Directed by Henry Selick   Written by Roald Dahl   Karey Kirkpatrick   Jonathan Roberts   Steve Bloom   Cast Simon Callow ... Grasshopper (voice) Richard Dreyfuss ... Centipede (voice) Jane Leeves ... Ladybug (voice) Joanna Lumley ... Aunt Spiker Miriam Margolyes ... Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice) Pete Postlethwaite ... Old Man Susan Sarandon ... Spider (voice) Paul Terry ... James David Thewlis ... Earthworm (voice) J. Stephen Coyle ... Reporter #2 Steven Culp ... James' Father Cirocco Dunlap ... Girl with Telescope Michael Girardin ... Reporter #1 Tony Haney ... Reporter #3 Kathryn Howell ... Woman in Bathrobe (as Kathrine Howell) Chae Kirby ... Newsboy Jeff Mosley ... Hard Hat Man Al Nalbandian ... Cabby Emily Rosen ... Innocent Girl Mike Starr ... Beat Cop Susan Turner-Cray ... James' Mother Mario Yedidia ... Street Kid Uncredited Cast Jeff Bennett ... Centipede (singing voice) Larry Blackman ... Beat Cop Phoebe Dahl ... New York Girl Bob Dini ... Milkman Jamie Donovan ... Additional Voices (voice) Shawn Flanagan ... Man in Bathrobe Sally Stevens ... Glowworm (singing voice) Produced by Tim Burton   Denise Di Novi   Jake Eberts   John Engel   Brian Rosen   Henry Selick   Original Music by Randy Newman

Additional Info Premiere: April 12, 1996 DVD Release: October 03, 2000 Blu-ray Release: August 03, 2010 Countries: Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Websites: Production Companies Walt Disney Pictures (presents) Allied Filmmakers (in association with) Skellington Productions Inc. Distributors Buena Vista Pictures   (1996) (United States) (Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.) (theatrical) Walt Disney Pictures   (1996) (World-wide) (except UK and Germany) (theatrical) American Broadcasting Company (ABC)   (1998) (United States) (broadcast premiere) (TV) Cartoon Network   (2007) (United States) (TV) Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment   (2010) (United States) (all media except UK and Germany) (Blu-ray) PBS Kids Sprout   (2017) (United States) (TV) Disney+   (2019) (United States) (VOD) (except UK/Ireland and Germany) (video) Filming Locations Building 180, Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay, California, USA   (aunts' house; New York City scenes) Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, USA   (beach scenes) Skellington Productions - 375 7th Street, San Francisco, California, USA   (stop-motion animation scenes) (demolished in 1998) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.7 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,040 / 21,247 Site Ranking #2,036 American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile (2006) #2,037 Hackers (1995) #2,038 Fifty Shades Freed (2018) #2,039 The Woman King (2022) #2,040 James And The Giant Peach (1996) #2,041 Showgirls (1995) #2,042 The Courier (2020) #2,043 Windtalkers (2002) #2,044 xXx: State Of The Union (2005)