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The Witches (1990 film)
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| Directed by | Nicolas Roeg |
| Screenplay by | Allan Scott |
| Based on | The Witches by Roald Dahl |
| Produced by | Mark Shivas |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Harvey Harrison |
| Edited by | Tony Lawson |
| Music by | Stanley Myers |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million[2] |
| Box office | $15.3 million[3] |
The Witches is a 1990 dark fantasy comedy horror film directed by Nicolas Roeg from a screenplay by Allan Scott, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Anjelica Huston and Mai Zetterling. The plot features evil witches who masquerade as ordinary women and follows a boy and his grandmother, who must find a way to foil their plans of turning children into mice.
The Witches was the last film project executive producer Jim Henson worked on before his death, with Jim Henson Productions co-producing the film and Jim Henson's Creature Shop designing and building the prosthetics for the witches and animatronic rats and mice that were used interchangeably with real mice.
The Witches was released in the United Kingdom on May 25, 1990. In Orlando, Florida, and Sacramento, California, on February 16, 1990, and in the United States on August 24, by Warner Bros.[2] Although Dahl disliked the film and criticized the ending, which differed from the source material, The Witches received positive reviews from critics and developed a cult following over the years.[4]
- ^ "The Witches (PG) (Cut)". British Board of Film Classification. May 4, 1990. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ^ a b c "The Witches (1990)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
- ^ "The Witches (1990)". The Numbers. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- ^ Alfar, Paolo (October 25, 2020). "The Witches (1990): 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About It". ScreenRant.
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