“It was something I could feel. He liked the characters, he was interested in acting for the art of it, not the business of it. It was exciting to see somebody play different things, the idea of this transformation from film to film always excited me.”
Has Tim Burton ever made a movie without Johnny Depp?
Frankenweenie Was Tim Burton's First Movie Without Johnny Depp Since Big Fish. Despite the fact that Johnny Depp held an impressive film streak with Tim Burton, the director ultimately did not cast the actor in Frankenweenie.
Wednesday director Tim Burton is still open for another film collaboration with Johnny Depp. In an interview with Reuters, Burton explained he is still open to working with Depp again, a partnership that began with 1990's Edward Scissorhands. "If the right thing was around, sure," the Beetlejuice director said.
Despite those similarities, Tim Burton actually had nothing whatsoever to do with Coraline's production. The filmmaker behind Coraline is Wendell & Wild director Henry Selick, but this hasn't stopped the beloved adaptation of the Neil Gaiman comic from being falsely attributed to Burton by far too many people.
Corpse Bride is the third stop-motion feature film produced by Burton and the first directed by him (the previous two films, The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach, were directed by Henry Selick). This is also the first stop-motion feature from Burton that was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Every Johnny Depp Performance in a Tim Burton Film
Is Helena Bonham Carter still married to Tim Burton?
Though she and Burton were never married, Bonham Carter referred to their split as a "divorce." “I went through a very painful divorce,” she told podcast host Julia Samuel. “It was a long-lasting thing.
Summary. Emily, the Corpse Bride, was murdered on her wedding day by her fiancé, who stole her family's fortune and left her for dead in the forest. The identity of Emily's murderer is revealed to be Lord Barkis, who was also attempting to marry Victoria, Victor's true love.
After waiting in the dark forest for some time, Emily was robbed by Barkis from the shadows and murdered. It's unknown how she died, as Barkis is known to know how to use a sword and Emily claimed he left her for dead, but it can be assumed that he fatally stabbed her once and left her in the woods to die.
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Has A Heartbreaking Real-Life Inspiration - IMDb. The original Corpse Bride story was inspired by a Jewish folktale called "The Finger," which tells the story of a man accidentally marrying the undead ghost of a murdered bride.
In the end, though the corpse bride's tragic plight is regarded with compassion and sympathy, the tale affirms that the dead have no claim upon the living; the young man is ultimately free to marry his living fiancée, while the corpse bride is laid to rest.
Is Victor in Frankenweenie the same as Corpse Bride?
Corpse Bride's Victor and Frankenweenie's have pretty much the same character design, with pointy chins, really big eyes, thin noses, dark shadows around the eyes, and small mouths, but they aren't the same character.
The message of Corpse Bride is that life goes on, even after a loss. Just because we experience grief and pain doesn't mean we can't find happiness again. Victor and Victoria learn to embrace their newfound love for each other, and Emily learns to let go of her past and move on to the afterlife.
Which is set back in the late 1800s in a Victorian village, where a man and woman by the names of Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot are suddenly betrothed to each other even though they have never met...
tl;dnr: Emily is the maternal aunt of Victoria Everglot, the bethrothed / fiancé of Victor Van Dort. More specifically, Emily is - was? - the younger sister of Maudeline Everglot, Victoria's mother.
Emily turned into butterflies and departed to a different afterlife after giving Victor his wedding ring back, symbolizing her freedom and release from her vow.
Victor's recently deceased coachman appears in the afterlife and tells him about Victoria's impending wedding to Lord Barkis. Victor, feeling betrayed, decides to end his own life so he can properly marry Emily. The dead go "upstairs" to the Land of the Living to hold Victor and Emily's wedding in the town church.
Victor, however, despite still loving Victoria, tells Emily he made a promise, but Emily told him he kept it by setting her free. As a reward, she gives him back Victoria's ring saying that she can do the same for him. Victor smiles, happy that he's marrying Victoria at last.
Depp is godfather to Bonham Carter's two children with former partner Tim Burton, and Bonham Carter and Depp have starred in several Burton projects together.
