Castle in the Sky (1986)

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124 min - Animation | Action | Adventure - 2 August 1986 (Japan)

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Ratings: 8.1/10 from 36,114 users
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A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

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A young boy stumbles into a mysterious girl who floats down from the sky. The girl, Sheeta, was chased by pirates, army and government secret agents. In saving her life, they begin a high flying adventure that goes through all sorts of flying machines, eventually searching for Sheeta's identity in a floating castle of a lost civilization. Written by Tzung-I Lin <tzung@hugo.att.com>

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

2 August 1986 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

El castillo en el cielo See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$3,106,327 (France) (4 February 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nibariki, Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

124 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [gorging on food] Dora eats greedily when she confronts Pazu at his house. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Pazu sets off with Dola and her sons to rescue Sheeta from Muska and the army, he is wearing goggles that he had put on moments earlier. When they take off on their Flaptors, one moment the goggles are above Pazu's eyes, then a bit later on, as they rise into the air, they are covering his eyes, only to be back above his eyes again a bit later. See more »

Quotes

[on the Tiger Moth, Louie is escorting Pazu to the Tiger Moth's engine room]
Louis: Work, work, work. Busy, busy, busy, busy. Left, right, left, right. You're not here to have fun.
[inside the engine room; we see the gears turning]
Louis: As you can see, this room is loaded with all sorts of gears and gizmos!
Pazu: [fascinated] Wow, this engine room is amazing!
Louis: [dumbfounded] Is *that* what it's called?
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Crazy Credits

The end credits show the remains of the castle Laputa floating on Earth's
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Connections

Referenced in Princess Mononoke (1997) See more »

Castle in the Sky (1986)
Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (original title)

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