Additional information for ParaNorman, which has a domestic theatrical release set for August 17, 2012. The film is being distributed by Focus Features and has not yet been rated. ParaNorman has a total running time of 92 minutes.
PG
USA
11
Sweden
PG
Canada
PG
Singapore
10
Switzerland
PG
Ireland
PG
UK
G
Philippines
10
Brazil
11
Denmark
M/6
Portugal
12
South Korea
IIA
Hong Kong
A
Mexico
13
Argentina
G
Japan
12
Germany
U
France
92min
ParaNorman
Argentina
ParaNorman
Brazil
ParaNorman
Germany
ParaNorman
Hungary
ParaNorman
Israel
ParaNorman
Portugal
ParaNorman
Turkey
ПараНорман
Bulgaria
El alucinante mundo de Norman
Spain
L'étrange pouvoir de Norman
France
ParaNorman, mia metafysiki istoria
Greece
Paranormanas
Lithuania
August 03, 2012
Mexico
August 15, 2012
Iceland
August 15, 2012
Netherlands
August 16, 2012
Bolivia
August 16, 2012
Hong Kong
August 16, 2012
Malaysia
August 16, 2012
Peru
August 17, 2012
Canada
August 17, 2012
Colombia
August 17, 2012
Taiwan
August 17, 2012
USA
August 17, 2012
Vietnam
August 22, 2012
Belgium
August 22, 2012
France
August 23, 2012
Germany
August 23, 2012
Russia
August 23, 2012
Ukraine
August 24, 2012
Austria
August 30, 2012
Chile
August 30, 2012
Singapore
August 30, 2012
Slovenia
August 31, 2012
Romania
September 05, 2012
Philippines
September 06, 2012
Czech Republic
September 06, 2012
Slovakia
September 07, 2012
Brazil
September 07, 2012
Estonia
September 07, 2012
Finland
September 07, 2012
Pakistan
September 12, 2012
Egypt
September 13, 2012
Greece
September 13, 2012
Lebanon
September 13, 2012
Portugal
September 13, 2012
United Arab Emirates
September 14, 2012
El Salvador
September 14, 2012
Ireland
September 14, 2012
Norway
September 14, 2012
UK
September 20, 2012
Denmark
September 21, 2012
Poland
September 21, 2012
Sweden
September 28, 2012
Lithuania
October 04, 2012
Thailand
October 11, 2012
Italy
October 18, 2012
Serbia and Montenegro
October 19, 2012
Turkey
October 25, 2012
Argentina
November 01, 2012
Ecuador
November 02, 2012
Venezuela
November 09, 2012
South Africa
November 09, 2012
Uruguay
November 29, 2012
Israel
December 21, 2012
Spain
January 10, 2013
Australia
January 10, 2013
Hungary
January 17, 2013
New Zealand
March 29, 2013
Japan
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A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.
In the small New England town of Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts, a boy named Norman Babcock is able to speak with the dead, including his late grandmother and various ghosts in town. Unfortunately, almost no one among the living believes his ability is genuine and he is isolated emotionally from his family while being ridiculed and bullied by most of his peers for his seemingly strange abilities.However, Norman makes a friend with Neil Downe, an eccentric overweight boy who is bullied himself and finds Norman's earnest admission as a medium an intriguing part of a kindred spirit. During rehearsal of a school play commemorating the town's witch execution of 300 years ago, Norman has a harrowing vision of the town's past and being pursued as a witch by the town's citizenry. Afterward, the boys are confronted by Norman's estranged and seemingly deranged uncle Mr. Prenderghast who tells his nephew that the vision is a sign that he soon must take up his regular ritual to protect the town.Norman refuses to take him seriously, but soon has another vision during the school play, creating a public spectacle of himself which leads to his embarrassed parents unjustly grounding him. Now completely despondent and isolated, Norman is confronted by the ghost of the recently deceased Prenderghast in the restroom who tells him that the ritual must be performed with a special book before sundown that day, before departing for the afterlife. After some consideration, Norman sets off to Prenderghast's residence to retrieve the book. Believing that Neil would not truly understand his situation, he drives him away. He arrives at the graves of the town's ancestors/founders, including Judge Hopkins, who were supposedly cursed by the witch they condemned, but finds the book is merely a collection of fairy tales.Before Norman can ponder the situation, Alvin, a bully who overheard Norman's encounter in the restroom, intrudes and interferes with the reading until after sundown. With that, a ghostly storm resembling the witch appears in the air while the cursed dead arise and pursue the boys until they meet Norman's sister, Courtney, Neil and his older brother, Mitch, who have come to retrieve Norman. Together, the kids are relentlessly pursued by the zombies into town, but Norman manages to contact a classmate named Salma, who tells them to access the Town Hall's archives for the location of the witch's unmarked grave.As the kids make their way to the Town Hall, the zombies eventually lose them and find themselves confused by modern society and then are beset by the citizenry, who attack them en masse. During the riot, the kids break into the archives but cannot find any information they need. As the mob moves to attack Town Hall, Norman (in frustration) temporarily drives away his companions only for them to be trapped by the mob. However, the