<P> James and the Giant Peach is a 1996 British - American musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick , based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl . It was produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi , directed by Henry Selick , and starred Paul Terry as James . The film is a combination of live action and stop - motion animation . Co-stars Joanna Lumley and Miriam Margolyes played James 's aunts in the live - action segments , and Simon Callow , Richard Dreyfuss , Susan Sarandon , Jane Leeves , David Thewlis , and Margoyles voiced his insect friends in the animation sequences . </P>
<P> James and the Giant Peach is a 1996 British - American musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick , based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl . It was produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi , directed by Henry Selick , and starred Paul Terry as James . The film is a combination of live action and stop - motion animation . Co-stars Joanna Lumley and Miriam Margolyes played James 's aunts in the live - action segments , and Simon Callow , Richard Dreyfuss , Susan Sarandon , Jane Leeves , David Thewlis , and Margoyles voiced his insect friends in the animation sequences . </P>
who played the aunts in james and the giant peach
who played the aunts in james and the giant peach
Joanna Lumley Miriam Margolyes
Joanna Lumley Miriam Margolyes