Roald Dahl's The witches : 2-film collection ; The witches. Cover Image

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Roald Dahl's The witches : 2-film collection ; The witches.

Zemeckis, Robert, 1952- (screenwriter,, film producer,, film director.). Barris, Kenya, 1974- (screenwriter.). Toro, Guillermo del, 1964- (film producer,, screenwriter.). Rapke, Jack, (film producer.). Cuarón, Alfonso, (film producer.). Kelly, Luke (Producer), (film producer.). Hathaway, Anne, 1982- (actor.). Spencer, Octavia, (actor.). Tucci, Stanley, (actor.). Bruno, Jahzir, (actor.). Eastick, Codie-Lei, (actor.). Chenoweth, Kristin, (actor.). Rock, Chris, (voice actor.). Burgess, Don, 1956- (director of photography.). Freeman, Gary (Production designer), (production designer.). O'Driscoll, Jeremiah, (editor of moving image work.). Chan, Ryan, (editor of moving image work.). Silvestri, Alan, (composer (expression)). Johnston, Joanna (Costume designer), (costume designer.). Dahl, Roald. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Witches. (Added Author). Harrison, Harvey, 1944- (photography.). Myers, Stanley, (music.). Henson, Jim, (producer.). Scott, Alan, (screenplay.). Shivas, Mark, (producer.). Roeg, Nicolas, 1928-2018 (director.). Huston, Anjelica, (actress.). Zetterling, Mai, 1925-1994 (actress.). Fisher, Jasen, (actor.). Atkinson, Rowan, (actor.). Paterson, Bill, 1945- (actor.). Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm), (publisher.). Studio Distribution Services (Firm), (distributor.). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), (presenter.). ImageMovers (Firm), (production company.). Necropia (Firm), (production company.). Esperanto Filmoj, (production company.). Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Paterson (1990). (Cast). Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Jahzir Bruno, Codie-Lei Eastick, Kristin Chenoweth, Chris Rock (2020). (Cast).

Summary:

"Two-disc set includes: The Witches (1990). An enchanting, thrilling fantasy starring Anjelica Huston as the leader of a coven of evil witches who wants to turn all of England's children into mice. A young boy accidentally stumbles into their meeting and is transformed into a rodent, but he and his grandmother have a plan to turn the tides on the sorceress. ...The Witches (2020). Back in 1968, orphaned Chicago kid Charlie Hansen (Jahzir Bruno) felt lucky in moving to Alabama with his loving grandma Agatha (Octavia Spencer). That'd change when they went to a local hotel hosting a coven of conventioneer witches ... and he fell prey to the schemes of their leader (Anne Hathaway) to transform the world's children into mice."-- Provided by the RetroWormhole.

Record details

Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (196 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Burbank, California] : Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc., [2022]
Distributor: Universal City, CA : Studio Distribution Services, [2022]
Copyright: ©1989

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as different motion pictures in 1990 and 2020 respectively. Both motion pictures based on the book by Roald Dahl. Full-screen (1990) ; widescreen (2020). Special features: deleted scenes (2020); audio and subtitles may vary.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Witches / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; executive producer, Jim Henson ; screenplay by Alan Scott ; produced by Mark Shivas ; directed by Nicolas Roeg (1990 : PG : 92 min.) -- The Witches / Warner Bros. Pictures presents an ImageMovers/Necropia/Esperanto Filmoj production ; screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro ; produced by Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Luke Kelly ; directed by Robert Zemeckis (2020 : PG : 104 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Harvey Harrison ; music by Stanley Myers (1990). Director of photography, Don Burgess ; production designer, Gary Freeman ; edited by Jeremiah O'Driscoll, Ryan Chan ; music composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri ; costume designer, Joanna Johnston (2020).
Participant or Performer Note:	Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Paterson (1990). Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Jahzir Bruno, Codie-Lei Eastick, Kristin Chenoweth, Chris Rock (2020).
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG (1990) ; PG, for scary images/moments, language and thematic elements (2020); bonus material/trailer not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1; full-screen presentation ; stereo (1990) ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 (2020).
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only.
Language Note:	In English (1990 and 2020); optional dubbed French and Spanish ; English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles for the hearing impaired (2020) ; bonus material may not be closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from container.