Our story starts out when a young lady named coraline jones moves into an apartment in an old house with her parents. Because in the movie when the cat followed coraline in the other world it could do that thing you were askingbut at the end he does it without goin to the other world. Gary westfahls works include the hugonominated science fiction quotations. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading coraline graphic novel. One motif is the tapping of the fingers by the beldam. Coraline pick up the flashlight to search a finding ghost eye as they can be see up there dog turn bat sensitive as they turn on the light coraline climb the stage and look to second ghost eye inside the candy as they can see it throw in there as coraline put the flashlight in purse and she grab her out the taffy hand as coraline open the hand.
Coraline is a work of dark, and sometimes disturbing beauty. At the very end of the credits, the words for those in the know. Jerk wad was the code word for entering the contest. Nov 11, 2003 in coralines familys new flat theres a locked door. An adventurous 11yearold girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets. What a great read, both coraline and the other stories though ive read some of them in smoke and mirrors, but thats okay, this way i get to reread them and still add a new book to my shelf. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jul 01, 2002 a magnificently creepy fantasy pits a bright, bored little girl against a souleating horror that inhabits the reality right next door. When selick was in chicago recently to discuss the arduous process of. What happens to the cat at the end of coraline answers. What are the english lyrics for coraline end credits answers. The full sentence is youre the jerk wad that gave me the doll.
Jerk wad just happens to be an expression i came up with when coraline is really angry at wybie and throwing her boots at himof course in the middle east, we know that would be a huge insult. Her neighbors include two elderly retired actresses and a strange man who lives upstairs and trains mice for a circus act. Coralines parents are loving, but really too busy to play with her, so she amuses herself by exploring her familys new flat. But it stuck in my mind so much that a few days later, when i discovered the contest, the words jerk wad came back to me, loud and clear.
Creaking is the door so gently side to side called your name never ever ever ever open that door things wont be the same crawling is the spiders hand searching for. What is the jerk wad reference at the end of the credits. Coraline graphic novel kindle edition by gaiman, neil. The wiki format allows for edit or creation of any article, so editors can all work toward the betterment of this site. Coraline is doing a little tea party and brakes her other mothers hand, and when her mother tries to soe her buttons she runs away to the real. In henry selicks stopmotion adaptation of neil gaimans childrens book of the same. Neil gaimans coraline and the adult childrens book sara.
Heres undeniable proof that the other mother from coraline is. Nike made several special edition coraline dunks, which could be won through a contest on the website for coraline. Feeling bored as soon as they arrive, she begins exploring the old house they share with three other tenants, and when she finds a locked door she cannot resist opening it. Coraline tried throwing her shoe again, but wybie dodged it again as he peddled fast out of coraline s sight. A young girl voiced by dakota fanning joins her parents when they move to a new town to do research for their gardening book. Coraline, though, is what really makes you feel bad for henry sellick.
Tapping into fairy tale fears of parental abandonment, the book has a large. On the web site, if you go to her bedroom and click on an. This was part of a promotional contest for the film. Also with teri hatcher, dawn french, jennifer saunders. Jerk wad is a password that can be entered in somewhere on to get put in a drawing for a free pair of coraline nike dunks. While it is not blood and gore scary, it is a spooky, disturbing kind of scary. At the very end of coraline, after all the credits are finished, theres a message that flashes on the screen that says, for those in the know. This is a clue that could be used on the coraline website in order to get an entry in a contest that ran during the movies us theatrical run. Aug 04, 2002 coraline is a short but delightfully dark and creepy book that just happens to feature one of my absolute favorite characters.
At the end of the movie coraline it says, for those in. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. From the inner mind to the outer limits 2005 and the greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy 2005. Coraline is a 2009 american stopmotion 3d horrorfantasy film based on neil gaimans 2002 novel of the same name about a young girl who finds a secret door into another world, which at first seems to be a much better version of her life, but things soon turn dangerous. Coraline discovers a dark world crawling with rats, spiders, strange creatures, and others spookiness but through her creepy adventures she also discovers her own inner bravery. Is it wrong that i want to be coralines best friend because, she said, when youre scared but you still do it anyway, thats brave. At the time we saw the movie, we didnt know there was a secret code or even a contest. In the short novel, neil gaiman wrote a perfect story. Coraline races down past an old tractor and into an orchard.
