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A young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and is turned into an old woman who is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother's hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. So...

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Corporate Authors: Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm), Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941-, Jones, Diana Wynne, Bale, Christian, 1974-, Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010, Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014, Crystal, Billy, Mortimer, Emily, Danner, Blythe, Okui, Atsushi, Hisaishi, Jō, 1950-
Format: Videos DVD
Language:Japanese
English
French
Published: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2006]
Subjects:
Wizards > Drama.
Witches > Drama.
Magic > Drama.
Friendship > Drama.
Young women > Drama.
Castles > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Fantasy films.
Witch films.
Animated films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Children's films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:A young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and is turned into an old woman who is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother's hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. Sophie befriends Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the castle and who is bound to Howl by a contract, the terms of which Calcifer cannot reveal. They promise to help each other with their problems. Like Calcifer, Howl can also see through the Witch's spell, and he and Sophie fall in love. Sophie helps Howl confront his former teacher, and the Witch of the Waste.
Item Description:Based on the novel "Howl's moving castle" by Diana Wynne Jones.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features include interviews, studio visits, TV spots, trailers and storyboard.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (ca. 119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG; for frightening images and brief mild language.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Atsuchi Okui ; art directors, Yôji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Joe Hisaishi ; key animators, Makiko Futaki ... [et al.].
ISBN:078886145X
Author Notes:Lauren Bacall September 16, 1924 - August 12, 2014 Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske in Brooklyn, New York on September 16, 1924. She started modeling as a teenager and at the age of 18, appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar. This cover led to her first movie, To Have and Have Not, which was released in 1944 and also starred Humphrey Bogart, who became her lover on the set. They were married on May 21, 1945. They starred in several movies together including The Big Sleep, Dark Passage, and Key Largo. They were married for 12 years before Bogart died of cancer in 1957.

During her lifetime, she appeared in more than 40 movies including How to Marry a Millionaire, Designing Woman, Murder on the Orient Express, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Dogville, and Manderlay. She received an honorary Academy Award in 2009 "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures" and was named a Kennedy Center Honors winner in 1997.

She also appeared on Broadway in Goodbye, Charlie and Cactus Flower. She won Tony Awards for her starring roles in Applause and Woman of the Year, which were both adapted from classic films. Her first autobiography, Lauren Bacall by Myself, won a National Book Award in 1980. Her second autobiography, Now, was published in 1994. She died on August 12, 2014 at the age of 89.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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