Halloweentown (film)

. Halloweentown - My grandma is a witch (AKA: Halloween Town) is an American fantasy - comedy film from 1998 directed by Duwayne Dunham. Paul Bernbaum shrine together with Jon Cooksey and Ali Matheson screenplay.

Action

Marnie Piper and her mother Gwen discuss why Marnie must never take part in the Halloween festival. Gwen refuses any kind of magic and necromancy, in contrast to her mother Agatha. It turns out that the women of a family of witches belong. Marnie's grandmother Agatha Cromwell plans to start teaching her granddaughter as a witch. Gwen would like, however, that Marnie grows up as a normal human and debated with Aggie.

After an argument leaves Aggie 's house. Marnie and her siblings Dylan and Sophie sneak her grandmother and thus reach by bus to Halloween Town, a city where every day is celebrated Halloween and monsters, witches and ghosts live peacefully together. Aggie Cromwell and the whole family are there as a powerful witch. Aggie had tried Gwen asking for help: In Halloween Town keep disappearing witches and only the mayor Calabar is at all interested.

Aggie and Gwen, who has traveled after their children fall into the clutches of a demon, the petrified the population. Marnie and her siblings will remain only the chance Aggies magical scepter of Merlin activate and collect ingredients for it.

Marnie thinks that she must survive the fight alone as the oldest and faces the demon who turns out to be Calabar who wants to bring about the reign of ghostly figures about the real world. You must put it into a giant pumpkin, the scepter, but failed. It was only when her grandmother, her mother, her sister, her brother and the goblin Luke to help her, Calabar is finally defeated and driven out of town. At the end of Marnie is taught as a witch.

Reviews

H. Arthur Taussig described the film on family values ​​as " light entertainment ".

Movie service described the film as " eventful Fantasy Fairy Tale ," the " light-hearted with good actors and a funny story " entertain.

TV Feature Film described the film as " harmless - colorful TV fantasy adventure from Disney ."

Awards

Kimberly J. Brown was nominated in 1999 for the Young Artist Award. Phillip Van Dyke was nominated for the Young Star Award 1999.

Background

The film was shot in Portland and in some other places in Oregon. The first broadcast in U.S. television was on 17 October 1998.

The film was a self-production of the Disney Channel, which included the musicals High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3 later.

Continuations

  • 2001: Halloween Town II
  • 2004: Halloweentown III: Halloweentown High School
  • 2006: Halloweentown IV - The Witches College
1998 in film Film score Mark Mothersbaugh Portland (Oregon) High School Musical 3: Senior Year Halloweentown (film)
371049
de