New angle as we move beside coraline through the old apple trees, where she nearly trips on the tongue of a harvest cart. His diverse catalogue of books includes the novel the graveyard book, winner of the carnegie medal 2010 and booktrust teenage prize 2009, stardust now a major feature film, the bestselling novel for young readers coraline now a major 3danimated film, and the picture book the wolves in the. Coraline s cinematic qualities are spectacular and many. Jerk wad my son and i saw this in the theater, with no idea what it meant. Surprising movies not directed by tim burton wicked horror. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. On the other side is a brick walluntil coraline unlocks the door. It was awarded the 2003 hugo award for best novella, the 2003 nebula award for best novella, and the 2002 bram stoker award for best work for young readers.
Slightly less creepy than the book on which it was based, the movie is still. Coraline talks to the pumpkin king, a nightmare before. Capone talks with coraline director and wizard master. The last third of the book features very intense imagery as coraline gambles in a game of wits with her otherworldly mother. So jerk wad, as much as i can say, has something to do with that. Jerk wad is what coraline calls wybie the lil nappyheaded punk whos always pestering her before she chucks her boot at him. The detail keeps the book interesting, and gives you a very detailed mental picture. If you go to the coraline official website coraline. Jul 19, 2009 jerk wad my son and i saw this in the theater, with no idea what it meant. This was one of my favorite characteristics about the book because it kept me wanting to keep reading it so i could complete the story in my head. The book was well written and the descriptions and imagination used are great, but it is very creepy.
The other parents want little coraline to sew buttons into her eyes. After coralines closing credits, theres a brief message that reads, for those in the know. Jerk wad is a password that can be entered in somewhere on coraline. May 30, 2019 coraline by neil gaiman is a weird and delightfully scary fairy taleghost story. The book was not violent in a way we see films as violent, but it showed more emotional pain inflicted on characters which is part of what makes this book disturbing. She does it more than once in coralines presence but it is never explained what does it mean. This is a clue that could be used on the coraline website in order. It is a pink mansion that is split up into three different apartments. Tim burtons name was not used once in the production of this movie, which is based on the childrens book of. This is more of a fact, but in the book, the beldam wishes for love from the children but kills them when she stops loving them or is bored with them. I call it delightfully scary because while it grips the readers attention with creepy happenings that may cause a case of the shivers, it is not the kind of scary book that leads to nightmares of the it could happen to me kind. Coraline wiki, established during 09102009, is a collaborative encyclopedia edited for all official coraline productions. Feb 08, 2009 if you go to the coraline official website coraline.
As coraline makes progress in their wager, we see the new moms loving, cheerful guise begin to fade as a darker side manifests itself. The pink palace is where coraline and her family live. But youre required to go to the movie to understand how. Finally, the coraline script is here for all you fans of the henry selick movie starring dakota fanning.
She turned her head and realized the slug bug was parked by the woods. May 16, 2012 but make no mistake, while it might be fun to pretend to be katniss in the hunger games or the adventurous coraline in gaimans book, but really, we adults might be a bit closer to characters like the games president snow or coralines terrifying other mother. Jan 01, 2012 neil gaiman, author, scriptwriter and creator of graphic novels, is british and lives in the usa. The book coraline is set in england, but takes place in a few different places. With dakota fanning, teri hatcher, john hodgman, jennifer saunders.
How henry selick brings coraline to life illinois times. The movie is pretty good too, but the book is better. Language is mostly insults like jerkwad and idiot, and sexuality is limited to two. The pink palace has an overgrown garden that is full of trees. Tucked away in the technicolor panels of coraline and in the movies. Down angle on on coraline as she backs into a circle of toadstools in front of a stump. Neil gaiman talks coraline cbr talks with neil gaiman to talk about coraline, the new film based on his bestselling novella. Books have pictures that writhe and crawl and shimmer. The writer also discusses with us his work on the batman story, whatever happened to the caped crusader. Its not just another mean name that coraline calls her neighbor wybie as she throws her. After coraline s closing credits, theres a brief message that reads, for those in the know. We are talking about coraline, based on a neil gaiman book and featuring. Coraline graphic novel kindle edition by gaiman, neil, russell, p.
Coraline script transcript from the screenplay andor henry. Mar 02, 2020 after coraline s closing credits, theres a brief message that reads, for those in the know. Capone talks with coraline director and wizard master henry. If you click that link, enter jerk wad, and answer a question about the movie correctly, you can enter for a chance to win a pair of shoes.