The Witches (Original title)
Date: 1989 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Nicolas Roeg
Synopsis: Based on the story by Roald Dahl. Luke is warned of the dangers of accepting anything from women with purple eyes. When his parents are killed in a car crash, Luke and his grandmother come to England where they encounter a convention of the RSPCC. This, however, is a cover for a coven of evil witches who plan to rid the land of children by feeding them a potion which transforms them into mice.
Genre: Fantasy
Subject: Witchcraft
Releases
Date: 04 May 1990Country: United KingdomRelease type: Pre-ReleaseFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 0 mins 2 secs - Length: 3 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros Distributors (UK)
Date: 25 May 1990Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 91 mins 29 secs - Length: 8233 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros Distributors (UK)
Date: 24 August 1990Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 91 mins 29 secs - Language: English
Date: 1989 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: Nicolas Roeg
Synopsis: Based on the story by Roald Dahl. Luke is warned of the dangers of accepting anything from women with purple eyes. When his parents are killed in a car crash, Luke and his grandmother come to England where they encounter a convention of the RSPCC. This, however, is a cover for a coven of evil witches who plan to rid the land of children by feeding them a potion which transforms them into mice.
Genre: Fantasy
Subject: Witchcraft
Releases
Date: 04 May 1990Country: United KingdomRelease type: Pre-ReleaseFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 0 mins 2 secs - Length: 3 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros Distributors (UK)
Date: 25 May 1990Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 91 mins 29 secs - Length: 8233 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Bros Distributors (UK)
Date: 24 August 1990Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 91 mins 29 secs - Language: English
Credits
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©: Lorimar Film Entertainment Company, From: Jim Henson Productions, Lorimar Film Entertainment presents: Lorimar Film Entertainment, Distributed by: Warner Bros., Executive Producer: Jim Henson, Producer: Mark Shivas, Line Producer: Dusty Symonds, Production Manager - Norway: Hans Otto Nicolayssen, Production Co-ordinator: Clare St. John, Production Accountant: Brian Bailey, Assistant Accountant: Sarah Dean, Ann Thrift, Location Manager - Norway: Philip Kohler, Location Manager - England: Liz Kerry, Post-production Co-ordinator: Jennie McClean-Cooke, Production Office Secretary: Gay Whelan, Production Runner: Richard Whelan, Mark Challenor, Floor Runner: Sholto Roeg, Second Unit Director: John Palmer, 1st Assistant Director: Barry Wasserman, Chris Newman, 2nd Assistant Director: Callum McDougall, 3rd Assistant Director: Mark Layton, Assistant to Mr [Nicolas] Roeg: Roy Hyatt, Script Supervisor: Mary Holdsworth, Casting Director: Celestia Fox, Additional Casting: Alderman and Andreas Casting, Screenplay by: Allan Scott, Based on the book by: Roald Dahl, Director of Photography: Harvey Harrison, 2nd Unit Camera: John Palmer, Director of Photography - Model Unit: Paul Wilson, Camera Operator: Gordon Hayman, Focus Puller: Mike Evans, Clapper Loader: Dean Morrish, Gaffer: Steve Foster, Camera Grip: Kenny Atherfold, Stills Photographer: Stephen Morley, Animatronics by: Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Animatronics Designer: John Stephenson, Animatronics Co-ordinator: William Plant, Mice Designs: Pauline Fowler, Puppet Mice: Jane Gootnick, Foam Lab Supervisor: Mike Osborne, Film Editor: Tony Lawson, 1st Assistant Editor: Margaret Thompson, Production Designer: Andrew Sanders, Production Designer - Concepts: Voytek, Supervising Art Director: Norman Dorme, Art Director: John King, Assistant Set Designer - Norway: Ingeborg Kvamme, Set Decorator: Robin Tarsnane, Draughtsman: Jonathan Mckinstry, Clifford Robinson, Storyboard Artist: Mike Ploog, Property Buyer: Don Worts, Property Master: John Mills, Chargehand Prop: Micky Swift, Standby Prop: Alfie Smith, Construction Manager: Geoffrey Kingsley, Assistant Construction Manager: Bob Devine, Costumes Designed by: Marit Allen, Wardrobe Supervisor: Richard Pointing, Wardrobe Mistress: Dorothea Smylie, Chief Make-up Artist: Christine Beveridge, Make-up Grand High Witch: Steve Norrington, Assistant Make-up: Sally Sutton, Sally Harrison, Chief Hairdresser: Tricia Cameron, Prosthetic Make-up: Nigel Booth, Mecanical Designer: Neal Scanlan, Mecanical Designer: Verner Gresty, Mecanical Designer: Chris Barton, David Barrington-holt, Title Design and Optical Effects: Image to Image, Optical Effects: Optical Film Effects, Travelling Matte: Meddings Magic, Laboratory: Metrocolor London Ltd., Filmed with: Panavision Equipment, Originated on: Eastman Colour Film, Originated on Eastman Colour Film from: Kodak, Music by: Stanley Myers, Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer, Music Recorded by: Chris Dibble, Music Recorded and Mixed at: Wembley C.T.S. Studios, [Production] Sound Mixer: Peter Sutton, Boom Operator: John Salter, Sound Re-recorded at: Twickenham Studios, Re-recording Mixer: Gerry Humphreys, Dubbing Editor: Rodney Glenn, Assistant Dubbing Editor: Julian Rodd, Dialogue Editor: Derek Holding, [Sound] Effects Editor: Philip Alton, Special Thanks to: Rusty Lemorande, Ileen Maisel, Camera and Electrical Equipment: Samuelsons Ltd., Sound Equipment: Osborne Sound, Also Thanks to: Goldcrest Studios Sound Department, Filmed at: Bray Studios (England)
Cast
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Anjelica Huston (Miss Ernst, Grand High Witch), Mai Zetterling (Helga), Bill Paterson (Mr Jenkins), Brenda Blethyn (Mrs Jenkins), Rowan Atkinson (Mr Stringer), Jasen Fisher (Luke), Charlie Potter (Bruno Jenkins), Anne Lambton (woman in black), Jane Horrocks (Miss Irvine), Sukie Smith (Marlene), Rose English (Dora), Jenny Runacre (Elsie), Annabel Brooks (Nicola), Emma Relph (Millie), Nora Connolly (Beatrice), Rosamund Greenwood (Janice), Anjelique Rockas (Henrietta), Ann Tirard (lady 1), Leila Hoffman (lady 2), Jim Carter (head chef), Roberta Taylor (witch chef), Brian Hawksley (elderly waiter), Debra Gillett (waitress), Darcy Flynn (Luke's mother), Vincent Marzello (Luke's father), Serena Harragin (doctor), Greta Nordra (Norwegian witch), Elsie Eide (Erica), Kristin Steinsland (child Helga), Merete Armand (Erica's mother), Ola Otnes (Erica's father), Johan Sverre, Arvid Ones, Sverre Rossummoen (policeman), Steve Whitmore, Anthony Asbury, Brian Henson, David Greenaway, Rob Tygner, Sue Dacre, Donald Austen (puppeteer)