Howl's Moving Castle  

• Manufacturer  Walt Disney Home Entertainment
• Release Date   3/7/2006 
• Part#   4139900 
• MPAA Rating   PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) 
• Director(s)   Hayao Miyazaki 
• Actor(s)   Chieko Baisho  Takuya Kimura  Tatsuya Gashuin  Akihiro Miwa  Ryûnosuke Kamiki  Lauren Bacall  Emily Mortimer  Christian Bale  Jean Simmons  Josh Hutcherson 
• Acclaimed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki adapts British writer Diana Wynne Jones's popular fantasy tale for this animated feature, adding his own unique and celebrated dreamlike spin. A young hat-maker named Sophie (voiced by Emily Mortimer) is turned into an old woman by the dreaded Witch of the Waste (Lauren Bacall) when she attracts the notice of Howl (Christian Bale), a young wizard whom