Aug 27th
The Witches**
GB 1989. Warner Bros/Jim Henson. 90m.
A resourceful boy and his grandmother turn the tables on the Grand High Witch who wants to turn all the children of Britain into mice.
Inevitably softened from the darkness of the original (a nice witch intervenes), this is nevertheless a splendidly accessible adaptation of Roald Dahl, one of the few films to genuinely capture the atmosphere of his stories, with some good comedy cameos and an ideal choice of director taking a change of pace.
Written by: Alan Scott, from the novel by Roald Dahl.
Producer: Mark Shivas.
Director: Nicolas Roeg.
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson, Charlie Potter, Jane Horrocks, Bill Paterson, Brenda Blethyn, Anne Lambton.
Photography: Harvey Harrison.
Music: Stanley Myers.
THE WITCHES. An unrecognisable Anjelica Huston (in a make-up not unlike the Spitting Image caricature of Margaret Thatcher) warms up for playing Morticia Addams.
The Witches**
GB 1989. Warner Bros/Jim Henson. 90m.
A resourceful boy and his grandmother turn the tables on the Grand High Witch who wants to turn all the children of Britain into mice.
Inevitably softened from the darkness of the original (a nice witch intervenes), this is nevertheless a splendidly accessible adaptation of Roald Dahl, one of the few films to genuinely capture the atmosphere of his stories, with some good comedy cameos and an ideal choice of director taking a change of pace.
Written by: Alan Scott, from the novel by Roald Dahl.
Producer: Mark Shivas.
Director: Nicolas Roeg.
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson, Charlie Potter, Jane Horrocks, Bill Paterson, Brenda Blethyn, Anne Lambton.
Photography: Harvey Harrison.
Music: Stanley Myers.
THE WITCHES. An unrecognisable Anjelica Huston (in a make-up not unlike the Spitting Image caricature of Margaret Thatcher) warms up for playing Morticia Addams.
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