Production Date: 1987
Country: USA
Runtime: 118
min
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
CAST & CREW
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]
The Witches of Eastwick | Theatrical Trailer
PLOT SUMMARY
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.
FILMING LOCATIONS
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
TITLES
Original Title: The
Witches of Eastwick
Spanish Title: Las
brujas de Eastwick German Title: Die Hexen von Eastwick
RELEASE DATES
USA - 12
June 1987 Argentina -
10 September 1987 Finland - 16
October 1987 Sweden - 23
October 1987 West Germany - 29 October 1987
AWARDS
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)
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.
