Tim Burton
Master of the macabre, Mr Helena Bonham Carter managed to get Vincent Price to narrate his short film Vincent, which set the tone for what was to follow. He's directed a handful of true classics, Beetlejuice, Ed Wood and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
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Filmography Highlights
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Alice In Wonderland
2010- Rated:
- PG
Tim Burton puts his own spin on Lewis Carroll's classic children's tale, in Disney digital 3D. Stars Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Mia Wasikowska
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2009- Rated:
- 12A
For his feature debut, Shane Acker revisits the animated post-apocalyptic 'stitchpunk' world of his student short film. Elijah Wood, Crispin Glover and John C Reilly are among the voice cast
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
2007- Rated:
- 18
Tim Burton adapts Stephen Sondheim's bloody musical for the big screen. Set in eighteenth century London, Johnny Depp plays the murderous barber who resolves to revenge himself on those who have crossed him
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Cinema 16: American Short Films
2006- Rated:
- TBC
A compilation of American short films, spanning 50 years and combining early work by established, world-class directors, with award-winning shorts from emerging new talents
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Corpse Bride
2005- Rated:
- PG
Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are among a high profile cast of voices in Tim Burton's ghoulish, stop-motion fable about a young man who accidentally marries a corpse
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Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
2005- Rated:
- TBC
Five children meet the eccentric Willy Wonka and tour his labyrinth of confectionary marvels. It's just a shame their greed gets the better of them.
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Big Fish
2003- Rated:
- PG
Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney star as young and old incarnations of Edward Bloom, a teller of tall tales to his disbelieving son Billy Crudup. Charming yarn from Tim Burton
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Planet Of The Apes
2001- Rated:
- 12
Mark Wahlberg is an all-American astronaut who reluctantly turns revolutionary leader to challenge the militaristic apes that oppress humans on an alien planet
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Sleepy Hollow
1999- Rated:
- 15
Tim Burton's lively fairy tale horror - a rich homage to the Hammer films of yesteryear
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Mars Attacks!
1996- Rated:
- 12
Playful homage to 1950s alien invasion B-movies from the ever-imaginative Tim Burton. Something of a flop, but it boasts all sorts of inventive elements
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James and the Giant Peach
1996- Rated:
- U
This inventive adaptation of Roald Dahl's book starts off as live action then mutates into some wonderful stop-frame animation.
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Batman Forever
1995- Rated:
- PG
Joel Schumacher takes the directing reins from Tim Burton and Val Kilmer replaces Michael Keaton in this, the Dark Knight's third big-screen adventure
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Ed Wood
1994- Rated:
- 15
Tim Burton's biopic of the worst film director of all time (the man behind Plan 9 From Outer Space) didn't exactly set the box office on fire but it remains a must-see
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Cabin Boy
1994- Rated:
- 12
A highly silly comedy that is stuffed full of sight gags and ludicrous ideas courtesy of Elliott, the creator of a host of characters and comedy stylings on the David Letterman show. He takes the tit
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993- Rated:
- PG
The pumpkin-headed Jack Skellington and the inhabitants of Halloween Town hijack Christmas in this luridly entertaining stop-motion animation musical from the gothic mind of Tim Burton
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Batman Returns
1992- Rated:
- 15
Batman squares off against the Penguin and Catwoman in this second outing for Tim Burton's version of the Dark Knight
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Edward Scissorhands
1990- Rated:
- PG
Tim Burton's skewed suburban fairytale starring Johnny Depp as the unfinished experiment who has shears instead of hands. Visually, stylistically and emotionally stunning
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Batman
1989- Rated:
- 12
Released with a shockwave of hype, Tim Burton's take on the masked vigilante. Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger star
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Beetlejuice
1988- Rated:
- 15
A ghostly couple declare war on the ghastly new occupants of their home by calling on the services of Beetlgeuse, who rids houses of unwanted humans. Michael Keaton stars in Tim Burton's second major feature
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Pee Wee's Big Adventure
1985- Rated:
- U
Before Paul Reubens was pilloried in the press for the relatively minor infraction of jerking off during a porno movie, he was one of the most popular and subversive forces in children's TV thanks to
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