
James and the Giant Peach(1996)
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.


“It was a special time... and a special place....”
When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious, he is not allowed to play outside and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden.

Anthony Way
Tom Long

Nigel Le Vaillant
Thomas Long (Adult)
Marlene Sidaway
Doris Schuster

Serena Gordon
Melody Long

Greta Scacchi
Aunt Gwen Kitson

James Wilby
Uncle Alan Kitson
Alfie Lawrence
Harriet Long

Mel Martin
Alice Long
Nick Robinson
Peter Long

Liz Smith
Mrs Willows
Tom's Midnight Garden is a family, mystery, adventure, fantasy film released in 1999 exploring themes of garden, based on children's book, striped pyjamas. Directed by Willard Carroll, it stars Anthony Way, Nigel Le Vaillant, Marlene Sidaway. When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious, he is not allowed to play outside and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden.
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