Spirited Away Movie

Spirited Away
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Run Time: 124 min
MPAA Rating: PG
Released: 2001
Directors: Hayao Miyazaki
Genre/Type: Children's/Family
Fantasy
Anime
Fantasy Adventure
Producers: Donald W. Ernst
Toshio Suzuki
Plot Synopsis by Jonathan Crow
Master animation director Hayao Miyazaki follows up on his record-breaking 1997 opus Princess Mononoke with this surreal Alice in Wonderland-like tale about a lost little girl. The film opens with ten-year-old Chihiro riding along during a family outing as her father races through remote country roads. When they come upon a blocked tunnel, her parents decide to have a look around -- even though Chihiro finds the place very creepy. When they pass through the tunnel, they discover an abandoned amusement park. As Chihiro's bad vibes continue, her parents discover an empty eatery that smells of fresh food. After her mother and father help themselves to some tasty purloined morsels, they turn into giant pigs. Chihiro understandably freaks out and flees. She learns that this very weird place, where all sorts of bizarre gods and monsters reside, is a holiday resort for the supernatural after their exhausting tour of duty in the human world. Soon after befriending a boy named Haku, Chihiro learns the rules of the land: one, she must work , as laziness of any kind is not tolerated; and two, she must take on the new moniker of Sen. If she forgets her real name, Haku tells her, then she will never be permitted to leave.

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On their way to their new home, a young girl, Chihiro, and her parents stumble into what appears to be an abandoned theme park. But all is not as it seems, as the theme park is a bath-house for the spirits, and not a place where humans are ...
Sadly there is not...YET. hayao mirazki and the amazing artists and people from studio ghibli did not make a sequel yet.
www.amazon.com or www.walmart.com or walmart or a video store I have tryed these places and I can't find it! I go to knox, not there, I go to sanity, not there, I go to K-Mart, not there, I go to Target, not there, I even go to all dvd shop...
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Cast

Actors Character Born
Rumi Hiiragi Chihiro
Daveigh Chase Chihiro [USA Version] Jul 24, 1990 in Las Vegas, NV
Jason Marsden Haku [USA Version] Jan 3, 1976 in Providence, RI
Miyu Irino Haku
Mari Natsuki Yubaba/Zeniba
Suzanne Pleshette Yubaba/Zeniba [USA Version] Jan 31, 1937 in Brooklyn Heights, NY
Yumi Tamai Lin
Susan Egan Lin [USA Version]
Yasuka Sawaguchi Chihiro's mother, Yugo
David Ogden Stiers Boiler Room Man [USA Version] Oct 31, 1942 in Peoria, IL
Tatsuya Gasyuin Frog man Dec 10, 1950
Lauren Holly Chihiro's mother [USA Version] Oct 28, 1963 in Bristol, PA
Takashi Naito Chihiro's father, Akio
Michael Chiklis Chihiro's father [USA Version]
Ryunosuke Kamiki Boh
John Ratzenberger The Bathhouse Manager [USA Version] Apr 6, 1947 in Bridgeport, CT
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Review by Andrea LeVasseur
This fantasy adventure combines the magic of Alice in Wonderland and Wizard of Oz with a wildly imaginative critique of consumption in contemporary times. With Spirited Away, master animator Hayao Miyazaki unifies elements of his previous works: the youthful innocence of My Neighbor Totoro, the independence lessons of Kiki's Delivery Service, and the powerful grown-up forces of the spirit world from Princess Mononoke. Introducing a huge number of creatures, the spirit world Chihiro stumbles into is nothing short of amazing. Using sparse computer animation in his previous feature-length film, Miyazaki experiments with a lot of CGI software for this dizzying journey, which mostly takes place in fantastical spirit bathhouse. The effects are put to good use as characters hold powers that enable them to change form into beings like bats and dragons. Bizarre creatures overpopulate the film, with everything from tiny spider-like workers to giant radish spirits. Although sometimes resorting to gross-out humor, the tale is really the most traditional of fantasy adventure stories. The plucky Chihiro starts out as such an average spoiled 20th century youngster and develops into a self-confident hero. Not overly cute or smart, she is just a kid that has to learn to survive. Beyond this seemingly simplistic narrative are fully nuanced characters, rousing action, and a weird fantasy construction of capitalism that hits home at a very base level. Although not exactly a satire, greed figures into the narrative as a driving force that demands choices from the hero. The result is a memorable and captivating journey, marking a high point in the director's career as well as duly serving the underestimated population of people that Miyazaki frequently portrays: ten-year-old girls.
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