“Coraline” Film Team Honors The Kreep
Gothic poet and illustrator The Kreep (a.k.a R. O’Donnell) has received an entirely handmade box of treasures collected specifically for him by the CORALINE team at Laika films. Inside the box, numbered 46/50, are highly decorated secret compartments that contain relics from the film including a bat/dog model, a bat body mold, authentic skeleton key with secret password, and a wing skeleton prototype #3. An old envelop with a wax seal with inlaid black button (as used for the eyes of the witch) and a hand-typed note explained the curious gift:
DEAR R.,
INSIDE THIS OLD BOX IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND COLLECTION WE’VE AMASSED AND CATALOGUED WITH YOU AND YOU ALONE IN MIND…THE PLAIN TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE ARE PRETTY OBSESSED WITH DARK STORIES. LIKE YOU. WE ADMIRE YOUR DEDICATION TO THE KREEP. PLEASE KEEP UP THE SUPER WORK. WE’LL BE READING.
SINCERELY,
THE CORALINE TEAM
For the last three years, 351 of the world’s oddest and most talented animators, artisans, and puppet fabricators have been hand-making CORALINE. Led by Henry Selick, the director of THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, this team has created the first stop-motion feature shot entirely in 3D. Based on the beloved best-selling children’s classic by Neil Gaiman, CORALINE is a fairy-tale nightmare steeped in classic storytelling, craftsmanship, and the old-fashioned art of moviemaking magic. CORALINE hits theatres February 2009.
Still NO. 93. BAT/DOGS
Wing Relic † Skeleton Prototype (3)
Bat Body Mold (Unfiled)
Skeleton key with password: armpithair
NO. 46/50
Letter with Wax Button seal
The Kreep is produced by R. Productions in association with Hoffhines Productions, and published by Static Networx on 100% of Nothing, an art and culture ezine linked to a free downloadable podcast on iTunes.
source: R. Productions
photo: Eric Hoffhines
December 13, 2008 at 3:10 am
That wing’s beautiful.
December 14, 2008 at 5:41 pm
That is so cool!
Thanks for sharing your box
December 21, 2008 at 11:54 am
Hi Kreep,
Thank you so much for sharing your box with the rest of us. Your box is unique and I”m glad I got the chance to see it.
Sincerely, Lady Euphoria
February 9, 2009 at 8:25 am
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April 25, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Hello,
Id like to talk to you about your Coraline Box…Please email me when you get the chance.
Thank You,
Wesley
August 8, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Sure. What’s the buzz?
Cheers,
Brazillia R. Kreep
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