Castle in the Sky (1986)

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124 min - Animation | Action | Adventure - 2 August 1986 (Japan)

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Ratings: 8.1/10 from 32,145 users
Reviews: 142 user | 101 critic

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Mayumi Tanaka	...	Pazu (voice)
	James Van Der Beek	...	Pazu (voice: English version)
	Keiko Yokozawa	...	Sheeta (voice)
	Kotoe Hatsui	...	Dola (voice)
	Cloris Leachman	...	Dola (2003) (voice: English version)
	Minori Terada	...	Muska (voice)
	Richard Dysart	...	Uncle Pomme (2003) (voice: English version)
	Fujio Tokita	...	Uncle Pomme (voice)
	Ichirô Nagai	...	Shogun Mouro (voice)
	John Hostetter	...	Boss (voice: English version)
	Hiroshi Ito	...	Oyakata (voice)
	Machiko Washio	...	Okami (voice)
	Takumi Kamiyama	...	Charles (voice)
	Michael McShane	...	Charles (voice: English version)
	Mandy Patinkin	...	Louis (voice: English version)

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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:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

2 August 1986 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

El castillo en el cielo See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$3,106,327 (France) (4 February 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nibariki, Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [military history] The weaponry and mechanical settings in Laputa is a mixture of British and German designs. Miyazaki is a fan of German weaponry (he has manga works like The Return of Hans and Otto Carius - both about WWII German tank crews), so soldier's uniform, medals, and grenades (Stielhandgranate, the famous "potato masher" in WWII) are modeled after German design, not to mention the gigantic battle zeppelin "Goliath." However, since the town of Slag Ravine was modeled after a mining town in Wales, British-styled civilian clothing and British weapons such as Lee-Enfield SMLE Mk. III rifle (soldiers) and Webley top-break revolver (Muska and his agents) appear frequently in the film. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Dola announces that Goliath is off of the port bow, she looks in horror towards the Tiger Moth's starboard stern, the opposite direction from that which she announces. See more »

Quotes

Uncle Pomme: The earth speaks to all of us, and if we listen, we can understand.
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Crazy Credits

The end credits show the remains of the castle Laputa floating on Earth's
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Connections

References Gulliver's Travels (1939) See more »

Castle in the Sky (1986)
Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (original title)

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