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Howl's Moving Castle | 
 enlarge | Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa, Ryûnosuke Kamiki
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Sales Rank: 1097
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Japanese (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 119 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD41399D
Model: 04139900
UPC: 786936296662
EAN: 0786936296662
ASIN: B000CDGVOE
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: March 7, 2006
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| Features:
| • | 2-disc special edition features both the original Japanese soundtrack and an English language soundtrack | | • | Behind the Microphone featurette with the English language voice cast and footage from the dubbing sessions | | • | Interview with Pixar Animation Studios Director, Pete Docter | | • | Hayao Miyazaki Visits Pixar Animation Studios with Pixar director John Lasseter | | • | Complete storyboards set to the movie soundtrack |
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Product Description
When a jealous witch's curse turns a young woman into a wrinkled crone, her only hope for a cure lies with a shape-shifting wizard named Howl, whose mobile home roams the wastelands between two warring countries. This U.S. version of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's imaginative fantasy, based on Diana Wynne Jones' novel, features a voice cast that includes Lauren Bacall, Christian Bale, Billy Crystal, Emily Mortimer, and Jean Simmons. 119 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: Japanese Dolby Digital 5. 1, English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH); interview; featurette; TV spots; theatrical trailer. In Japanese with English subtitles/Dubbed in English. Two-disc set.
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Like a dream, Howl's Moving Castle carries audiences to vistas beyond their imaginations where they experience excitement, adventure, terror, humor, and romance. With domestic box office receipts of over $210 million, Howl passed Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke to become the #3 film in Japanese history, behind his Spirited Away and James Cameron's Titanic. Based on a juvenile novel by Diana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving Castle marks the first time Miyazaki has adapted another writer's work since Kiki's Delivery Service (1989). Sophie, a 19-year-old girl who believes she is plain, has resigned herself to a drab life in her family's hat shop--until the Witch of the Waste transforms her into a 90-year-old woman. In her aged guise, Sophie searches for a way to break the Witch's spell and finds unexpected adventures. Like Chihiro, the heroine of Spirited Away, Sophie discovers her hidden potential in a magical environment--the castle of the title. Using CG, Miyazaki creates a ramshackle structure that looks like it might disintegrate at any moment. Sophie's honesty and determination win her some valuable new friends: Markl, Howl's young apprentice; a jaunty scarecrow; Calcifer, a temperamental fire demon; and Heen, a hilarious, wheezing dog. She wins the heart of the dashing, irresponsible wizard Howl, and brings an end an unnecessary and destructive war. The film overflows with eclipsing visuals that range from frightening aerial battles to serene landscapes, and few recent features--animated or live action--offer as much magic as Howl's Moving Castle. --Charles Solomon The Many Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki 
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The Art of Howls' Moving Castle (book) | Stills from Howl's Moving Castle (click for larger image)
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