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Frankenweenie
PG-13
Animation
Comedy
Fantasy
Horror
- Release Date
- October 5, 2012
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Cast
- Charlie Tahan, Winona Ryder, Martin Short, James Hiroyuki Liao, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Landau, Atticus Shaffer
- Runtime
- 87 Minutes
- Main Genre
- Animation
- Studio
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Writers
- Tim Burton, John August
- Tagline
- From the director of Alice in Wonderland
- Franchise
- Disney Animated Films
Summary
Frankenweenie is a 2012 stop-motion animated remake of Tim Burton's eponymous 1984 short film. It tells the story of young scientist Victor Frankenstein, who brings his dog Sparky back to life and tries to stop his experiment from wreaking havoc across his town.
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