The Boxtrolls

United States of America, 2014

Film

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An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

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Credits

director

Anthony Stacchi

Graham Annable

costume design

Deborah Cook

producer

David Bleiman Ichioka

Travis Knight

production company

Laika Entertainment

production design

August Hall

Michel Breton

Paul Lasaine

Tom McClure

screenplay

Adam Pava

Irena Brignull

Duration

01:37:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
2014

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-170687

Language

English

Subject categories

Animation

Comedy

Family

Fantasy

TMDB-Movie

170687

Wikidata

Q12103758

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