Howl’s Moving
Castle, directed by
Hayao Miyazaki.
Featuring the voices of Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall, Christian Bale and Billy
Crystal.
Library Call Number:PN1995.9.F36H69
2004.
Adapted from the Amazon Review by Charles Solomon: Like a dream, Howl's Moving Castle
carries audiences to vistas beyond their imaginations where they experience
excitement, adventure, terror, humor, and romance. …The #3 film in
Japanese history with a box office of $210 million, Howl is…based on a juvenile
novel by Diana Wynne Jones…Sophie, a 19-year-old girl who believes she is
plain, has resigned herself to a drab life in her family's hat shop--until the
Witch of the Waste transforms her into a 90-year-old woman. In her aged guise…Sophie
discovers her hidden potential in a magical environment--the castle of the
title. Miyazaki creates a ramshackle structure that looks like it might
disintegrate at any moment. Sophie's honesty and determination win her valuable
new friends: Markl, Howl's young apprentice; a jaunty scarecrow; Calcifer, a
temperamental fire demon; and Heen, a hilarious, wheezing dog. She wins the
heart of the dashing, irresponsible wizard Howl, and brings an end an
unnecessary and destructive war. The film overflows with eclipsing visuals that
range from frightening aerial battles to serene landscapes, and few recent
features--animated or live action--offer as much magic as Howl's Moving
Castle. 
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