Howl's Moving Castle PG
The two lived there.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 17, 2017
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal, Blythe Danner, Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Emily Mortimer & Josh Hutcherson | |
Directed by | Hayao Miyazaki | |
Screenwriting by | Hayao Miyazaki | |
Composition by | Joe Hisaishi | |
Produced by | Toshio Suzuki | |
Director of Photography: | Atsushi Okui | |
Voice: | Emily Mortimer, Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Billy Crystal, Blythe Danner, Josh Hutcherson & Lauren Bacall |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/4 --
What you get, above all, is some enchanting flashes of classic Miyazaki and the nagging sense that something essential is missing.
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Seattle Times
3 stars out of 4 -- [T]his Oscar-nominated Japanese animation wanders into seriously trippy territory....Relentlessly imaginative...
Rolling Stone
Clever and often enchanting....This movie often soars, blending a childlike sense of wonder with sophisticated emotions and motives.
USA Today
[Miyazaki] may have made better films than Howl's Moving Castle, but it still exhibits his amazing imagination and astonishing detail.
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London Evening Standard
Howl's Moving Castle has the logic of a dream: behind every door lie multiple realities, one more astonishing than the next.
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Newsweek
4 stars out of 5 -- Tremendously imaginative and charming.
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Rating: 6/10 --
I do find it a bit slow... [but] I'm glad I saw it.
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Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)
Product Description:
Acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki adapts British writer Diana Wynne Jones's popular fantasy tale for this animated feature, adding his own unique and celebrated dreamlike spin. A young hat-maker named Sophie (voiced by Emily Mortimer) is turned into an old woman by the dreaded Witch of the Waste (Lauren Bacall) when she attracts the notice of Howl (Christian Bale), a young wizard whom the witch desires for herself. As the old woman, (voiced by Jean Simmons), Sophie finds refuge as a cleaning lady in Howl's magical castle, an impressively realized mishmash of anthropomorphic shafts and gears, where she meets, among other wonders, a cantankerous fire demon named Calcifer (Billy Crystal). Howl's courage inspires her to seek a cure for her curse, and vice versa, and the two work together to prevent a major war as the castle roams the countryside on its mechanical legs. There's lots of magic afoot as well, including travel through barriers of space and time, and shape-shifting, requiring full viewer attention to keep track of who, where, and when, but this how dreams really are and the film engages on that same subconscious level. As with Miyazaki's previous work (SPIRITED AWAY, KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE), the emphasis here is on creating a beautiful alternate reality, where anything can happen, and every frame is a breathtaking work of art. See it on the big screen if the chance presents itself; the elaborate intricacies and patiently realized alternate realities of Miyazaki's work makes him a true treasure.
Keywords:
Adventure
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Fantasy
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War
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Magic
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Theatrical Release
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Anime
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Witches
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Fantasy Worlds
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Animated Worlds
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- Sales Rank: 45,623
- UPC: 826663181616
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