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The Witches (1990)
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
“Saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy they've turned into a mouse!”
Fantasy, Family, Horror · 1h 31m
While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.
Cast
Jasen Fisher
Luke Eveshim
Mai Zetterling
Helga Eveshim
Anjelica Huston
Miss Eva Ernst
Charlie Potter
Bruno Jenkins
Rowan Atkinson
Mr Stringer
Bill Paterson
Mr Jenkins
Brenda Blethyn
Mrs Jenkins
Jane Horrocks
Miss Irvine
Nora Connolly
Beatrice
Rose English
Dora
Jenny Runacre
Elsie
Angelique Rockas
Henrietta
Crew
- Director
- Nicolas Roeg
- Screenplay
- Allan Scott
- Novel
- Roald Dahl
- Director of Photography
- Harvey Harrison
- Original Music Composer
- Stanley Myers
- Editor
- Tony Lawson
- Producer
- Mark Shivas
Details
- Release date
- 1990-05-25
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Family, Horror
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Lorimar Film Entertainment, Jim Henson Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Box office
- $15,363,748