Studio: Universum Film GmbH
Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)
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DVD Format: Keep Case, Pan & Scan , 1.33:1, Closed Captioned, Color, Sides:11
DVD Features: Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)
Rating:
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
DVD Format: 2-Disc Keep Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, 1.85:1, Closed Captioned, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Audio Track 2: Japanese, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Audio Track 3: French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
2-disc special edition features both the original Japanese soundtrack and a newly dubbed English language soundtrack
Behind the Microphone featurette with Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning
Complete storyboards set to the movie soundtrack
Opening and closing animation without credits
Original Japanese theatrical trailer
(Japan, 1988) Hayao Miyazaki’s magical family film is a darling story of two young sisters befriended by a forest spirits (among them a friendly, perhaps imaginary, giant blue hedgehog who introduces them to the wonders of nature) one magical summer. While the fantasy and whimsy captures the playful imagination of children, a powerful undercurrent of emotional crisis grounds their experience: their infirm mother is recuperating from some unexplained illness in a local hospital. Previously available only in an English dubbed version, this new 2-disc edition features both the original Japanese soundtrack and a newly dubbed English language soundtrack featuring the voices of Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning as the sisters, Lea Salonga and Timothy Daly.
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