Howl's Moving Castle (Blu-ray + DVD) PG
The two lived there.
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: October 17, 2017
- Originally Released: 2005
- 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:
What a moveable feast of delights.
Wall Street Journal
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)
[T]he visuals are breathtaking, especially when Miyazaki takes to the air...
A.V. Club
Admirers of his work, which is wildly imaginative, emotionally intense and surpassingly gentle, will find much to appreciate in this film because it demonstrates, once again, his visual ingenuity and his sensitivity as a storyteller.
New York Times
Rating: 3/5 --
Despite Miyazaki's undoubted gifts for story, character and cute animation, the diverse cultural agendas jar badly.
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The List
[Miyazaki has a] gift for wonder, an ease with fantasy that makes enchantment second nature...
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Whereas Spirited [Away] saw the world through the eyes of a child, Howl sees it through the eyes of an adult who longs to be young again.
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The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
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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Anime
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Witches
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Fantasy Worlds
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Animated Worlds
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- UPC: 826663181623
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