Coraline: A Visual Companion is a stunning, colorful guide to the making of the movie
Coraline, based on the award-winning New York Times bestselling novel by Neil
Gaiman. Coraline Jones has just moved into a big old Victorian house with her inattentive
parents, and like any eleven-year-old with an active imagination, she soon begins exploring
her new home. One day, Coraline discovers a tiny door that leads to another house. Waiting
for her there are her Other Mother and Other Father, who have big black buttons for
eyes. At first this other world is marvelous and magical, but Coraline gradually comes to
realize that her new parents want her to become their little girl and stay with them
forever. Written and directed by Henry Selick, the celebrated director
of The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach,
the film Coraline was created in stop-motion animation, drawing on the latest
cutting-edge computer 3-D technology. It also showcases the remarkable vocal talents
of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Ian McShane, Jennifer Saunders and Dawn
French. Featuring many hundreds of rare and exclusive photographs and illustrations,
production designs and concept drawings, and interviews with the cast and
crew, Coraline: A Visual Companion takes readers on an in-depth tour behind the
scenes of a movie that is destined to be a fantasy classic. From the genesis of the
original novel through the entire creative process of turning the book into a movie
to the many other incarnations of Coraline around the world, this visual companion
is a lavish guide that will appeal to Gaiman fans, cinema buffs, visual arts enthusiasts,
and all those who fall in love with the inquisitive young heroine of Henry Selick's
extraordinary film.
| FOREWORD |
Neil Gaiman |
| THE BOOK |
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| THE MOVIE |
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| THE CHARACTERS |
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| THE OTHER CORALINES |
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| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS |
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Reviews
"People drool with love for your tie-in book, Stephen."
—Henry Selick
"With a brief introduction to Gaiman himself, writer Stephen Jones reveals the genesis of the novel before guiding us through its transference to the big screen with accounts from not only Selick but also his whole production crew, model makers and animation team . . . Jones captures the delights of both the film and the original novel, adorning his behind-the-scenes dialogues with nuggets of background information and biographical details.
He makes it a lucid, enjoyable read. Definitely a 'Companion' to take by the hand and walk with through the imagination of Movieland."
—Paul W. Smith
DEN OF GEEK!, February 17, 2008
