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Corpse Bride
{{short description|2005 British-American stop-motion-animated dark fantasy film}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}}
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(contracted; show full);, which also starred Bonham Carter. The film won the [[Annie Awards]] Ub Iwerks Award for Technical Achievement in 2006, where it was also nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Character Design, and Best Direction. It was shot with [[Canon EOS-1D Mark II]] [[Digital single-lens reflex camera|digital SLRs]], rather than the [[135 film|35&nbsp;mm film]] cameras used for Burton's previous stop-motion film ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' (1993).

==Plot==
In an unnamed 
town in Victorian Englandtown, Victor Van Dort, the son of [[nouveau riche]] fish merchants, and Victoria Everglot, the neglected and unloved daughter of [[impoverished]] [[aristocrat]]s, prepare for their [[arranged marriage]], which will simultaneously raise the [[social class]] of Victor's parents and restore the wealth of Victoria's family ("According to Plan"). Although they fall in love instantly, the nervous Victor ruins their wedding rehearsal by forgetting his vows and accidentally setting Lady Everglot(contracted; show full)l require him to repeat his wedding vows in the Land of the Living and drink a deadly poison in order to join her in death. The dead swiftly prepare for the ceremony and head "upstairs" ("The Wedding Song"), where the town erupts into a temporary panic upon their arrival until the living recognize their departed loved ones and joyously reunite. The chaos causes a panicked Barkis to expose his own poor financial standing and his intentions to marry Victoria only for her supposed wealth, 
which was followed by his disappointment when she revealed to him that her parents had no money and presumed that his marriage to her would actually restore their finances. Victoria then walks away fromleading her to reject him.

Victoria witnesses Victor and Emily's wedding as Victor completes his vows and prepares to drink the poison, only for Emily to stop him when she realizes she is denying Victoria her chance to live happily with him. Just as Emily reunites Victor and Victoria, Barkis arrives to kidnap Victoria; Emily recognizes Barkis as both her previous fiancé and murderer. Victor duels with Barkis to protect Victoria, and Emily intervenes to save Victor's life. Accepting defeat, Barkis mockingly [[Toast (h(contracted; show full)[[Category:2000s stop-motion animated films]]
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