Coraline


1h 40m 2009

Brief Synopsis

Coraline Jones is a girl of 11 who is feisty, curious, and adventurous beyond her years. She and her parents have just relocated from Michigan to Oregon. Missing her friends and finding her parents to be distracted by their work, Coraline tries to find some excitement in her new environment. She is

Film Details

Also Known As
Coraline 3D, Coraline en de geheime deur
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Children
Family
Fantasy
Release Date
2009
Production Company
Digital One; Downstream Digital; Entertainment Clearances, Inc.; Kalmenson & Kalmenson; Laika; Laika; Mechinations; Pandemonium; Payreel; Skywalker Sound; Studios De La Seine; Technicolor Digital Intermediates
Distribution Company
ALLIANCE ATLANTIS VIVAFILM/FOCUS FEATURES; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm; B And H; B&H; Blitz-Cine Star; Bontonfilm; Empire; FK; Focus Features; Forum; Gaga Communications (Parent); Gulf Film, Llc; Myndform; Prooptiki Bulgaria; Ro Image 2000; Silverbird Cinemas; Taramount; Tatra Film; United International Pictures; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment; Universal Pictures International; ZON Lusomundo (now part of NOS Audiovisuals)
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

Synopsis

Coraline Jones is a girl of 11 who is feisty, curious, and adventurous beyond her years. She and her parents have just relocated from Michigan to Oregon. Missing her friends and finding her parents to be distracted by their work, Coraline tries to find some excitement in her new environment. She is befriended--or, as she sees it, is annoyed--by a local boy close to her age, Wybie Lovat and visits her older neighbors, eccentric British actresses Miss Spink and Forcible as well as the arguably even more eccentric Russian Mr. Bobinsky. After these encounters, Coraline seriously doubts that her new home can provide anything truly intriguing to her, but it does; she uncovers a secret door in the house. Walking through the door and then venturing through an eerie passageway, she discovers an alternate version of her life and existence. On the surface, this parallel reality is similar to her real life--only much better. The adults, including the solicitous Other Mother, seem much more welcoming to her. Coraline is more the center of attention there--even from the mysterious Cat. She begins to think that this Other World might be where she belongs. But when her wondrously off-kilter, fantastical visit turns dangerous and Other Mother schemes to keep her there, Coraline musters all of her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home--and save her family.

