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| A beautifully realized tale of civilization versus nature, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a true epic by Japan's master animator Hayao Miyazaki. While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the warrior Ashitaka (Billy Crudup) is cursed with a rapidly spreading scar that threatens to end his life. Seeking a cure and a reason for the animal-god's attack, he journeys into the sacred depths of the Great Forest Spirit's realm. On the edge of this once serene forest, however, the Tatara clan have begun to destroy the surrounding land to produce iron. In retaliation, San (Claire Danes), the adopted daughter of the wolf-god Moro (Gillian Anderson), has begun raiding the Tatara fortress to stop their encroachment. Soon Ashitaka is caught in the middle and must stop the war between the humans and the forest dwellers before they destroy each other. <br> <br> Miyazaki, who was personally responsible for 80,000 of the film's 144,000 hand drawings, uses the story's lush feudal setting as a character unto itself, fil... |
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Key Information
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| Genre: |
Science-Fiction/Fantasy |
| Directors: |
Hayao Miyazaki |
| UPC: |
717951007414, 786936089905, 786936150841 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 6min |
| Available Formats: |
DVD, VHS |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Subgenre: |
Epic |
| Release Date: |
1997 |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Japanese |
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VHS Editions
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- VHS
- 2hr 15min
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment
- August 29, 2000
- PG-13 (MPAA)
- 786936089905
- Sound Features: HiFi
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Professional Reviews
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(04/01/2001, p.112, Simon Brew): "...Bursting with imagination...", (06/01/2006, p.91, Matthew Leyland): "[I]t's easy to get swept up in this sprawling man-versus-nature allegory, thanks to meticulous design work, fierce action and indelible creations...", (07/01/1999, p.77, Wade Major): "...Elegant and visually sophisticated...", (09/27/1999, p.E1, Janet Maslin): "...A landmark feat of Japanese animation from the acknowledged master of the genre....This intricate, epic fable is amazing to behold...", (10/01/2000, p.90, Christopher Kelly): "...It's hard to deny the ambition of the storytelling, the ferocity of the action, or the sheer weirdness..." -- 4 out of 5 stars - Watch More Than Once, (10/29/1999, p.31, Roger Ebert): "...PRINCESS MONONOKE is a great film....The artistry in PRINCESS MONONOKE is masterful...", (10/29/1999, p.C1, Kenneth Turan): "...It marries a remarkable sense of visual fantasy, both lyric and violent, with an ecology-themed story and complex characters. It's an adult fairy tale, animation as we've not experienced it before...", (11/11/1999, p.145, Peter Travers): "...[A] work of extravagant beauty and savage grace...", (11/26/1999, p.71, Ty Burr): "...A windswept pinnacle of its art....Anyone with a taste for sheer wonder will be in heaven..." -- Rating: A, (12/22/2000, pp.120-3, Ty Burr): Ranked #6 in Entertainment Weekly's "BEST VIDEOS OF 2000" |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"You cannot alter your fate. However, you can rise to meet it, if you choose."--Oracle to Ashitaka (Billy Crudup)
"To see with eyes unclouded by hate."--Ashitaka, explaining to Lady Eboshi (Minnie Driver) why he has traveled to meet the Tatara clan
"Now watch closely everyone. I'm going to show you how to kill a god."--Lady Eboshi to the hunters
"The Shishigami will never die. He is both life and death itself. He told me to live."--Ashitaka to San (Claire Danes) |
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