Practical magic / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; in association with Village Roadshow Pictures ; a Di Novi Pictures production ; in association with Fortis Films ; screenplay by Robin Swicord and Akiva Goldsman and Adam Brooks ; produced by Denise Di Novi ; directed by Griffin Dunne.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 1000112617 | Warner Bros. Entertainment | (container)3000024198 | Warner Bros. Entertainment | (container)16322.1.A | Warner Bros. Entertainment | (disc)Language: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French Publisher: [Burbank, California] : Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., [2009]Distributor: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781419887475
- 1419887475
- Music by Alan Silvestri ; edited by Elizabeth Kling ; production designer, Robin Standefer ; director of photography, Andrew Dunn.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Griffin Dunne directed this romantic fantasy adapted from the 1995 Alice Hoffman novel about the Owens family of witches, regarded as outcasts in the town where they live. Aunt Frances (Stockard Channing) and her sister Aunt Jet (Dianne Wiest) tried to pass on practical magic skills to their nieces, subdued Sally (Sandra Bullock) and fiery Gillian (Nicole Kidman), brought up by the two aunts after their parents died. The aunts concoct spells for the lonely and the lovelorn, but the family's use of witchcraft unfortunately invokes a curse that spells doom to the family's menfolk. Denying her powers, Sally attempted to lead a life minus magic. Her marriage to fish merchant Michael (Mark Feuerstein) brought two daughters -- and Michael's death. Moving into the aunt's seaside mansion, the widowed Sally warns the aunts not to influence her daughters. Sally intervenes when Gillian suffers at the hands of her abusive Bulgarian boyfriend Jimmy (Goran Visnic), and Arizona detective Gary Hallet (Aidan Quinn), investigating Jimmy's disappearance, turns up in town, eyeing Gillian and Sally as the leading suspects. Filmed in Washington (San Juan Island, Whidby Island, Coupeville, Friday Harbor). ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
English or French dialogue; optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Aidan Quinn.
Music by Alan Silvestri ; edited by Elizabeth Kling ; production designer, Robin Standefer ; director of photography, Andrew Dunn.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
Based on the novel by Alice Hoffman.
"Widescreen version presented in a "letterbox" widescreen format preserving the "scope" aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition. Enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.
Sally and Gillian are sisters with a bewitching gift. Unfortunately their gift also comes with a dark family curse: any man who falls in love with them meets a horrible end. When Sally meets the man of her dreams, she has one final chance to lift the curse and set their love lives free. With the help of their aunts the siblings take on the dark side.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence, intense thematic elements and sensuality.
Special features: Interactive cauldron game; Making magic behind-the-scenes featurette; Casting the spell behind-the-scenes featurette; feature-length audio commentary by Sandra Bullock, director Griffin Dunne, producer Denise Di Novi and composer Alan Silvestri; 11 theatrical trailers; 3 TV spots.