Crew

Mimi Abers

Digital Effects Artist

Dan Ackerman

Gaffer

Anne Adams

Art Department

Ben Adams

Models

Amy Adamy

Animator

Jill Ahlstrand

Character Animation

Dielle Yvonne Alexandre

Animation Director

Marco Alicea

Sound Department

Kat Alioshin

Project Manager

Jeff Allen

Software Engineer

Liz Allen

Art Department

Marie Massa Allen

Costumes

Margaret Lily Andres

Assistant Editor

Christian T Andrews

Camera

Graham Annable

Storyboard Artist

Chris Appelhans

Illustrator

Heidi Armour

Art Department

John A Armstrong

Animator

Craig Atkinson

Animator

Jim Austin

Sound Engineer

Amy Bailey

Other

Lauren Bair

Concept Artist

Cassandra Barbour

Rights & Clearances

Damon Bard

Sculptor

Hamilton Barrett

Office Runner

Ian Barrett

Assistant Camera

Cody Bartol

Coordinator

Fiona Barty

Costumes

Aaron Beam

Coordinator

Catherine Beaman

Rotoscope Animator

Danielle Bedick

Models

Elecia Beebe

Models

Philip Beglan

Animator

Maggie Begley

Publicity

Alexander Bekuhrs

Art Department

Rob Bekuhrs

Animator

Marianne Di Benedetto

Music

John Benson

Cg Supervisor

Nils Benson

Gaffer

Jeannine Berger

Post-Production Supervisor

Michael Berger

Modelmaker

Michael Berger

Digital Effects Artist

Beverly Bernacki

Digital Effects Artist

Christian Berry

Set Designer

Robert Best

Costume Consultant

John-michael Bills

Digital Effects Artist

Zero Black

Set Designer

Kim Blanchette

Animator

Stephen Bodin

Graphic Designer

Steve Boeddeker

Sound Effects Editor

Justin Boly

Painter

Courtney Booker

Modelmaker

Shea Bordo

Models

Christopher Boylan

Character Animation

Theresa Braunstein

Production Coordinator

Hélène Breschand

Music

Michel Breton

Illustrator

Jason Brewer

Visual Effects

Mark Brokaw

Models

Vera Brosgol

Storyboard Artist

Phil Brotherton

Art Director

Howard Brotine

Rotoscope Animator

Jason Bryant

Production Accountant

Tory Bryant

Painter

Marina Budovsky

Painter

Amanda Burgess

Art Department

Thomas Burnett

Puppets Design

Tom Burney

Digital Effects Artist

Kent Burton

Animator

Chris Butler

Storyboard Artist

Sean Byram

Office Runner

Billy Cabey

Animator

Trevor Cable

Software Engineer

Mike Cachuela

Storyboard Artist

Justin Callaway

Assistant Camera

Colin Campbell

Digital Effects Artist

Grady Campbell

Digital Effects Artist

David J Candelaria

Art Department

Tony Candelaria

Models

Jacob Carlson

Production Assistant

Dexter Caseres

Painter

Lorna Cashmore

On-Set Dresser

Kathleen Chamberlin

Scenic Artist

Merrick Cheney

Mechanical Special Effects

Rachel Cherry

Animator

Nick Childs

Digital Effects Artist

Pei Yi Chou

Painter

Andy Chua

Software Engineer

Terry Claborn

Color Timer

Katy Clarke

On-Set Dresser

Maile Coad

Office Runner

David A. Cohen

Supervising Sound Editor

Shere Coleman

Costume Consultant

Marie-laura Colomba

Music

Clay Connally

Assistant Camera

Deborah Cook

Costume Designer

Rachel Cordero

Art Department

Ralph Cordero

Models

Anne Coulais

Production Coordinator

Bruno Coulais

Original Music

Bruno Coulais

Song Performer

Bruno Coulais

Music

Bruno Coulais

Song

John Countryman

Sound Department

Chris Covell

Assistant Camera

Julianna Cox

Animator

Sèbastien Crispino

Music Engineer

Althea Crome

Costumes

John Cucci

Foley Mixer

Payton Curtis

Animator

Colette Dahanne

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Phil Dale

Animator

Charles Daniels

Modelmaker

Maÿliss David

Music

Sarah Davidian

Instructor

Brad Day

Production Accountant

Sarah De Gaudemar

Animator

Robert Debradney

Assistant Director

Angela Decristofaro

Painter

Anthony Defilipps

Art Department

Matthew Deleu

Miniatures

Robert Desue

On-Set Dresser

Jainee Dial

Puppeteer

Jennifer Dimartino

Coordinator

Catherine Dingman

Rotoscope Animator

Jennifer R Downs

Character Animation

Craig Dowsett

Modelmaker

Loring Doyle

Rotoscope Animator

Teresa Drilling

Animator

Robert Ducey

Animation Director

Ed Dunkley

Video

Maryjane Dunne

Visual Effects

Mattzilla Duron

Models

Erin Van Dyke

Art Department

Brian Elliot

Animator

Johanna Ellis

Models

Anthony Elworthy

Animator

Steve Emerson

2-D Artist

Jamison Empey

Post-Production Accountant

Ronald Eng

Supervising Sound Editor

Dwayne Erickson

Painter

Toby Ethridge

Executive

Kate Evans

Coordinator

Georgie Everard

On-Set Dresser

Ashley Farber

Software Engineer

Adam Fisher

Animator

Nicole Fitzhugh

Storyboard Artist

Colleen Flanigan

Art Department

Christopher Fortner

Construction

Mike Fortner

Character Animation

Scott Foster

Sculptor

Dana Le Blanc Frankley

Assistant Sound Editor

David E. Franks

Digital Effects Artist

Emily Franz

Models

Aidan Fraser

Digital Effects Artist

Matthew Fried

Assistant Director

Ivan Fritz

Editing

Brian Fuller

Assistant Camera

Mark Gaiero

Art Department

Neil Gaiman

Source Material

Michael Gall

Gaffer

Kingman Gallagher

Models

Bryan Garver

Gaffer

Tom Gasek

Animator

Gordan Gaude

Gaffer

Chad Gennuso

Painter

Paul Gentry

Lighting

Dana Geraths

Set Designer

Michael Gerzevitz

Assistant Camera

David Gibbons

Software Engineer

Kevin Glick

Animator

Ami Goff

Art Department

Sébastien Gohier

Music Engineer

Michelle Gorski

Animator

Stephen A Goss

Rendering Artist

Jonathan Greber

Sound Department

Christophe Grindel

Music

Caroline Hague

Assistant

Sarah Hall

Animator

Richard Hamell

Software Engineer

Lila Hamilton

Assistant

Howard Hammermann

Sound Engineer

James Wilder Hancock

Gaffer

Jim Harris

Special Effects Technician

Teri Hatcher

Song Performer

Morgan Hay

Assistant Art Director

Daniel Hayes

Art Department

Georgina Hayns

Character Animation

Matthew Hazelrig

Gaffer

Lee Henry

Art Director

Christopher Herman

Props Buyer

Veronica Hernandez

Rotoscope Animator

John Higbie

Motion Control

Loren Hillman-morgan

Scenic Artist

Dean Holmes

Assistant Camera

Javid Howell

Set Designer

Ryan Hughes

Office Runner

David Hunter

Editing

Matt Isakson

Models

Jay Jaacks

Office Runner

Film Details

Also Known As
Coraline 3D, Coraline en de geheime deur
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Children
Family
Fantasy
Release Date
2009
Production Company
Digital One; Downstream Digital; Entertainment Clearances, Inc.; Kalmenson & Kalmenson; Laika; Laika; Mechinations; Pandemonium; Payreel; Skywalker Sound; Studios De La Seine; Technicolor Digital Intermediates
Distribution Company
ALLIANCE ATLANTIS VIVAFILM/FOCUS FEATURES; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm; Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm; B And H; B&H; Blitz-Cine Star; Bontonfilm; Empire; FK; Focus Features; Forum; Gaga Communications (Parent); Gulf Film, Llc; Myndform; Prooptiki Bulgaria; Ro Image 2000; Silverbird Cinemas; Taramount; Tatra Film; United International Pictures; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment; Universal Pictures International; ZON Lusomundo (now part of NOS Audiovisuals)
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Winter February 6, 2009

Released in United States on Video July 21, 2009

Based on the novel "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman, published by Harper Collins in 2002.

Initially developed as a live-action film with Michelle Pfeiffer previously attached to star.

Literary Sale Date: 07/31/2002.

Previously set up at Walt Disney Pictures.

Released in United States Winter February 6, 2009

Released in United States on Video July 21, 2009

Voted one of the 10 best films of 2009 by the American Film Institute (AFI).