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"Tim Burton&amp;#039;s Frankenweenie will open this year&amp;#039;s BFI London Film Festival. The stop motion animation sees a young boy (Charlie Tahan) attempting to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life via a risky science experiment.  Frankenweenie, which is a remake of Burton&amp;#039;s 1984 short of the same name, features a voice cast including Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Christopher Lee and Catherine O&amp;#039;Hara.  Its screening on the opening night of the 56th London Film Festival, October 10, will mark the film&amp;#039;s European premiere.   &amp;quot;Funny, dark and whimsical, this gloriously crafted, stop-motion 3D animation from Tim Burton \u2013 the reigning prince of outsiders \u2013 playfully turns the Frankenstein story on its bolted-on head,&amp;quot; said new Festival Director Clare Stewart. &amp;quot;Frankenweenie is a perfect choice of opener \u2013 it&amp;#039;s a film about the magic of movies from one of cinema&amp;#039;s great visionaries.  &amp;quot;Tim Burton has chosen London as his home city and hundreds of talented British craftspeople have contributed to this production.&amp;quot; The full lineup for this year&amp;#039;s BFI London Film Festival will be announced on September 5. Last year&amp;#039;s festival programme included Michel Hazanavicius&amp;#039;s The Artist, Steve McQueen&amp;#039;s Shame, David Cronenberg&amp;#039;s A Dangerous Method, George Clooney&amp;#039;s The Ides of March and Alexander Payne&amp;#039;s The Descendants.  &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Frankenweenie&amp;#039; gets new trailer at Comic Con 2012 &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Frankenweenie&amp;#039; poster: Tim Burton returns to stop motion animation Gallery - &amp;#039;Frankenweenie&amp;#039; character portraits  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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