Genre	Animation :: Family :: Fantasy
Date Released	December 2008
Production	International Video 80
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Trivia and Quotes

Trivia

Neil Gaiman told the audience at a reading in Hamburg (Germany) on March 21st 2007 that the music will be by They Might Be Giants.

# # In the trailer, when they show Coraline`s other father he is wearing Monkeybone slippers. Monkeybone (2001) was another film directed by Henry Selick.

Coraline has also been made into a stage musical, produced by MCC Theater in New York, with music and lyrics by Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields.

At one hour and forty minutes long, this is the longest stop-motion film to date.

The first stop-motion animated feature to be shot entirely in 3-D.

In Quebec, the French version features the voices of Catherine Brunet, `Genevieve Brouillette` and Jean-Michel Anctil.

The Ghost Children call the Other Mother a "beldam". A glance at the dictionary will reveal that the word has two meanings: "an old, ugly woman", or "grandmother".

The red lighthouse visible in one of the snow globes Corline places on the shelf was modeled after Big Red, the lighthouse at the Holland State park in Holland, Mi.

The original sweater the design team had designed for Coraline`s father sported a big maize-and-blue University of Michigan logo. However producer Bill Mechanic decided to change the design in favor of his alma mater - Michigan State.

The `Ranft Bros. Moving Company` that moves Coraline`s family into their home, are based on real-life brothers Jerome Ranft and Joe Ranft. Both brothers did work on _The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)_ with Director Henry Selick. The mover at the front door (who is given the $1.00 tip) is modeled after Joe Ranft.

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