Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie is an American 3D stop motion film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Walt Disney Studios.

## *Frankenweenie*

### Rating

PG for thematic elements, scary images and action

### Written by

Leonard Ripps (1984 screenplay), Tim Burton (original idea), John August (screenplay)

## Cast

Catherine O'Hara... Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher

Martin Short... Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor

Martin Landau... Mr. Rzykruski

Charlie Tahan... Vinctor Frankenstine

Atticus Shaffer... Edgar "E" Gore

Winona Ryder... Elsa Van Helsing

Robert Capron... Bob

James Hiroyuki Liao... Toshiaki

Conchata Ferrell... Bob's Mom

Tom Kenny... New Holland Townsfolk

Dee Bradley Baker... Persephone van Helsing / Shelly / Were-Rat / Colossus / Mr. Whiskers / Driver (uncredited)

Jeff Bennett... Giant Sea Monkeys (voice) (uncredited)

John Donnahue... Additional voices (uncredited)

Christofer Lee... Movie Dracula (Archive footage) (uncredited)

Malissa Stribling... Movie Mina (Archive footage) (uncredited)

Frank Welker... Sparky (uncredited)

## Songs

**Green Peppers** | Written by Sol Lake | Performed by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

**Elsa's Song** | Performed by Winona Ryder | Lyrics by John August and Danny Elfman

**Strange Love** | Written by Karen O (as Karen Orzolek) | Produced by J.G. Thirlwell (as Jim Thirlwell) | Performed by Karen O

## Trivia

* The pet cemetery features the grave of Zero from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
* This is Tim Burton's first film since Big Fish (2003) not to feature Johnny Depp, his first since Sleepy Hollow (1999) not to feature Helena Bonham Carter and his first since Mars Attacks! (1996) to feature neither of them.
* Although Christopher Lee had appeared in two previous films by Tim Burton. He does appear in archive footage of him in Horror of Dracula (1958) is watched by Victor's parents on television.
* The demonstration that Mr. Rzykruski shows in class of the frog's legs twitching when given electricity is based on actual experiments in 1771 by Italian physicist Luigi Galvani, who was the first to discover that the legs of dead frogs and other dead creatures twitched and moved when sparked by electricity. This led to the study of bio-electricity and further study of the nervous system and its functions. The study of "galvanic" effects in biology is named after Galvani, who is seen as the discoverer of bio-electricity. Several of Tim Burton's movies have played with this theme, most notably Frankenweenie and Edward Scissorhands (1990).
* The film's release spawned a fan theory that this film, and Burton's other two stop motion animated films, The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and Corpse Bride (2005), all are taking place in a shared continuity, and tell one big story spanning several centuries, and the possibility that Victor Frankenstein and Sparky are descendants of Victor Van Dort and Scraps from Corpse Bride (2005).
* While Tim Burton based the town of New Holland on a similar town in which he grew up outside Burbank, California, Disney officially chose New Holland, Pennsylvania, as the town where the film takes place. After the principal of New Holland Elementary School (also the name of the school in the film) contacted Burton and the film's producers about the fictional town's similarities to New Holland, PA, Disney representatives brought movie segments and promotional materials to the school. Disney representatives also brought a parade float to New Holland's fall festival. New Holland, PA, is also known for its Pennsylvania Dutch background and holds a fall festival similar to the "Dutch Day" in the film.
* Tim Burton stated in an interview for the CBBC show Blue Peter that if the studio had said they would not permit him to do the film in black and white, he would leave the project as he felt it reflected the classic horror movie style of the the film.

## External Links

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142977/?ref\_=nv\_sr\_srsg\_7