Coraline - Trivia

Combining the visionary imaginations of director Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and author Neil Gaiman (Sandman), Coraline is the first-ever stop-motion animated feature to be conceived and photographed in 3-D. Find out some fascinating facts about the film!

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► The Coraline shoot lasted over 18 months, following 2 years of pre-production.

► Over 130 sets were built across 52 different stages at the studios; spanning 183,000 square feet, the 52 different stages were the most ever deployed for a stop-motion animated feature.

► For the character of Coraline, there were 28 different puppets of varying sizes; the main Coraline puppet stands 9.5 inches high.

► At one point in the movie, Coraline shows 16 different expressions in a span of 35 seconds.

► There were a total of 207,336 possible face combinations for Coraline

► It took an entire week of production, with a crew of over 300 people working on 52 stages, to complete 74 seconds of footage.

► The on-screen snow was made from superglue and baking soda.

► At the center of the flowers in the fantastical garden are ping-pong balls.

► Popcorn kernels were popped, cooled, spray-painted and hand-painted to become the cherry blossoms on the trees in the orchard.

► The currency given to pay the Ranft Bros. movers has director Henry Selick’s face on the bill.

► Linden’s department store is named after line producer Harry Linden.

► The dragonfly is voiced by Teri Hatcher’s daughter, Emerson.


Coraline is available on 3D and 2D DVD and Blu-ray from 12th October 2009.