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Format:
Video disc
Title:
The Boxtrolls
Other title(s):
Box trolls
Uniform Title:
Boxtrolls (Motion picture)
ISBN:
9780111207208
Publication:
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2015]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (1 hr., 37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on the children's novel "Here Be Monsters" by Alan Snow.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014.

Bonus features: Dare to be square : behind the scenes of The boxtrolls; Featurettes: The nature of creation, Trolls right off the tongue, Allergic to easy, Let's dance, On the shoulders of giants; Feature commentary with directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi.
Summary:
The Boxtrolls, these box-wearing, quirky, mischievous creatures have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, 'into the light, ' where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG; for action, some peril and mild rude humor.
Added Uniform Title:
Container of (work): Boxtrolls (Motion picture)

Container of (expression): Boxtrolls (Motion picture). French.

Container of (expression): Boxtrolls (Motion picture). Spanish.
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