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Production Date: 1987
Country: USA
Runtime: 118 min
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror

Jack Nicholson - Daryl Van Horne
Cher - Alexandra Medford
Susan Sarandon - Jane Spofford
Michelle Pfeiffer - Sukie Ridgemont
Veronica Cartwright - Felicia Alden
Richard Jenkins - Clyde Alden
Keith Jochim - Walter Neff
Carel Struycken - Fidel
Helen Lloyd Breed - Mrs. Biddle

Director - George Miller
Screenplay - Michael Cristofer
Based upon the novel The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
Producers - Peter Guber, Jon Peters & Neil Canton
Executive producers - Rob Cohen & Don Devlin
Photography - Vilmos Zsigmond
Production Design - Polly Platt
Costume Design - Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Original Music - John Williams
Film Editing - Richard Francis-Bruce & Hubert C. de la Bouillerie
Casting - Wallis Nicita

Production Companies
- Guber-Peters Company [us]
- Kennedy Miller Productions
- Warner Bros. [us]

Alex, Jane, and Suki are three bored New England woman left to live without their husbands. They innocently conjure up a mystery man, who could satisfy all their desires. A new man moves into town - and he fits the bill perfectly. Daryl Van Horne is filthy rich and wild eyed, and within days the three women have all discovered almighty power within themselves. Will good triumph over evil, or will Daryl continue to have his evil way with his witches ?

Jack Nicholson was born to play the devil, and in George Miller's adaptation of John Updike's novel he plays it for all he's worth. As a wolfish womanizer summoned by three bored women in a picturesque New England town, he's sating all of his appetites with a rakish grin. Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer play the women who discover their untapped magical powers by accident. The smart and sexy singles, out of place in the conservatism of their village, find happiness, however briefly, in the arms and bed of the libidinous devil, but he's got his own ulterior motives. Miller revels in the sensual display of sex, food, and magic, whipping up a storm of effects that finally get out of hand in an overblown ending. It's a handsome film with strong performances all around, but the mix of anarchic comedy and supernatural horror doesn't always gel and Miller seems to lose the plot in his zeal for cinematic excitement. The performances ultimately keep the film aloft: the hedonistic joy that Nicholson celebrates with every leering gaze and boorish vulgarity is almost enough to make bad form and chauvinism cool.

Abbott Hall - 188 Washington Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
Castle Hill, Crane Estate - 280 Argilla Road, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, USA
Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Dr., Beverly Hills, California, USA
Milton Academy - 170 Centre Street, Milton, Massachusetts, USA
Scituate, Massachusetts, USA
Wang Center - 270 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Original Title: The Witches of Eastwick
Spanish Title: Las brujas de Eastwick
German Title: Die Hexen von Eastwick

USA - 12 June 1987
Argentina - 10 September 1987
Finland - 16 October 1987
Sweden - 23 October 1987
West Germany - 29 October 1987

2000 - Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards
- Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award - Best Period Makeup - Feature
Ronnie Specter (Nominee)

1988 - Academy Awards, USA
- Oscar - Best Music, Original Score - John Williams (Nominee)
- Oscar - Best Sound - Wayne Artman, Tom Beckert, Tom E. Dahl and Art Rochester (Nominee)

1988 - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
- Saturn Award - Best Actor - Jack Nicholson (won)

1988 - BAFTA Awards
- BAFTA Film Award - Best Special Effects - Michael Lantieri, Michael Owens, Ed Jones and Bruce Walters (won)

1988 - BMI Film & TV Awards
- BMI Film Music Award - John Williams (won)

1988 - Grammy Awards
- Grammy - Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television - John Williams (Nominee)

1988 - Hugo Awards
- Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation (Nominee)

1987 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- LAFCA Award - Best Actor - Jack Nicholson (won)

1987 - New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- NYFCC Award - Best Actor - Jack Nicholson (won)

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