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Bewitched | |
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Theatrical releaseposter | |
Directed by | Nora Ephron |
Produced by | Nora Ephron Douglas Wick PennyMarshall |
Written by | Sol Saks (TV series) Nora Ephron Delia Ephron |
Starring | Nicole Kidman Will Ferrell ShirleyMacLaine MichaelCaine |
Music by | George Fenton |
Cinematography | John Lindley |
Editing by | Tia Nolan |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date(s) | June 24, 2005 |
Running time | 101 min. |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Budget | $85,000,000 |
Gross revenue | $131,426,169 |
Bewitched is a 2005family comedy-fantasy produced by ColumbiaPictures and is a re-imagining of the television series of the same name (produced byColumbia's ScreenGems television studio, now Sony Pictures Television). Thefilm was released in the United States and Canada on June 24, 2005. It was written,produced, and directed by Nora Ephron and featured as co-stars Nicole Kidman andWill Ferrell.Filming took place in late 2004 and early 2005.
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Plot
The film is not an adaptation of the television series, butrather a deconstruction of it. It is about IsabelBigelow (NicoleKidman), a young witch who wants to give up magic and have anormal life, despite her magic-loving father's (Michael Caine)warnings that she cannot live without it. She meets a failing moviestar named Jack Wyatt (Will Ferrell) who wants to find an unknownactress to play a witch — and his wife — in a TV show, a modernadaptation of the classic TV show Bewitched, a ploy whereby the egocentricactor can eclipse his co-star and claim the spotlight entirely.Part of this, Jack is perpetrated by his agent (JasonSchwartzman), who is just as obnoxious as Jack.
When she becomes more popular than he is and unintentionallytakes the spotlight away, the pompous, self-centered Jack decidesto downplay her role and make the show focus on Darrin (thusgarnering the audience's attention). Isabel becomes furious whenshe finds out. Her harsh words, strangely enough, appeal to Jackwho rarely hears honest criticism. He begins to give her a biggerrole and the two begin to fall in love and enjoy filming their TVshow.
Isabel eventually becomes worried that she has hidden her trueidentity from Jack, and finally shows him her powers. He becomesfearful of her supernatural nature and they separate. Devastated,Isabel decides to return home, where Jack is told by Uncle Arthur(Steve Carell) shemust stay for 100 years once she returns. Jack realizes that heloves Isabel for real after all and tries to find her before shereturns home. To his surprise, he finds her at the studiosoundstage, which she considers her 'home'. Jack proposes to herand she accepts. Before she accepts, it is revealed that she didnot have to remain at her home for 100 years before she could, onceagain, return.
Meanwhile the 'spirits' of the old Bewitched television show work their ownmagic on Isabel and Jack by ensuring that the couple ends up in ahappy union of witch to mortal like on the original series. Thehome in which Isabel and Jack finally settle in together isnumbered '1164' as a nod to the house from the original TV series(at 1164 Morning Glory Circle); their new neighbors are also a nodto their TV counterparts.
Cast
- NicoleKidman as Isabel Bigelow / Samantha Stephens
- Will Ferrellas Jack Wyatt / Darrin Stephens
- ShirleyMacLaine as Iris Smythson / Endora
- MichaelCaine as Nigel Bigelow
- JasonSchwartzman as Ritchie
- KristinChenoweth as Maria Kelly
- HeatherBurns as Nina
- StephenColbert as Stu Robison
- David AlanGrier as Jim Fields
Characters from theseries
- CaroleShelley as Aunt Clara
- Steve Carellas Uncle Arthur
- Amy Sedaris asGladys Kravitz
- Richard Kindas Abner Kravitz
- Elizabeth Montgomery(uncredited) as Samantha Stephens (archivefootage)
- Dick York(uncredited) as Darrin Stephens (archivefootage)
- AgnesMoorehead (uncredited) as Endora (archivefootage)
- Paul Lynde(uncredited) as Uncle Arthur (archivefootage)
Cameoappearances
- Ed McMahon asHimself
- ConanO'Brien as Himself
- James Liptonas Himself
- Nick Lachey asVietnam Soldier
- Kate Walsh asWaitress
Reception
The $85-million budgeted movie was panned by critics, and bymany of the original show's fanbase, yet earned a worldwide grossof $131,413,159. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 25% ofthe critics gave positive reviews, based upon 177 reviews.[1] Thetotal US gross was $63,313,159 with international at$68,100,000.
Nicole Kidmanand Will Ferrell'son-screen pairing was found lacking by moviegoers and earned thetwo a Razzie Award for 'Worst ScreenCouple.' It was also nominated for four Razzies including WorstDirector, Worst Actor (Will Ferrell), Worst Screenplay and WorstRemake or Sequel. The New York Times called the film 'anunmitigated disaster.'[2]
In popularculture
- Bewitched was the answer to the Million Dollar Questionanswered by Rob 'Coach' Fulton on an Australian episode of WhoWants to Be a Millionaire? in late 2005. Fulton was askedwhich 60s TV shows had premiered the earliest, with the otheroptions being Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes and IDream of Jeannie. He correctly answered Bewitched, inthe process becoming the first Australian winner of Millionaire?after six and a half years.
