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Castle in the Sky

Castle in the Sky
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

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Product Description

Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 04/15/2003 Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Nr

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #24166 in DVD
  • Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
  • Released on: 2003-04-15
  • Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Formats: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Original language: English, French, Japanese
  • Subtitled in: French, English
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Running time: 124 minutes

Features

  • The magic touch of master animator Hayao Miyazaki is visible from start to finish in CASTLE IN THE SKY -- an imaginative tale full of mystery and adventure. The high-flying journey begins when Pazu, a mining apprentice, finds a young girl wearing a glowing pendant and floating down from the sky. Together, they discover both are searching for the legendary floating castle, Laputa, and vow to unrave

Editorial Reviews

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Inspired by "Gulliver's Travels," the fantasy-adventure Castle in the Sky (1986) was Hayao Miyazaki's third feature, and helped to establish his reputation as a visionary in both Japan and America. The orphan Sheeta inherited a mysterious crystal that links her to the legendary sky-kingdom of Laputa. With the help of resourceful Pazu and a rollicking band of sky pirates, she makes her way to the ruins of the once-great civilization. Sheeta and Pazu must outwit the evil Muska, who plans to use Laputa's science to make himself ruler of the world. Castle echoes elements in Myazaki's earlier Nausicaä, and anticipates imagery in his later films, from My Neighbor Totoro to Spirited Away. Disney's new English dub, which features Anna Paquin (Sheeta), James Van Der Beek (Pazu), and Cloris Leachman (pirate matriarch Dola), is lively and close in tone to the original Japanese, if a bit talkier. The exciting flying sequences, appealing characters, and fantastic vision of a steam-powered future Jules Verne might have imagined make Castle in the Sky a must-have for fans of Japanese and Western animation. (Unrated: suitable for ages 10 and older: violence) --Charles Solomon