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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


  • Tim Burton casts Alice role - 25 July 2008
    Tim Burton has chosen the actress he wants to play the lead role for his forthcoming Alice In Wonderland movie for Disney.-According to the Hollywood Reporter, the relatively unknown Australian Mia Wasikowska is in final negotiations to play Alice after a long searc


  • Tim Burton to enter the third dimension - 16 November 2007
    Cult movie director Tim Burton is to make two 3-D films beginning next year, following his work on upcoming horror musical Sweeney Todd.-Burton, famous for his beautifully gothic yet macabre style, will adapt Alice in Wonderland using performance-capture technology,


  • 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


  • The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas review by A customer from cardiff, wales
    Rated - 5 stars the nightmare begins 13 May 2004
    ...absolutely brilliant animation from director Tim Burton. weird and wonderful christmas tale, a must see film for kids and adults...  
  • Beetlejuice
  • Beetlejuice review by A customer 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 Matt Pollard 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 ...  

Tim Burton - filmography


  • Big Fish on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Albert Finney,  Billy Crudup
    Director: Tim Burton
    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: 3.0 69% from 5,144 members
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  • Planet Of The Apes (2 discs) on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Mark Wahlberg,  Helena Bonham-Carter,  Tim Roth
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: 12
    A remake of the classic story in which Leo, an astronaut lands on a planet which is inhabitated by very intelligent apes. On this planet humans are enslaved as the apes are the dominant race... Can Leo lead the humans in an uprising in order to free themselves?...
    Rate this: 2.5 54% from 3,865 members
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  • Sleepy Hollow on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Christina Ricci,  Michael Gambon
    Director: Tim Burton
    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 72% from 8,266 members
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  • Mars Attacks on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Glenn Close,  Annette Bening
    Director: Tim Burton
    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 »
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  • Ed Wood on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Martin Landau,  Sarah Jessica Parker
    Director: Tim Burton
    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
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  • Edward Scissorhands on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Winona Ryder,  Dianne Wiest
    Director: Tim Burton
    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 »
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  • Batman on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Michael Keaton,  Jack Nicholson,  Kim Basinger
    Director: Tim Burton
    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: 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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