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Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta
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Overview

User Rating:
8.0/10   19,046 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Hayao Miyazaki (written by)
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Release Date:
2 August 1986 (Japan) more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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Ponyo on Blu-ray in March
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User Reviews:
One of my all time favorite movies, PERIOD. more (121 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Mayumi Tanaka ... Pazu (voice)

James Van Der Beek ... Pazu (2003) (voice: English version)

Anna Paquin ... Sheeta (2003) (voice: English version)
Keiko Yokozawa ... Sheeta (voice)
Kotoe Hatsui ... Dola (voice)

Cloris Leachman ... Dola (2003) (voice: English version)

Mark Hamill ... Muska (voice: English version)
Minori Terada ... Muska (voice)
Richard Dysart ... Uncle Pomme (2003) (voice: English version)
Fujio Tokita ... Uncle Pomme (voice)
Jim Cummings ... General (voice)
Ichirô Nagai ... Shogun Mouro (voice)
John Hostetter ... Boss (voice: English version)
Hiroshi Ito ... Oyakata (voice)
Machiko Washio ... Okami, Mrs. Daffy (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Castle in the Sky (UK) (USA)
Laputa: Castle in the Sky (UK) (DVD title)
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Runtime:
124 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Director Trademark: [Hayao Miyazaki] [flying]As the title suggests, the castle of Laputa flies. Numerous flying contraptions feature in the movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Dola announces that Goliath is off of the port bow, she looks in horror towards the Tiger Moth's starboard stern, the opposite direction from that which she announces. more
Quotes:
[Louie and Pazu are in Tiger Moth's engine room]
Louis: Hey, Pop! I've finally found ya an assistant!
Papa: [disgruntled] Stop yelling at me! I can hear you. Believe me, sometimes I wish I couldn't.
[to Pazu]
Papa: Come on, assistant! Let's see what you can do!
Louis: [whispering in Pazu's ear] Uh, hurry up. He is even tougher than my mother.
Papa: I need someone who's *mechanically* minded, not some half-baked, swashbuckling Casanova wannabe!
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Movie Connections:
References Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984) more

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What's up with the different musical scores?
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29 out of 33 people found the following review useful.
One of my all time favorite movies, PERIOD., 2 December 2004
10/10
Author: fan999 from Dallas, TX

This is one of my all time favorite movies, PERIOD. I can't think of another movie that combines so many nice movie qualities like this one does. This flick has it all: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Good vs. Bad and even some Romance (without even an innocent "peck" on the cheek between the Pazu and Sheeta). Maybe best of all, you don't have to be in Mensa to "get it" and enjoy the movie like you do with some of Miyazaki's other movies (I don't know about you, but I watch movies to take a break from thinking). This is just a flat-out enjoyable movie that everyone will like, so do yourself a favor and go buy it. The only sour note is the American Dubbing. I found Vander-Geek to be just plain annoying. But all is not lost, the original Japanese version is on the two-disc set and it rocks! Who cares if you can't understand spoken Japanese? If you can read at a second-grade level then watch the original Japanese recording with English subtitles. You won't regret it.

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