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Release Date: Jun 10, 2005
Running Time: 119 mins.
Country Of Origin: Japan
synopsis
Sophie, a diligent teenage girl working in her family's hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl sweeps her off her feet. This innocent encounter enrages the vain and conniving Witch of the Waste, who transforms Sophie into a 90-year-old woman. Sophie's efforts to break the curse bring her to Howl's magical moving castle, where she befriends Markl, Howl's apprentice, and the hot-headed fire demon Calcifer. Her love and support have a major impact on Howl, who can be maddeningly self-indulgent and singularly noble. He defies royal orders to participate in a meaningless war and risks his life to bring peace to the kingdom.
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Sophie Hatter
Howl
Witch of the Waste
Calcifer
Markl
Servant
Prince Turnip
King of Ingary
Heen
Madam Suliman
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English Language Adaptation
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While director Hayao Miyazaki's new film Howl's Moving Castle may not be on the same level as his previous films, including the Oscar-winning Spirited Away, it is still worth checking out for anime fans. Story Where to begin? This whimsical, far-out fairy tale is almost impossible to synopsize, but we'll give it a shot. Plain Sophie (voiced by Emily Mortimer), who works all day in her family's hat shop, has her life turned upside down when she meets the handsome and mysterious wizard, Howl… 
PETER TRAVERS -
June 9, 2005
Christian Bale adds another notch to his Batman Begins acting crown this summer. Bale does the voice of Howl, a young wizard who grows wings to save young Sophie (Emily Mortimer) from the lewd attentions of soldiers in an early scene from Howl's Moving Castle, the latest animated triumph from Hayao Miyazaki. The film has already made a cool $210 million outside the United States, where it's now being released in an English-language version. Before the purists holler, let me say that the dubbing…
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