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Release date United States: Friday, June 10, 2005, DVD release: TBA

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Cast:

Lauren Bacall as Witch of the Waste
Christian Bale as Howl
Billy Crystal as Calcifer
Blythe Danner as Madam Suliman
Crispin Freeman as Prince Turnip
Josh Hutcherson as Markl
Jena Malone as Lettie
Emily Mortimer as Young Sophie
Jean Simmons as Old Sophie

About:

Sophie, an average teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl, and is subsequently turned into a 90-year old woman by the vain and conniving Wicked Witch of the Waste. Embarking on an incredible odyssey to lift the curse, she finds refuge in Howl's magical moving castle where she becomes acquainted with Markl, Howl's apprentice, and a hot-headed fire demon named Calcifer. Sophie's love and support comes to have a major impact on Howl, who flies in the face of orders from the palace to become a pawn of war and instead risks his life to help bring peace to the kingdom.

Genres:
Asian - Adventure - Family - Animation

Producers: Toshio Suzuki

Writers: Hayao Miyazaki

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