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Practical Magic
1998 | Directed by Griffin Dunne
Sally and Gillian Owens have always known they were different. Raised by their aunts after their parents' death, the sisters grew up in a household that was anything but typical — their aunts fed them chocolate cake for breakfast and taught them the uses of practical magic. But the invocation of the Owens' sorcery also carries a price — some call it a curse: the men they fall in love with are doomed to an untimely death. Now adult women with very different personalities, the quiet Sally and the fiery Gillian must use all of their powers to fight the family curse and a swarm of supernatural forces that threatens the lives of all the Owens women.
Additional Cast & Characters
Sandra Bullock
Nicole Kidman
Stockard Channing
Dianne Wiest
Goran Visnjic
Aidan Quinn
Evan Rachel Wood
Camilla Belle
Lora Anne Criswell
... Sally Owens
... Gillian Owens
... Aunt Frances 'Fran' Owens
... Aunt Bridget 'Jet' Owens
... Jimmy Angelov
... Officer Gary Hallet
... Kylie Owens
... Young Sally Owens
... Young Gillian Owens
• The character Jimmy Angelov was originally named Jimmy Hawkins, and was a Texas redneck. The part was rewritten as Eastern European for Goran Visnjic after director Griffin Dunne saw him in Welcome To Sarajevo and Madonna's "Power Of Goodbye" video.
• At the end of the movie, all of the witches in black robes are wearing red-and-white striped stockings, similar to those worn by the Wicked Witch of the East in The Wizard Of Oz.
• After bad reactions at a test screening, composer Michael Nyman's score was rejected at the last minute. It was called too European sounding and obtrusive. It was replaced with one by Alan Silvestri. The change was made so late that the soundtrack albums had already been pressed. As a result, the first batch to hit stores all had two suites of themes from Nyman's score. A few weeks later, a new version of the CD, with the exact same ISBN number, was made, replacing Nyman's tracks with music by Silvestri.
• Originally set on an island in New England, but was filmed in the San Juan Strait in Washington State on the west coast due to weather and financial reasons.
• The entire house was a specially built architectural shell that was torn down after filming. It was built on rented land, and even the blossoms on the trees are fake - made of silk.
• When asked why actresses Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman were to play sisters when they obviously looked nothing alike, director Griffin Dunne stated that when he researched historical witches that often times witch siblings typically looked nothing alike. Thus it made sense that the two were cast as sisters. However, when he was casting Griffin did made sure the two actresses who played Sandra's daughters had features similar to each of the two main stars.
• According to Sandra Bullock in the commentary, in the scene where Gillian and Sally get drunk with their aunts and they sling insults, the actresses actually got drunk. They were drinking some very bad tequila that Nicole Kidman brought.
• Aidan Quinn's character, Officer Hallet, has something called Heterochromia Iridium. Heterochromia Iridium is an eye condition in which one iris is a partial or completely different color then the other iris. Although it is unusual in humans, there are some celebrities with this condition. Kate Bosworth, and Jane Seymor to name a few.
Awards/Nominations for Camilla Belle
• Young Artist Award (Nominated) Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress
Features: commentary by: Sandra Bullock, director Griffin Dunne, producer Denise Di Novi and composer Alan Silvestri, Interactive cauldron game, Featurette "Making Magic", Featurette "Casting the Spell" Video: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC Languages: English DVD Release: February 16, 1999
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