And even when it looks like James may have finally attained his goal, he is still haunted by the past. When James and his friends try to solve their navigation problem by salvaging a compass off a sunken ship, they encounter undersea monsters and living skeletons that attempt to drown them. They also drift off course until they are hovering over the frozen waters of the Arctic. However the journey is not without peril, such as a mechanical shark that rises out of the ocean and threatens to eat them. After a few musical numbers and some suggestions from James, the gang lassos a flock of seagulls and is soon flying across the Atlantic using the enormous peach for both food and home. Teaming up, the group decides to look for a friendlier home in New York City. They include a staunch Grasshopper (voice of Simon Callow), a cigar smoking Centipede (voice of Richard Dreyfuss), a proper-mannered Ladybug (voice of Jane Leeves), a blind Earthworm (voice of David Thewlis), a dimwitted Glowworm (voice of Miriam Margolyes) and a sophisticated French Spider (voice of Susan Sarandon). Taking refuge inside a giant fruit produced by the barren tree, James meets the others touched by the enchantment. But at least one affects the sad lad who suddenly morphs from his live-action world into one comprised of stop-frame animation characters. Unfortunately, most of them escape, sharing their charm with a peach tree and various insects. A stranger (Pete Postlethwaite in the role of fairy godfather) offers James a bag full of magical crocodile tongues. Then a chance to pursue the dreams he previously shared with his parents presents itself. Reminiscent of the Cinderella story, the boy is forced to clean and fetch for the two ugly sisters named Spike and Sponge (Joanna Lumley and Miriam Margolyes). Based on a book by Roald Dahl, James (Paul Terry) is a young orphan left in the care of some self-centered and verbally abusive aunts.
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