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Charlotte's Web
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Charlotte's Web is a 2006 American children's comedy film directed by Gary Winick. The screenplay was written by Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick, based on the work by E. B. White. The cast includes Dakota Fanning, Beau Bridges, Julia Roberts, and Steve Buscemi, with Sam Shepard serving as the narrator. Danny Elfman composed the music, while Seamus McGarvey was the director of photography. The film was produced by Jordan Kerner and distributed by Paramount Pictures, The Kerner Entertainment Company, Nickelodeon Movies, and Walden Media.
Set in Maine, the movie has a runtime of 97 minutes and was filmed in Melbourne. It was released on December 7, 2006, with a budget of 85,000,000 and a revenue of 148,964,660. The film received a G rating and is categorized as an adventure, comedy, and family film. It has been recognized with the Genesis Award and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film, accumulating 10 wins and 11 nominations. Critical reception included a Metascore of 68, a Rotten Tomatoes score of 79%, and an IMDb rating of 6.3.
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Film · TMDB
6.2Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Cast
- Dakota Fanning as Fern Arable
- Julia Roberts as Charlotte the Spider (voice)
- Steve Buscemi as Templeton the Rat (voice)
- John Cleese as Samuel the Sheep (voice)
- Oprah Winfrey as Gussy the Goose (voice)
- Cedric the Entertainer as Golly the Goose (voice)
Themes
- rescue
- friendship
- hero
- based on novel or book
- pig
- spider
- barn
- uncle
- spring
- anthropomorphism
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
48,642 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- 10 wins & 11 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Gary Winick
- Screenplay by
- Susannah Grant Karey Kirkpatrick
- Based on
- Charlotte's Web , by E. B. White
- Produced by
- Jordan Kerner
- Starring
- Julia Roberts Dakota Fanning Steve Buscemi John Cleese Oprah Winfrey Cedric the Entertainer Kathy Bates Reba McEntire Robert Redford Thomas Haden Church André Benjamin
- Cinematography
- Seamus McGarvey
- Edited by
- Susan Littenberg Sabrina Plisco
- Music by
- Danny Elfman
- Production companies
- Nickelodeon Movies Walden Media The K Entertainment Company
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- December 7, 2006 ( 2006-12-07 ) (Australia) December 15, 2006 ( 2006-12-15 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $85 million
- Box office
- $148.9 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Charlotte's Web
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Gary Winick
- Screenwriter
- Karey Kirkpatrick
- Cast member
- Gary Basaraba
- Composer
- Danny Elfman
- Producer
- Jordan Kerner
- Production company
- Nickelodeon Movies
- Cinematographer
- Seamus McGarvey
- Narrative location
- Maine
- Filming location
- Melbourne
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 439464
- Official website
- www.charlotteswebmovie.com
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- title
- Charlotte's Web
- after a work by
- E. B. White
- narrator
- Sam Shepard
- review score
- 68/100
- Commons category
- Charlotte's Web (2006 film)
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- publication date
- 2007-01-04
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Encyclopedic overview
Charlotte's Web is a 2006 American live-action animated fantasy comedy-drama film based on the 1952 novel by E. B. White. Directed by Gary Winick and written by Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick, it is the second film adaptation and remake of E. B. White's book since the 1973 animated feature film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The film stars Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson, and Beau Bridges, and features the voices of Dominic Scott Kay, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Haden Church, André Benjamin, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates, Reba McEntire, Robert Redford, and Sam Shepard as the narrator. Danny Elfman composed the film's score.
Produced by Walden Media, Jordan Kerner's The K Entertainment Company and Nickelodeon Movies, the film was released in Australia on December 7, 2006, and was released theatrically by Paramount Pictures on December 15, 2006, in the United States. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was a modest success at the box office, grossing $149 million against a budget of $85 million.
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