DVD
The DVD was released on October 25, 2005 by Columbia TriStar. The DVD included deleted scenes such as Jack and Isabel'swedding and an extended version of Isabel getting mad, severalmaking-of featurettes, a trivia game, and an audiocommentary by the director.
StandardEdition
- Bewitched (Special Edition)
- Release date: October 25, 2005
- Format: DVD
- Running Time: 102 Min.
- Rated: PG-13
- DVD Features:
- Deleted Scenes
- Casting a Spell: Making BEWITCHED Featurette
- Star Shots Featurette
- Why I Love BEWITCHED Featurette
- Director Nora Ephron audio commentary
- Witch Vision Trivia Track
- Bewitched Trivia Game
- Previews
- DVD Details:
- Studio: Columbia
- CC: English (US)
- Sub: English (US), French (Parisian)
- Color/B&W: Color
References
- ^Bewitched Movie Reviews,Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
- ^http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/movies/02barn.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1
That makes me well-prepared to review the new movie 'Bewitched,' since I have nothing to compare it with and have to take it on its own terms. It is tolerably entertaining. Many of its parts work, although not together. Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman are funny and likable, but they're in a plot that doesn't allow them to aim for the same ending with the same reason. It's one of those movies where you smile and laugh and are reasonably entertained, but you get no sense of a mighty enterprise sweeping you along with its comedic force. There is not a movie here. Just scenes in search of one.
The joke is this: Will Ferrell plays Jack Wyatt, a movie star whose career has hit bottom. Sales of his last DVD: zero. In desperation, he turns to television and finds himself considered for a starring role in a revival of 'Bewitched.' He will play the Darrin role. At least that's what everyone says. I assume Darrin was a character on the original show. I know (from my reading) that the show's interest centered on Samantha, who was played by Elizabeth Montgomery. I know from the movie that Samantha had a way of twitching her nose that was very special, and that they can't find an actress with twitchability until Jack spots Isabel Bigelow (Nicole Kidman) in Book Soup on Sunset.
He insists on using her in the role because (a) he wants a complete unknown, so he'll get all the attention, (b) the twitch, and (c) because already he is falling in love with her. What he doesn't realize, oh, delicious irony, is that Isabel is in fact a real witch. She has however just decided to move to the Valley, get a house with a VW bug in the garage, live a normal life, and find a guy who loves her for herself and not because she put a hex on him. Her father (Michael Caine) warns her that this dream is not possible, and indeed she has a lot of trouble giving up witchcraft. It's so tempting to charge your purchases on a tarot card.
The movie has been directed by Nora Ephron ('Sleepless in Seattle,' 'You've Got Mail'), and written by her with her sister, Delia. They have a lot of cute scenes. I like the way they make Jack Wyatt an egotistical monster who wants three trailers, star billing and cake every Wednesday. He's hysterically in love with himself. His ego is of course no match for Samantha, who can make him act in Spanish if she wants to. Occasionally when things go wrong, she even rewinds the arrow of time, although even after a rewind, it's a funny thing; something magical happens, anyway.
The movie has fun with Ferrell on the star trip, and fun with Kidman's love-hate relationship with magic. It has a lot of good supporting work, including Jason Schwartzman as Jack's desperate agent, and Shirley MacLaine as Samantha's mother (her theory on actors: 'Sometimes deep down there is no deep down'). If you watch 'The Daily Show' you'll enjoy cameos by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell. It might have been a good idea to bring in Samantha Bee, too, and have her interview Jack Wyatt ('You're staring at my boobs!').
Will Ferrell has become a major star in almost no time at all. One moment he was a 'Saturday Night Live' veteran who had played backup in a lot of movies, and the next moment he had made 'Old School' and 'Elf' and 'Anchorman' and 'Melinda and Melinda' and had 'The Producers' on the way, and he was big time. One reason for that is, you like the guy. He has a brawny, take-no-prisoners style of comedy that suggests he's having a lot of fun. Nicole Kidman, on the other hand, is an actor with more notes in her repertory (maybe Ferrell could have played a role in 'The Hours,' but that remains to be seen). Here she is fetching and somehow more relaxed than usual as Samantha, and makes witchcraft seem like a bad habit rather than a cosmic force.
But what are they doing in the same movie? You have two immovable objects or two irresistible forces. Both characters are complete, right off the shelf. There's no room for them to move. Yes, Jack becomes a nicer guy after he falls in love, and yes, Samantha realizes that magic is sometimes just not fair. But they are separate at the beginning and essentially still self-contained at the end, and the movie never works them both into the same narrative logic. Still, that's a great moment when Jack shouts: 'Guys! Make me 200 cappuccinos! Bring me the best one!'