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The Boxtrolls (31-Aug-2014)

Directors: Graham Annable; Anthony Stacchi

Writers: Irena Brignull; Adam Pava

From novel: Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow

Keywords: Fantasy, Comedy

An orphan raised by trash-collecting mutants works to save his adoptive brethren from an exterminator.

ABSTRACT
Eggs is a precocious young orphan child raised underneath the streets of the city of Cheesebridge by a race of trash-collecting creatures known as Boxtrolls. One day, Cheesebridge's resident exterminator, the villainous Archibald Snatcher, plots to rid the city of the Boxtrolls; eager to save his friends, Eggs heads above ground into a strange light-filled realm dominated by humans, joining forces with rebellious young girl Winnie in a bid to win the day for Boxtrolls everywhere.

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