Bewitched (2005)

Director:

Nora Ephron

Writers (WGA):

Nora Ephron (written by) &
Delia Ephron (written by) ...

Release Date:

24 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Be warned. Be ready.

Plot:

Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".

Plot Keywords:

Witch | Actor | Actress | Hex | Love

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Dec. 24

1:43 PM

TNT

Cast

Nicole Kidman	...	Isabel Bigelow / Samantha
Will Ferrell	...	Jack Wyatt / Darrin
Shirley MacLaine	...	Iris Smythson / Endora
Michael Caine	...	Nigel Bigelow
Jason Schwartzman	...	Ritchie
Kristin Chenoweth	...	Maria Kelly
Heather Burns	...	Nina
Jim Turner	...	Larry
Stephen Colbert	...	Stu Robison
David Alan Grier	...	Jim Fields
Michael Badalucco	...	Joey Props
Carole Shelley	...	Aunt Clara
Steve Carell	...	Uncle Arthur
Katie Finneran	...	Sheila Wyatt
James Lipton	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Hechizada (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Ma sorcière bien-aimée (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
A Feiticeira (Brazil) [pt]
Embrujada (Spain) [es]
En förtrollad romans (Sweden) [sv]
I magissa (Greece) [el]
Tatli cadi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Vaimoni on noita (Finland) [fi]
Verliebt in eine Hexe (Germany) [de]
Vita da Strega (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language, including sex and drug references, and partial nudity.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:S | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Norway:A | Taiwan:GP | Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al. (f) | Brazil:Livre | Sweden:Btl | Belgium:KT | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Portugal:M/6 | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:AL | South Korea:12 | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG | UK:PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Ireland:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40125) | Iceland:L | Hong Kong:IIA | Philippines:G

Filming Locations:

Book Soup - 8818 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The part of Nigel Bigelow was written specifically for Michael Caine.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Isabel is sitting after Jack tells her to call her with his shoe you can see her tea bag hanging out of her cup but when they switch back to her it is gone and then back again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Isabel Bigelow: [Outside a house at which Isabel has just landed and made available for rent, furnished, with an open house today] It's perfect!
Realtor: Oh, great!
Isabel Bigelow: I'll take it.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Get Smart" (1965)

Soundtrack:

The Name Game

An open letter to God

Dear God,

Given the spiritual climate of our nation at this time I implore you to smite the Ephron sisters. I beg you, never allow them to write or direct another picture. What those two harpies did to an American classic is unforgivable. What happened to straight forward story telling? The cast of BEWITCHED is spot on perfect, but what they had to work with and the direction they received was embarrassing.

God, please use your powers of good taste to stop the mediocrity of the Ephron sisters and Hollywood in general once and for all.

Thank you and amen.