Hansel and Gretel (1982)

Director
Tim Burton

Main cast
Michael Yama; Jim Ishida; David Koenigsberg; Vincent Price

Genres
Fantasy, Family, Horror, Comedy

Description
Contrary to popular belief, this film contains no animation. Tim Burton's "Hansel and Gretel" is a live action film short featuring Japanese actors and striking set designs reminiscent of his later work in films such as "Beetlejuice" and "Edward Scissorhands". While this film was created during Tim Burton's employment at Disney Feature Animation, his stop-motion work began with the short film "Vincent" and continues today with the recent "Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride". His 2D animation work while with Disney included "The Fox and the Hound" and "The Black Cauldron".


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