Laputa: Castle In The Sky

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This is Miyazaki at his best, with the breathtaking story of a young boy and a girl who must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle. Extraordinary, inventive animation.

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Review by David Tallerman on 26th February 2004

Miyazaki’s second film for Studio Ghibli remains perhaps his finest work, and one of the greatest animated features ever made. A homage to nineteenth century science-fiction authors like Jules Verne, the story revolves around two children’s quest to find the legendary floating city
of Laputa, all the while pursued by sinister government agents, an insane family of airship-dwelling pirates and their terrifying matriarch. A genuinely wonderful adventure, Castle in the Sky benefits from another excellent dub by US distributor Miramax, featuring the
voices of James van der Beek and oscar-winner Anna Paquin.

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Article - "Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli" by David Tallerman
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Last year’s cinema release of Spirited Away proved a surprising success, and an astonishing example of the Academy Awards making, for once, the right decision (it received the Oscar for Best Animated Feature (2002)). But what is really surprising is that dire...  View article in full

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Best Science-Fiction Titles

Including: 2001: A Space Odyssey, A History Of Science Fiction Movies, A.I., Alien Quadrilogy (Box Set), Back to the Future Trilogy, Barbarella, Brazil, Capricorn One, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Dark Star.

Studio Ghibli Films

Including: Grave of the Fireflies, Howls Moving Castle, Kikis Delivery Service, Laputa: Castle In The Sky, My Neighbour Totoro, My Neighbours The Yamadas, Nausicaä Valley Of The Wind, Pom Poko, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke.

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