Sophie (voiced by
Emily Mortimer), an average teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet by a handsome-but-mysterious wizard named Howl (voiced by
Christian Bale), and is subsequently turned into a 90-year-old woman (voiced by
Jean Simmons) by the vain and conniving Wicked Witch of the Waste (voiced by
Lauren Bacall). Embarking on an incredible odyssey to lift the curse, she finds refuge in Howl's magical moving castle where she becomes acquainted with Markl, Howl's apprentice, and a hot-headed fire demon named Calcifer (voiced by
Billy Crystal). Sophie's love and support comes to have a major impact on Howl, who flies in the face of orders from the palace to become a pawn of war and instead risks his life to help bring peace to the kingdom.
Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones.
i love the movie howl's moving castle
awsum movie!! Fully sick! original, creative, different, FANTASTIC!
I fell in love with movie I have since purchase dthe book however not quite the same. I have also purchased the movie and watchit at least once a day. I find it to be a great love story and the detail in the characters and the setting are unparalleled. One if not my favorite movie of all time.