When a jealous witch's curse turns a young woman into a wrinkled crone, her only hope for a cure lies with a shape-shifting wizard named Howl, whose mobile home roams the wastelands between two warring countries. This U.S. version of Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's imaginative fantasy, based on Diana Wynne Jones' novel, features a voice cast that includes Lauren Bacall, Christian Bale, Billy Crystal, Emily Mortimer, and Jean Simmons. 119 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks Japanese, English; Subtitles English (SDH). In Japanese with English subtitles/Dubbed in English. Two-disc set.