Howl's moving castle [videorecording] / 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.

Miyazaki, Hayao, 1941- (director.). Dempsey, Rick, (producer.). Docter, Pete. (Added Author). Lott, Ned, (producer.). Suzuki, Toshio, 1948- (producer.). Bale, Christian, 1974- (actor.). Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010 (actor.). Bacall, Lauren, 1924-2014 (actor.). Danner, Blythe, (actor.). Crystal, Billy, (actor.). Mortimer, Emily, (actor.). Hutcherson, Josh, (actor.). Okui, Atsushi, (cinematographer.). Hisaishi, Jō, 1950- (composer.). Jones, Diana Wynne. Howl's moving castle. (Added Author). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha. (Added Author). Tokuma Shoten. (Added Author). Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Walt Disney Productions. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 078886145X
ISBN: 9780788861451
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Burbank, California : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2006.
Distributor: [Burbank, California] : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Copyright: ©2004.

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; 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).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Art directors, Yoji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; supervising animators, Akihiko Yamashita, Takeshi Inamura, Kitaro Kosaka. 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 [and others] ; U.S. production: producers, Rick Dempsey, Ned Lott ; directors, Peter Docter, Rick Dempsey ; English language adaptation, Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald J. Hewitt.
Participant or Performer Note:	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. Voices (English): Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner, Emily Mortimer, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG; for frightening images and brief mild language.
System Details Note:	DVD, widescreen (1.85:1), region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	In Japanese, dubbed English, or dubbed French with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.