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Castle in the Sky
(1986)
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Cast
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| Anna Paquin | ... |
Sheeta
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| James Van Der Beek | ... |
Pazu
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| Cloris Leachman | ... |
Dola
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| Mark Hamill | ... |
Muska
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| Richard Dysart | ... |
Uncle Pom
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| Jim Cummings | ... |
General
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John Hostetter | ... |
Boss
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| Michael McShane | ... |
Charles
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| Mandy Patinkin | ... |
Louis
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| Andy Dick | ... |
Henri
(voice)
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| Corey Burton | ... |
Additional Voices
(voice)
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| John DeMita | ... |
Additional Voices
(voice)
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| Debi Derryberry | ... |
Young Sheeta /
Madge /
Additional Voices
(voice)
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Eddie Frierson | ... |
Henri (1989 Dub) /
Old Engineer (1989 Dub) /
Additional Voices
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Susan Hickman | ... |
Additional Voices
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Storyline
A young boy stumbles into a mysterious girl who floats down from the sky. The girl, Sheeta, was chased by pirates, army and government secret agents. In saving her life, they begin a high flying adventure that goes through all sorts of flying machines, eventually searching for Sheeta's identity in a floating castle of a lost civilization. Written by Tzung-I Lin <tzung@hugo.att.com>
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Country:
JapanLanguage:
JapaneseRelease Date:
2 August 1986 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Laputa See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$1,315,182 (France) (17 January 2003)Gross:
$3,048,494 (France) (31 January 2003)Company Credits
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Louis: Work, work, work. Busy, busy, busy, busy. Left, right, left, right. You're not here to have fun.
[inside the engine room; we see the gears turning]
Louis: As you can see, this room is loaded with all sorts of gears and gizmos!
Pazu: [fascinated] Wow, this engine room is amazing!
Louis: [dumbfounded] Is *that* what it's called?
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On December 9, 2011, a Japanese showing of Castle in the Sky led to a new Twitter record with 25,088 tweets per second. See more »Goofs
When Pazu sets off with Dola and her sons to rescue Sheeta from Muska and the army, he is wearing goggles that he had put on moments earlier. When they take off on their Flaptors, one moment the goggles are above Pazu's eyes, then a bit later on, as they rise into the air, they are covering his eyes, only to be back above his eyes again a bit later. See more »Quotes
[on the Tiger Moth, Louie is escorting Pazu to the Tiger Moth's engine room]Louis: Work, work, work. Busy, busy, busy, busy. Left, right, left, right. You're not here to have fun.
[inside the engine room; we see the gears turning]
Louis: As you can see, this room is loaded with all sorts of gears and gizmos!
Pazu: [fascinated] Wow, this engine room is amazing!
Louis: [dumbfounded] Is *that* what it's called?
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This is one of the best animated family films of all time. Moreover, virtually all of the serious rivals for this title came from the same creative mind of Hiyao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli. Specifically, other great films include "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Kikki's Delivery Service." Spirited Away is quite good, but a bit too creepy for typical family fare - better for teenagers and adult. The one thing that sets "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" apart from other films by Miyazaki is that it is far more of a tension-filled adventure ride.
Why is this film so good? Because it's a complete package: the animation is very well done, and the story is truly engaging and compelling.
Most Japanese anime is imaginative, but decidedly dark or cynical or violent; and the animation itself is often jerky, stylized, and juvenile. None of these problems plague Castle in the Sky. It has imagination to burn, and the characters are well drawn, if slightly exaggerated versions of realistic people. (None of those trench-coat wearing posers) There is plenty of adventure, but not blood and gore. The animation is smooth, detailed, and cinematic ally composed - not a lot of flat shots. The backgrounds are wonderful.
The voice acting in the dubbed English version is first rate, particularly the two leads, Pazo (James Van der Beek) and Sheeta (Anna Paquin). The sound engineering is great, too. Use your studio sound, if you've got it.
One aspect that I particularly enjoyed is that much of the back story is left unexplained. Laputa was once inhabited, and is now abandoned. Why? We never know. We know as much as we need to know, and then we just have to accept the rest, which is easy to do because the invented world is so fully realized. Indeed, it is fair to say that the world is more fully realized than most of the minor characters, who are for the most part one-dimensional stock characters (e.g., gruff general, silly sidekick, kooky old miner, etc.) Highly recommended for people aged 6 to 60!