TY - ADVS AU - Miyazaki,Hayao AU - Bale,Christian AU - Simmons,Jean AU - Bacall,Lauren AU - Crystal,Billy AU - Mortimer,Emily AU - Okui,Atsushi AU - Hisaishi,Joe ED - Walt Disney Home Entertainment (Firm) ED - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - Howl's moving castle SN - 078886145X AV - PN1995.9.A3 H6957 2006 U1 - 791.43/72 22 PY - 2006///] CY - Burbank, CA PB - Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment KW - Witches KW - Drama KW - Wizards KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Feature films KW - Action and adventure films KW - Animated films KW - Science fiction films KW - Adventure KW - Animation KW - Feature KW - local KW - Fantasy KW - Science fiction KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Title from container; Based on the novel "Howl's moving castle" by Daiana Win J^onzu; Originally released as a motion picture in 2005; Director of photography, Atsuchi Okui ; art directors, Y^oji Takeshige, Noboru Yoshida ; editor, Takeshi Seyama ; music, Joe Hisaishi ; key animators, Makiko Futaki ... [et al.]; Voices: Christian Bale, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall, Billy Crystal, Emily Mortimer; MPAA rating: PG; for frightening images and brief mild language N2 - A young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and is turned into an old woman who is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother's hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. Sophie befriends Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the castle and who is bound to Howl by a contract, the terms of which Calcifer cannot reveal. They promise to help each other with their problems. Like Calcifer, Howl can also see through the Witch's spell, and he and Sophie fall in love. Sophie helps Howl confront his former teacher, and the Witch of the Waste ER -