Rating: PG13
Genre: Fantasy
Theatrical Release: 10/16/1998(USA)
Release Date: 02/16/1999
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

Griffin Dunne directed this romantic fantasy adapted from the 1995 Alice Hoffman novel about the Owens family of witches, regarded as outcasts in the town where they live. Aunt Frances (Stockard Channing) and her sister Aunt Jet (Dianne Wiest) tried to pass on practical magic skills to their nieces, subdued Sally (Sandra Bullock) and fiery Gillian (Nicole Kidman), brought up by the two aunts after their parents died. The aunts concoct spells for the lonely and the lovelorn, but the family's use of witchcraft unfortunately invokes a curse that spells doom to the family's menfolk. Denying her powers, Sally attempted to lead a life minus magic. Her marriage to fish merchant Michael (Mark Feuerstein) brought two daughters -- and Michael's death. Moving into the aunt's seaside mansion, the widowed Sally warns the aunts not to influence her daughters. Sally intervenes when Gillian suffers at the hands of her abusive Bulgarian boyfriend Jimmy (Goran Visnic), and Arizona detective Gary Hallet (Aidan Quinn), investigating Jimmy's disappearance, turns up in town, eyeing Gillian and Sally as the leading suspects. Filmed in Washington (San Juan Island, Whidby Island, Coupeville, Friday Harbor).

~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Sandra Bullock - Sally Owens
Nicole Kidman - Gillian Owens
Dianne Wiest - Aunt Jet
Stockard Channing - Aunt Frances
Aidan Quinn - Gary Hallet
Goran Visnjic - Jimmy
Evan Rachel Wood - Kylie
Alexandra Astrip - Antonia
Mark Feuerstein - Michael

Production:
Griffin Dunne - Director
Denise Di Novi - Producer
Robin Swicord - Co Producer
Alan Silvestri - Composer
Elizabeth Kling Craig McKay - Editor
Adam Brooks Robin Swicord Akiva Goldsman - Screen Writer
Claire Jenora Bowin Aric Lashee - Set Designer
Anne Gordon - Animal Trainer/Wrangler
Cinesite Digital Studios - Animator
Alice Hoffman - Book Author
Amanda Mackey-Johnson - Casting
Cathy Sandrich - Casting
Andrew Dunn - Cinematographer
Judianna Makovsky - Costume Designer
Bruce Berman - Executive Producer
Mary McLaglen - Executive Producer
Nick Drake - Featured Music
Josh McLaglen - First Assistant Director
Danny Bramson - Musical Direction/Supervision
Robin Standefer - Production Designer
Michael J. Moore - Second Assistant Director
Richard Bryce Goodman - Sound/Sound Designer
CIS Hollywood - Special Effects
Cinesite Digital Studios - Special Effects
Burt Dalton - Special Effects Supervisor
Jay Riddle - Special Effects Supervisor
John Scheele - Special Effects Supervisor
Jim Halty - Stunts Coordinator
Donald Myers - Special Effects Foreman

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