Witch storm appears and Norman climbs the Hall's tower to desperately attempt to read the book to stop her, but the witch blasts it with lightning and causes him to fall back down into the archives.Unconscious, Norman has a dream where he learns that the witch was actually Agatha Prenderghast, an innocent little girl of his age who was also a medium, unjustly condemned by the town's superstitious and frightened elite, who were then cursed to reawaken as the undead by Agatha as she was taken for execution. After awakening, Norman encounters the zombies and realizes that all they wanted was to speak with him to ensure he would take up the ritual to minimize the harm of the terrible mistake they made with Agatha. However, Norman decides that this gesture is not enough and resolves to find Agatha's ghost to arrive at a permanent solution.Norman attempts to help the zombies slip away to have them guide him to Agatha's grave, but are cornered by the mob. However, Courtney, who has come to realize her brother's true abilities, heroism and task, confronts the crowd and convinces them to back off. As the witch storm rages ever more destructively, Judge Hopkins guides Norman's family to the grave in a forest. Unfortunately, Agatha's magic separates Norman from the others and he must reach the grave on his own to save the town.Norman finds the grave, and soon confronted by the vengeful spirit of Agatha, interacting with her in the spirit dimension. She tries to drive him away, but Norman resolutely holds his ground, telling her that he understands how she feels as an outcast. As she struggles to drive him away, Norman endures her assault and eventually convinces her that, despite her legitimate grievance, her thirst for vengeance is accomplishing nothing but inflicting more pain and persuades her to stop. Norman tries to convince her that even in the darkest times, there must have been someone who was kind to her. Focusing only on the tragedies and forgetting the good things in her life is what reduced her to a malevolent force devoid of her true identity.Eventually, the girl, nicknamed Aggie, calms down at Norman's eloquence, recalling her true personality and happy memories with her mother. She is able to find a measure of peace, knowing that she is not alone and one person in the town understands her, allowing her to let go and move on to the afterlife. At that resolution, the storm dissipates, and she and the zombies all peacefully fade away. As day breaks, the town cleans up and regards Norman as a hero even when the outside media tries to explain the disturbance as merely a powerful storm.Norman, realizing that he, too, should stop focusing on his memories of being ostracized and pushing others away, accepts Neil's companionship. At the end, Norman watches a horror film with the ghost of his Grandmother again, and his family eagerly joins him.
Chris Butler
Sam Fell
Director(s)
Chris Butler
Writer(s)
Matthew Fried
associate producer
Travis Knight
producer
Arianne Sutner
producer
Carl Beyer
line producer (uncredited)
Producer(s)
Jon Brion
Composer(s)
Norman Babcock (voice)
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Neil (voice)
Tucker Albrizzi
Courtney Babcock (voice)
Anna Kendrick
Mitch (voice)
Casey Affleck
Alvin (voice)
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Sandra Babcock (voice)
Leslie Mann
Perry Babcock (voice)
Jeff Garlin
Grandma (voice)
Elaine Stritch
The Judge (voice)
Bernard Hill
Aggie (voice)
Jodelle Ferland
Sheriff Hooper (voice)
Tempestt Bledsoe
Mrs. Henscher (voice)
Alex Borstein
Mr. Prenderghast (voice)
John Goodman
Salma (voice)
Hannah Noyes
Slob Guy / Civil War Ghost (voice)
Jack Blessing
Movie Lady (voice)
Ranjani Brow
Movie Zombie (voice)
Michael Corbett
Greaser Ghost (voice)
David Cowgill
Hippie Ghost / Mobster Ghost (voice)
Nicholas Guest
Sweet Girl (voice)
Emily Hahn
Crystal / Parachutist Ghost / Librarian (voice)
Bridget Hoffman
Gucci Lady (voice)
Wendy Hoffman
Hair Dryer Ghost (voice)
Holly Klein
Female Tourist (voice)
Alicia Lagano
Deputy Dwayne / Rapper Guy (voice)
Scott Menville
Blithe Hollow Kid (voice)
Nick Petok
Blithe Hollow Kid (voice)
Ariel Winter
Pug (voice)
Jeremy Shada
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Steve Alterman
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Kirk Baily
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Jacob Bertrand
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Liz Bolton
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Ava Benavente
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Cam Clarke
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Lara Cody
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Caitlin Cutt
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Susan Dudeck
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Denise Faye
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Eddie Frierson
Blithe Hollow Townperson (voice)
Matthew Ford Holt
Sam Fell
Director(s)
Writer(s)
associate producer
Travis Knight
producer
Arianne Sutner
producer
Carl Beyer
line producer (uncredited)
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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