Matilda [videorecording] / TriStar Pictures presents a Jersey Films production ; produced by Danny DeVito ... [et al.] ; screenplay by Nicholas Kazan & Robin Swicord ; directed by Danny DeVito.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 01353 | Columbia TriStar Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: [United States] : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2005.Edition: Special edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1404936289
- Matilda (Motion picture).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on the book Matilda, by British children's author Roald Dahl, this film moves the setting from the U.K. to the U.S.; otherwise it follows the original closely. Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson) is an extremely curious and intelligent little girl who is very different from her low-brow, mainstream parents (Danny DeVito and real-life wife Rhea Perlman), who quite cruelly ignore her. As she grows older, she begins to discover that she has telekinetic powers. Not until a teacher shows her kindness for the first time does she realize that she can use those powers to do something about her sufferings and help her friends as well. Villains from the awful Miss Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), headmistress of her miserable school Crunchem Hall, to her parents and older brother begin to feel her ire. Look for Paul Reubens (aka Pee Wee Herman) in a small part as an FBI agent investigating Matilda's shady father. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1996.
Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Mara Wilson.
MPAA rating: PG, for elements of exaggerated meanness and ridicule and for some mild language.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Includes French and Spanish dubbed versions and subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned.