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Tim Burton

Tim Burton
Timothy William Burton - born 25 August 1958, in Burbank, California

Wise words: "You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way."


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Tim Burton - news / articles


  • Burton to exhibit never-before-seen artwork - 31 July 2009
    -Never-before-seen paintings and drawings by Hollywood director Tim Burton are set to be exhibited in a New York museum this autumn (09). - -The Museum of Modern Art exhibit, entitled Tim Burton, will feature more than 700 works spanning his 27-year film career, inc


  • Ryder's mistaken first meet with Burton - 8 June 2009
    -Winona Ryder will never forget the day she first met director Tim Burton - because she mistook him for a crewmember.- -The actress arrived for work on the set of 1990 cult hit Edward Scissorhands and was eager to meet the edgy filmmaker who was helming the oddball


  • Ali G vs Johnny Depp in new Tim Burton movie - 13 October 2006
    Sacha Baron Cohen – more commonly known as his alter egos Ali G and Borat – is reportedly in talks to sign up for Tim Burton's latest project, a movie version of macabre musical Sweeney Todd.-As long-time collaborators, Burton and Johnny Depp have teamed

Tim Burton - what members say


  • Beetlejuice
  • Beetlejuice review by from CARLTON
    Rated - 4 stars 1 October 2004
    ...Sheer brilliance from Tim Burton. Michael Keaton is sheer class and this is a highly enjoyable horror comedy....  
  • Batman Returns
  • Batman Returns review by wolfenchild from London, England
    Rated - 3 stars Batman Returns 9 February 2004
    ...s back! Michael Keaton returns as the caped crusader in this 1992 sequel to Tim Burton's 1989 apadaption of Bob Kane's superhero. This time, Batman faces off against ...  
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • Sleepy Hollow review by from Midlands, UK
    Rated - 4 stars Comedy, horror and romance all in one film! 1 January 2005
    ...actually be real. The gothic set looks wonderful, just as you would expect from Tim Burton, and the story develops in a largely satisfactory way, although it does get a l...  

Tim Burton - filmography


  • Big Fish on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Albert Finney,  Billy Crudup
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Edward Bloom has always told tall tales of his life, that charm everyone apart from his son Will. When Will's mother Sandra tries to bring the pair back together, Will must try and learn what parts of his father's epic tales of giants, witches and blizzards are fact and which are fiction.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 44,963 members
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  • Sleepy Hollow on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Christina Ricci,  Michael Gambon
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Tim Burton's stylish, creepy retelling of the classic Washington Irving story, SLEEPY HOLLOW, Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is a squeamish, bookish 18th century New York City investigator sent to a small town in lower Westchester county to look into three mysterious decapitations. When the always ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 23,805 members
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  • Mars Attacks on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Glenn Close,  Annette Bening
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director Tim Burton unleashes MARS ATTACKS!, a vicious, affectionate, brightly-colored homage to 1950s alien invasion movies. When a shiny silver flying saucer lands in the Nevada desert, a group of skull-faced Martians exit the gleaming craft. Although they claim to be peaceful, they promptly "..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 9,975 members
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  • Ed Wood on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Martin Landau,  Sarah Jessica Parker
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A stranger-than-fiction true story of the early career of Edward D. Wood, Jr., the undisputed "worst movie director of all time," Tim Burton's ED WOOD is nevertheless a delightful, zany, and ultimately moving film. Wood was the auteur behind GLEN OR GLENDA
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 13,608 members
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  • Batman Returns (1992)
    Starring: Michael Keaton,  Danny De Vito,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In director Tim Burton's sequel to his successful BATMAN (1989), the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is pitted against the demented, ravenous Penguin (Danny DeVito), a pitiful, orphaned psychopathic freak who once went on a baby-killing spree, and a 'power' hungry capitalist villain Max Shreck (..read more »
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  • Edward Scissorhands on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Winona Ryder,  Dianne Wiest
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, a suburban fairy tale with incredibly imaginative sets, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (played magically by Vincent Price) living in the neighborhood's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 24,181 members
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  • Batman on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Michael Keaton,  Jack Nicholson,  Kim Basinger
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tim Burton's BATMAN, inspired by Frank Miller's graphic novel THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, is a Gothic, Wagnerian treatment of the Batman mythos that explains the origins of Batman (Michael Keaton) and his nemesis, the maniacal Joker (a ripe Jack Nicholson).Gotham City is a sunless, ominous haven for ..read more »
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  • Beetlejuice on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Michael Keaton,  Geena Davis,  Alec Baldwin
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the surreal, wonderfully cartoon-like comedy BEETLEJUICE, a childless couple, Barbara and Adam (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge. Their ghosts return to their beloved Victorian home, and find the '..read more »
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  • Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
    Starring: Paul Reubens,  Elizabeth Daily,  Mark Holton
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The love of Pee-wee Herman's life is his bicycle. When it is stolen, he is send on a wild cross country adventure after a fortune teller tells him his bicycle is in the basement of the Alamo. Along the way, Pee-wee encounters an escaped convict, a waitress with wanderlust and a jealous boyfriend, ..read more »
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