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Format:
Video disc
Title:
The Boxtrolls
Other title(s):
Box trolls
Uniform Title:
Boxtrolls (Motion picture)
Edition:
Blu-ray Disc [from the Blu-ray and DVD combo pack].
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:
Title from web page and container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Based upon the book "Here be monsters" by Alan Snow.

Special features: Dare to be square: behind the scenes of The Boxtrolls; 5 featurettes that take you inside the magical world of The Boxtrolls; feature commentary with directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi; preliminary animatic sequences.
Summary:
A community of quirky, mischievous creatures known as the Boxtrolls lovingly raise an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. But when town villain Archibald Snatcher comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs ventures above ground where he meets and teams up with a fabulously feisty girl named Winnie who helps him devise a daring plan to save his family.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: PG; action, some peril and mild rude humor.
Holds: