Spirited Away

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Exclusive Satisfaction Rating: 90% Based on 871 reviews. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Search eBay for this item. Release Date: April 15, 2003 Theatrical Release: 2001 Director: Hayao Miyazaki Package Dimensions (in inches): 0.5 x 7.5 x 5.4 Package Weight: 0.35 pounds Running Time: 125 minutes Audio Tracks/Subtitles: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language) Other Details Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 9780788844614 Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 078884461X Label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video MPN: DISD29781D Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Walt Disney Video Region Code: 1 Studio: Walt Disney Video UPC: 786936213843

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Description: From one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema comes the most acclaimed film of 2002. Hayao Miyazaki's latest triumph, filled with astonishing animation and epic adventure, is a dazzling masterpiece for the ages. It's a "wonderfully welcoming work of art that's as funny and entertaining as it is brilliant, beautiful, and deep" (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal). SPIRITED AWAY is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl, Chihiro, trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world. An unforgettable story brimming with creativity, SPIRITED AWAY will take you on a journey beyond your imagination. "To enter the world of Hayao Miyazaki is to experience a kind of lighthearted enchantment that is unique to the world of animation" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). It's a fantastic tale the whole family will want to experience over and over again.

Amazon.com: The highest grossing film in Japanese box-office history (more than $234 million), Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro Kamikakushi) is a dazzling film that reasserts the power of drawn animation to create fantasy worlds. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Lewis Carroll's Alice, Chihiro (voice by Daveigh Chase--Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch) plunges into an alternate reality. On the way to their new home, the petulant adolescent and her parents find what they think is a deserted amusement park. Her parents stuff themselves until they turn into pigs, and Chihiro discovers they're trapped in a resort for traditional Japanese gods and spirits. An oddly familiar boy named Haku (Jason Marsden) instructs Chihiro to request a job from Yubaba (Suzanne Pleshette), the greedy witch who rules the spa. As she works, Chihiro's untapped qualities keep her from being corrupted by the greed that pervades Yubaba's mini-empire. In a series of fantastic adventures, she purges a river god suffering from human pollution, rescues the mysterious No-Face, and befriends Yubaba's kindly twin, Zeniba (Pleshette again). The resolve, bravery, and love Chihiro discovers within herself enable her to aid Haku and save her parents. The result is a moving and magical journey, told with consummate skill by one of the masters of contemporary animation. MPAA Rated: PG ("Some scary moments") --Charles Solomon

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