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©2015
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2 videodiscs (1 hr., 37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2014
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures known as the Boxtrolls lovingly raise an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. But when town villain Archibald Snatcher comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs ventures above ground where he meets and teams up with a fabulously feisty girl named Winnie who helps him devise a daring plan to save his family
Based upon the book "Here be monsters" by Alan Snow
Special features: Dare to be square: behind the scenes of The Boxtrolls; 5 featurettes that take you inside the magical world of The Boxtrolls; feature commentary with directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi; preliminary animatic sequences (Blu-ray Disc only)
Lead animators, Travis Knight [and four others] ; director of photography, John Ashlee Prat ; editor, Edie Ichioka ; music, Dario Marianelli
Voices, Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, Simon Pegg
MPAA rating: PG; action, some peril and mild rude humor
Blu-ray Disc; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; 1080p high-definition; BD-50; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English) and DTS digital surround 5.1 (French and Spanish)
DVD; NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; dual layer; Dolby digital 5.1
Blu-ray Disc requires a Blu-ray Disc player
English, French, and Spanish language tracks; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH) and optional French and Spanish subtitles