When nine year old Luke and his grandmother go for a quiet seaside holiday, they stumble upon a witches’ convention hosted by the Grand High Witch (Anjelica Huston). When Luke becomes a victim of the witches’ scheme to rid Britain of all its children, by transforming them into mice, he devises a plot with his grandmother to finally rid the world of witches. Based on the book by Roald Dahl.
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ACMI Identifier
302616
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Childrens Films → Children's films - United States
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)