Howl's moving castle
Record details
- ISBN: 9780788861451
- ISBN: 078886145X
- ISBN: 078886145X
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Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 119 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc - Publisher: Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, [2006]
- Distributor: [Burbank, CA] : Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Content descriptions
General 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 (9 min. voice actor featurette); Interview with Pete Docter (7 min.); Hello Mr. Lasseter: Hayao Miyazaki visits Pixar (16 min. featurette); TV spots and trailers (in Japanese, with optional English subtitles). (Disc 2): Storyboards (in English or Japanese, with optional English subtitles). |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Music by Joe Hisaishi ; theme song "Sekai no yakusoku", lyrics, Shuntaro Tanikawa, composition, Youmi Kimura, music arrangement, Joe Hisaishi, performance, Chieko Baisho ; supervising animators, Akihiko Yamashita, Takeshi Inamura, Kitaro Kosaka ; key animators, Makiko Futaki, [et al.] ; art directors, Yôji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; editing, Takeshi Seyama ; director of photography, Atsuchi Okui. U.S. production: executive producer, John Lasseter ; producers, Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott ; directors, Pete Docter, Rick Dempsey ; English language adaptation, Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt ; translated from the original Japanese by Jim Hubbert. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Voices (Japanese): Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashûin, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mitsunori Isaki, Yô Ôizumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Daijirô Harada, Haruko Katô. Voices (English): Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal, Jena Malone, Daijiro Harada, Crispin Freeman, Mark Silverman, Mari Devon, Liliana Mumy. |
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: PG; for frightening images and brief mild language. MPAA rating: PG; for frightening images and brief mild language. |
System Details Note: | DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital. DVD, widescreen (1.85:1), NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
Language Note: | In Japanese, dubbed English, or dubbed French with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English. |
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Subject: | Young women Drama Magic Drama Witches Drama Man-woman relationships Drama Wizards Drama Witches Drama Jones, Diana Wynne Film adaptations |
Genre: | Animated films -- Japan. Foreign films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Children's films. Feature films. Fantasy films. Fiction films. Steampunk films. Animated films. |
Available copies
- 30 of 31 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 31 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rowayton Library | J DVD HOW (Text) | 33625000263900 | Juvenile Fiction DVD | Available | - |