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Bridge to Terabithia
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Bridge to Terabithia is a 2007 American adventure, children's, and drama film directed by Gábor Csupó. The screenplay was written by David L. Paterson, who also served as a producer, based on a work by Katherine Paterson. The cast includes Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Robert Patrick, and Bailee Madison. Aaron Zigman composed the music, and the film was produced by Walden Media, Walt Disney Pictures, Lauren Levine Productions Inc., and Hal Lieberman Company.
The movie has a runtime of 95 minutes and was released on February 15, 2007, and February 16, 2007. It was filmed in New Zealand, which also serves as the narrative location. The film is distributed by Netflix and Disney+ in video on demand format. Its budget was 60,000,000, and it earned 137,587,063 in revenue.
Audience ratings vary across platforms, with an average of 7.321 from 5,230 votes on TMDb and a rating of 7.2 from 191,909 votes on IMDb. The film is categorized as Drama, Family, and Fantasy on IMDb. It has been assessed against the Bechdel test.
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7.3Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.
Cast
- Josh Hutcherson as Jess Aarons
- AnnaSophia Robb as Leslie Burke
- Zooey Deschanel as Ms. Edmunds
- Robert Patrick as Jack Aarons
- Bailee Madison as May Belle Aarons
- Kate Butler as Mary Aarons
Themes
- friendship
- sibling relationship
- bullying
- neighbor
- school
- drawing
- based on children's book
- nostalgic
- school bus
- creek
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Gábor Csupó
- Screenplay by
- David L. Paterson Jeff Stockwell
- Based on
- Bridge to Terabithia , by Katherine Paterson
- Produced by
- David L. Paterson Lauren Levine Hal Lieberman
- Starring
- Josh Hutcherson AnnaSophia Robb Robert Patrick Zooey Deschanel
- Cinematography
- Michael Chapman
- Edited by
- John Gilbert
- Music by
- Aaron Zigman
- Production companies
- Walden Media Hal Lieberman Company Lauren Levine Productions Inc.
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (United States) Summit Entertainment (International)
- Release date
- February 16, 2007 ( 2007-02-16 )
- Running time
- 95 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $17 million
- Box office
- $137.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Bridge to Terabithia
- Director
- Gábor Csupó
- Composer
- Aaron Zigman
- Cinematographer
- Michael Chapman
- Narrative location
- New Zealand
- Filming location
- New Zealand
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 556367
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/bridge-to-terabithia
- Significant event
- première
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- publication date
- 2007-03-01
- title
- Bridge to Terabithia
- after a work by
- Katherine Paterson
- distributed by
- Disney+
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 85%
- form of creative work
- feature film
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Encyclopedic overview
Bridge to Terabithia is a 2007 American fantasy drama film directed by Gábor Csupó (in his directorial debut) from a screenplay by David L. Paterson and Jeff Stockwell. It is based on the 1977 novel by Katherine Paterson and stars Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, and Robert Patrick. In the film, adolescent children Jess Aarons (Hutcherson) and Leslie Burke (Robb) create "Terabithia", a fantasy world, which they use to cope with their troubled reality and spend their free time together.
The original novel was based on events from the childhood of Paterson's son, who went on to write the film's screenplay; Csupó was hired in late 2005, and the rest of the main cast was rounded out soon after. Principal photography began in February 2006 and lasted until that April, taking place in Auckland. This was the last film for 71-year-old cinematographer Michael Chapman, who followed through with his planned retirement thereafter.
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