Howl's moving castle / Walt Disney Studios presents ; Studio Ghibli ; Tokuma Shoten/Studio Ghibli, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitshubishi, and Toho present ; screenplay written by Hayao Miyazaki ; production, Sutdio Ghibli ; producer, Toshio Suzuki ; director, Hayao Miyazaki.
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...
| Uniform Title: | Hauru no ugoku shiro.
= ハウルの動く城 Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Language: | Japanese English French |
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Japanese |
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In Japanese, dubbed English, or dubbed French with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English. |
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Burbank, CA :
Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
[2006]
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| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (approximately 119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
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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. 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. |
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| Note: | Based on the novel: Howl's moving castle / by Diana Wynne Jones. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2004. Special features (disc 1): behind the microphone; interview with Pete Docter; "Hello Mr. Lasseter: Hayao Miyazaki visits Pixar" featurette; TV spots and trailers (in Japanese, with optional English subtitles). Special features (disc 2): storyboards (in English or Japanese, with optional English subtitles). Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | CN1 D0063325 VideoDVD |
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MPAA rating: PG; for frightening images and brief mild language. |
| ISBN: | 078886145X 9780788861451 |
| Credits: | Director of photography, Atsuchi Okui ; art directors, Yôji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Joe Hisaishi ; art directors, Yoji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; supervising animators, Akihiko Yamashita, Takeshi Inamura, Kitaro Kosaka ; key animators, Makiko Futaki ...; U.S. production: producers, Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott ; directors, Peter Docter, Rick Dempsey ; English language adaptation, Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald J. Hewitt. [et al.]. Art directors, Yoji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; supervising animators, Akihiko Yamashita, Takeshi Inamura, Kitaro Kosaka. |
| System Details: | DVD, widescreen (1.85:1), region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
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Voices (English): Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal.
Japanese voices: Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa ; English voices: Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal, Jena Malone. |