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Three oinks for 'Charlotte's Web'
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile)
Jan 31, 2007
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Gary Winick would seem an unlikely choice to direct a live-action, computer-animated adaptation of Charlottes Web, with an A-list cast providing the voices of the classic childrens books talking animals.
(Julia Roberts as Charlotte! With Oprah Winfrey as Gussy the goose! And Robert Redford as Ike the horse!)
Winick co-founded the production company Indigent, known for stripped-down movies shot on digital video like Chelsea Walls, Pieces of April and Winicks own Tadpole, in which a 15-year-old boy falls in love with his stepmom.
But he also directed 13 Going on 30, the charming Jennifer Garner comedy that struck just the right balance of childlike enthusiasm and grown-up insight.
Charlottes Web is worth seeing on its own merits (even if you dont have the excuse of a child to bring along with you) simply because it is so enduring after more than 50 years. this is a whimsical and warmly appealing adaptation of the children's classic. |
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