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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Need someone with demonic dash to portray the Devil? There are only two choices. Old Ned himself. And Jack Nicholson. The Witches of Eastwick to the better actor - and came up with the sleekest, sexiest supernatural comedy/thriller to emerge from this or any other world, earning Nicholson 1987 Best Actor Awards from the New York and Los Angeles Film Critics. The "witches" are in three modern-day women yearning for Mr. Right in a quaint New England town full of Mr. Uptights. Played glowingly by Cher (Moonstruck), Susan Sarandon (Lorenzo's Oil) and Michelle Pfeiffer (The Age of Innocence), they're lovely enough to tempt even the most jaded netherworld denizen.Soon, wealthy Daryl van Horne (Nicholson) arrives. Is his sudden appearance a coincidence? Or the outcome of the women's unconscious sorcery in this smooth adaptation of John Updyke's novel? Conjure up an evening's entertainment with The Witches of Eastwick. And have a devil of a good time.
"Classic Nicholson performance with some great sexual metaphors." Fred Topel, About.com
"Superbly-played horror-comedy; a delight..." James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
"Really stylish, undervalued comedy fantasy." Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress
Editor's Note
Based on John Updike's best-seller, this comic battle of the sexes is coupled with supernatural thriller overtones. Three beautiful unmarried residents of a small New England town seem to have conjured up "Mr. Right." But just who is this rich, eccentric and charismatic stranger?
Plot Summary
In the tranquil New England town of Eastwick reside three best friends: sexy dark-haired Alexandra, emotional redhead Jane, and intelligent blonde Sukie. Bored and dateless, this trio of divorced "witches" decide to conjure up their perfect man. He arrives in the form of Daryl Van Horn, who's charismatic, intelligent, and quite literally a "horny little devil". After Daryl easily seduces each witch by tapping into and exploiting her individual needs, the foursome begin living together in communal bliss. But soon the three women realize that Daryl is not the man of their dreams after all, and abandon him. But unfortunately for the lovely trio, hell hath no fury like The Devil scorned...
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French Dolby Digital Mono | | Dubbed: French | | Interactive Menus | | Production Notes | | Scene Selection | | Theatrical Trailers | | Widescreen & Full Screen Versions Of The Film |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 8/1/2006 |
| Original Release Date: 1987 | | Catalog ID: 73245 | | UPC: 00012569732452 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widesceen/Pan and Scan (TV Format) 2.35:1/1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew | Cher | | Jack Nicholson | | Michelle Pfeiffer | | Susan Sarandon | | George Miller - Director | | Hubert C. De La Bouillerie - Editor | | John Updike - Based On Novel By | | John Williams, et. al. - Original Music By | | Michael Cristofer - Screenplay | | Peter Guber - Producer | | Richard Francis-Bruce - Editor | | Rob Cohen - Executive Producer | | Vilmos Zsigmond - Cinematographer |
| Awards |
Oscar (1988) | | | John Williams, Nominee, Best Music, Original Score | |
Grammy (1988) | | | John Williams, Nominee, Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television | |
British Academy Awards (1988) |  | Michael Lantieri, et. al., Winner, Best Special Effects | |
Oscar (1988) | | | Wayne Artman, et. al., Nominee, Best Sound |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...A brilliantly conceived metaphor for the battle between the sexes....Vilmos Zsigmond's photography creates a deeply saturated, supra-real environment where anything can happen and does..." 06/10/1987USA Today
"...The film's casting dynamics are even more interesting today..." 09/12/1997 p.2D The Washington Post 9 of 10
Hollywood pulls out all the stops here, including a reordering of John Updike's original book to give you one flashy and chock-full-o'-surprises witches' tale. George "Mad Max" Miller directs crisply and Vilmos Zsigmond's photography shifts moods superbly, from clean New England greens to stark thunderstorm blacks and whites. But "Witches" depends mostly on Nicholson. Certainly Sarandon (as music teacher Jane Spofford), Cher (earthy sculptress Alexandra Medford) and Pfeiffer (fertile town reporter Sukie Ridgemont) turn in excellent performances, but Jack is crackerjack -- reeling wildly between his quirky "Terms of Endearment" gallantry to the "Heeeere's Johnny" lunacy of "The Shining" with a zest that must be illegal. - Desson Howe
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
"The Witches of Eastwick" is based on the John Updike novel, which must have presented a minefield for George Miller, the director. Fantasies usually play better on the page than on the screen, because in the imagination they don't seem as ridiculous as they sometimes do when they've been reduced to actual images. There are some moments in "The Witches of Eastwick" that stretch uncomfortably for effects - the movie's climax is overdone, for example - and yet a lot of the time this movie plays like a plausible story about implausible people. The performances sell it. And the eyebrows. - Roger Ebert
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