Later, Jess apologizes to Leslie by giving her a puppy, whom she names Prince Terrien (P.T.). Jess becomes angry with his father for his attitude toward him, and he loses his belief in Terabithia, refusing its existence the next day at school. Leslie gives Jess an art kit on his birthday. For the next few days, Jess and Leslie spend their free time in the treehouse getting to know each other. Jess and Leslie find an abandoned treehouse on the other side and invent a new world, which they call Terabithia. One day at school, Leslie compliments Jess' drawing ability, and the two become friends.Īfter school, they venture into the woods and swing across a creek on a rope. Due to their financial struggles, his mother, Mary, also forces him to wear his older sister Brenda's sneakers. Jess has a difficult relationship with his father, Jack, who spends more time with May Belle. On the way home, Jess and Leslie learn they are next-door neighbors. Leslie also enters and manages to win, much to Jess' irritation. At recess, Jess enters a running event, for which he has been training at home. One day, a new student by the name of Leslie Burke ( AnnaSophia Robb) joins the class. In class, Jess is also bullied by his classmates Scott Hoager and Gary Fulcher. He rides the bus to school with his 6-year-old sister, May Belle ( Bailee Madison), where he avoids the school bully, Janice Avery. Jesse “Jess” Aarons ( Josh Hutcherson) is a 12-year-old aspiring artist living with his financially struggling family in Lark Creek. At the 29th Young Artist Awards, the film won all five awards for which it was nominated. The film grossed $137.6 million worldwide. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its visuals, cast performances, and faithfulness to the source material. The film was Michael Chapman's last film as a cinematographer before his retirement and eventual death in 2020.īridge to Terabithia was released in the United States on February 16, 2007, by Buena Vista Pictures. Principal photography began in February 2006 and lasted until that April, taking place in Auckland. The original novel was based on events from the childhood of Paterson's son, who went on to write the film's screenplay after Csupó was hired in late 2005, the rest of the main cast was rounded out soon after. In the film, adolescent children Jesse Aarons (Hutcherson) and Leslie Burke (Robb) create "Terabithia", a fantasy world, which they use to cope with their troubled reality and spend their free time together. It is based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Katherine Paterson and stars Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Bailee Madison, Zooey Deschanel, and Robert Patrick. Bridge to Terabithia is a 2007 American fantasy drama film directed by Gábor Csupó from a screenplay by David L.
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