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Release Date:
16 July 1993 (USA)
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Tagline:
It's just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!
Plot:
More than 300 years ago, 3 witches were sentenced to die in Salem, Massachusetts and a boy was turned into a cat (a black cat...
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2 wins
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8 nominations
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Kenny Ortega Interview, Michael Jacksons This Is It
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They'll "Put A Spell On You"!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bette Midler | ... | Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson |
 | Sarah Jessica Parker | ... | Sarah Sanderson |
 | Kathy Najimy | ... | Mary Sanderson |
 | Omri Katz | ... | Max Dennison |
 | Thora Birch | ... | Dani |
 | Vinessa Shaw | ... | Allison |
 | Jodie Rivera | ... | Emily Binx (as Amanda Shepherd) |
 | Larry Bagby | ... | Ernie / 'Ice' (as Larry Bagby III) |
 | Tobias Jelinek | ... | Jay |
| Stephanie Faracy | ... | Jenny Dennison |
| Charles Rocket | ... | Dave Dennison |
 | Doug Jones | ... | Billy Butcherson |
| Karyn Malchus | ... | Headless Billy Butcherson |
 | Sean Murray | ... | Thackery Binx |
| Steve Voboril | ... | Elijah |
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Rated PG for some scary sequences, and for language.
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96 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:10 |
Iceland:12 (video rating) |
Netherlands:6 |
Germany:12 |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Chile:TE |
Peru:PT |
UK:PG |
USA:PG
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During a February 10, 2008 interview on the BBC show "Breakfast", Bette Midler stated that out of all of her films, this was her favorite.
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Continuity: When the sisters have taken Dani from her home and we see her tied up, the ropes jump about between shots.
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Martin Lawrence/Crash Test Dummies (#19.14)" (1994)
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Soundtrack:
I Put a Spell on You
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Zachary or Thackery?What are the words to the song that Sarah Sanderson sings to entice all the children in Salem?
Is "Hocus Pocus" based on a book?
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A traditional "Halloween Ghost Story" turns into a real life adventure for 3 kids who break the spell of the Sanderson Sisters. The story is an engaging one and will have even grown-ups pay close attention. The Sanderson Sisters (wonderfully played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy), convicted of witchcraft in Colonial Salem, Massachusetts and put to death some 300 years ago, are brought back to life when "a virgin lights the black candle". It's up to two teenagers and an 8 year old to stop the wicked witches from succeeding with their sinister plan: to lure the town's children to their witch house and "drink" their life-force away from them.
Bette Midler steals the show when the sisters crash a Halloween party, singing "I Put A Spell On You". There are many "time jokes" as well, having the 17th century sisters "confused" when they experience 20th century life: Blinded by a truck's head lights, they are convinced the sun is rising; they frantically avoid stepping on a blacktop driveway when they are told that it is "a black lake of death"; unable to find a broomstick, one of the sisters heads for the sky on a Hoover vacuum cleaner. The jokes are pretty good, and I was entertained throughout the film. I have watched "Hocus Pocus" several times already, and will watch it again and again. This is another example of a movie made for kids, but enjoyed by grown-ups as well. Recommended!