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| Overall Rating:    4.75 out of 5, including 1 review Add your comments on this Title. |
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment Presents A Studio Ghibli Film
In Hayao Miyazaki's latest animated masterpiece, journey beyond imagination and enter a "breathtaking fantasy world" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times) filled with adventure, humor and heart.
Sophie, a quiet girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome but mysterious wizard named Howl. The vain and vengeful Witch of the Waste, jealous of their friendship, puts a spell on Sophie. In a life-changing adventure, Sophie climbs aboard Howl's magnificent flying castle and enters a magical world on a quest to break the spell.
Featuring the voice talents of Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, and Billy Crystal, Miyazaki's artistry comes to life on DVD with inventive characters, unique storytelling and richly detailed animation.
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Features:
| Behind The Microphone
Interview with Pixar Animation Director, Pete Docter
Hayao Miyazaki Visits Pixar Animation Studios
TV Spots & Trailers
Storyboards | Video:
| | Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
JAPANESE: Dolby Digital 5.1
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| Studio: Disney / Buena Vista Production Year: 2004 Release Date: 3/7/2006
Length: 119 mins Rating: PG Chapters: 24
| Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 2 Disc: SS-DL Item Code: 4139903 UPC Code: 786936296662
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Overall Rating:    4.75 out of 5, including 1 review Add your comments on this Title. |
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Customer Review
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Lesser yet still captivating Miyazaki fairy tale. - 4.75 out of 5 (3/15/2006)
With HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, Hayao Miyazaki takes a popular British children's book by Dianne Wyanna Jones and transforms it into yet another breathtakingly gorgeous and sumptuously animated work of art. Indeed, from the opening shot where we see the titular structure--a bizarre amalgam of iron, steam, and unexpected surprises--loom ominously out of the mist, audiences will find themselves on a roller coaster of visual delight and imagination.
The story, set in a fantastical Welsh countryside,
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