Anjelica Huston
Miss Eva Ernst/Grand High Witch
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The Witches is a 1990 American dark fantasy comedy horror film directed by Nicolas Roeg from a screenplay by Allan Scott, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Anjelica Huston and Mai Zetterling. The plot features evil witches who masquerade as ordinary women and follows a boy and his grandmother, who must find ...
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Adventure Comedy Family. A young boy stumbles onto a witch convention and must stop them, even after he has been turned into a mouse. Director. Nicolas Roeg. Writers. Roald Dahl. Allan Scott. Stars. Anjelica Huston. Mai Zetterling. Jasen Fisher. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. from $2.89. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist.
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- The Jim Henson Company Spent 14 Weeks Preparing For The Mouse Transformations. At the center of The Witches is the plan by Anjelica Huston's Eva Ernst to turn the world's children into mice so that she and her army of hideous witches could wipe all of them out once and for all.
- Some Of The Mouse Scenes Actually Involved Giant Puppets. During production of The Witches, Jim Henson demonstrated the work that went into the mice that were used throughout the movie, which included three different sizes.
- Anjelica Huston Had To Endure Six Hours Of Makeup Work To Transform Into The Grand High Witch. Anjelica Huston is no stranger to sitting in a makeup chair for hours on end to pull off the look of her iconic characters, but the process of getting ready for the reveal of the Grand High Witch in The Witches took things to the next level.
- The Makeup, Prosthetics, And Lights On Set Gave Huston A Great Deal Of Trouble During The Conference Scene. All of the makeup, prosthetics, and hot and bright lights on the set of The Witches couldn't have been something that was fun to endure, and at one point during Eva Ernst's transformation into the Grand High Witch, during her monologue to be exact, it proved to be a little too much for Anjelica Huston as she remembered in her memoir, Watch Me, where she wrote that director Nicolas Roeg was her saving grace during one of her toughest moments on set
At their hotel, he stumbles across a witches convention plotting to rid the world of children. 10,036 IMDb 6.8 1 h 31 min 1990. X-Ray PG. Adventure · Comedy · Dreamlike · Playful. Available to rent or buy.
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Oct 26, 2020 · . Robert Zemeckis' extra-campy take on Roald Dahl's The Witches recently hit HBO Max, but if you're looking for something truly spooky to watch, go back to Nicolas Roeg's 1990 adaptation...
Anjelica Huston talks about her iconic role in The Witches, the 1990 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's book. Watch her share her memories, challenges and insights from playing the ...
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