USA: Winona Ryder says working on 'Frankenweenie' film was a 'dream come true' at its Los Angeles premiere

Record ID: 220914

  • Title: USA: Winona Ryder says working on 'Frankenweenie' film was a 'dream come true' at its Los Angeles premiere
  • Date: 25th September 2012
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 24, 2012) (REUTERS) PAN DOWN FROM EL CAPITAN THEATRE TO "FRANKENWEENIE" DISPLAY ZOOM IN ON TIM BURTON POSING FOR STILLS WINONA RYDER POSING FOR STILLS WINONA RYDER GREETING MARTIN LANDAU (SOUNDBITE) (English) WINONA RYDER, "FRANKENWEENIE" CO-STAR, ON WORKING WITH TIM BURTON AGAIN, SAYING: "It was a dream come true. H
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment
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  • Story Text: Tim Burton's "Frankenweenie," a black-and-white animated tale of a young boy who resurrects his late dog, premiered in Los Angeles on Monday (Sept. 24).
    Disney's stop-motion animated 3D movie features the voices of previous Burton collaborators like Martin Landau from "Ed Wood," Catherine O'Hara from "Beetlejuice," Martin Short from "Mars Attacks!" and Winona Ryder from "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands," who were all seen on the red carpet prior to the screening.
    "It was a dream come true," Ryder said on collaborating with Burton again. "He's so special, and I love him so much. I credit him with not only giving me a career but also with giving me a voice because when I first met him, there weren't characters like that."
    "I hadn't seen her in a long time but she's got that kind of voice where she could still play a 10-year-old," Burton joked about working with Ryder. "It was great, it meant a lot to me to have people that I've worked with in the past and loved be a part of this."
    Burton directed a short version of "Frankenweenie" in 1984, and the feature-length version, which follows his similarly animated "Corpse Bride" and his usual ghoulish charm, is in part homage to Mary Shelley's Gothic novel "Frankenstein. The film tells the story of a boy who brings his beloved dog Sparky back to life after it gets hit by a car.
    "It just brought me back to remembering all the different kids in school and how weird you feel and how weird everybody else seems," said Burton, when describing the premise of the film. "I try to go back to those memories and make every character something that I can relate to or someone that I remember in school."
    "Frankenweenie" hits U.S. theaters on Oct. 5.
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