Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
- shyness
- stop motion
- dog
- animal death
- animal lover
- 3d animation
- suburban gothic
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Catherine O'Hara
Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
Martin Short
Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)
Martin Landau
Mr. Rzykruski (voice)
Charlie Tahan
Victor Frankenstein (voice)
- Atticus Shaffer — Edgar 'E' Gore (voice)
- Winona Ryder — Elsa Van Helsing (voice)
- Robert Capron — Bob (voice)
- James Hiroyuki Liao — Toshiaki (voice)
- Conchata Ferrell — Bob's Mom (voice)
- Tom Kenny — New Holland Townsfolk (voice)
- Frank Welker — Sparky (voice) (uncredited)
- Dee Bradley Baker — Persephone / Shelly / Were-Rat / Colossus / Mr. Whiskers / D
- Jeff Bennett — Giant Sea Monkeys (voice) (uncredited)
- Jon Donahue — Additional Voices (voice)
- Directed
- Tim Burton
- Written
- John August
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 3,691 ratings
- Studio
- Tim Burton Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
