 and December 18, 2007.

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Nickelodeon Movies
Barnyard • Charlotte's Web • Clockstoppers • Good Burger • Harriet the Spy • Hey Arnold!: The Movie • Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events • Mad Hot Ballroom • Nacho Libre • Rugrats Go Wild! • Rugrats in Paris: The Movie • The Rugrats Movie • Snow Day • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • The Wild Thornberrys Movie • Yours, Mine and Ours
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