The Witches of Eastwick Movie Review 1987

"Mad Max" director Miller meets Hollywood in this unrestrained, vomit-filled treatment of John Updike's novel about three lonely small-town New England women and their sexual liberation. A strange, rich, overweight and balding, but nonetheless charming man knows their deepest desires and makes them come true with decadent excess. Raunchy fun, with Nicholson over-acting wildly as the Mephisto. Miller lends a bombastic violent edge to the effort, sometimes at the expense of the story. Filmed on location in Cohasset, Massachusetts.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 118 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Special FX Wizards: Rob Bottin, Occult, Devils, Technicolor Yawn, Sex & Sexuality, Witchcraft, War Between the Sexes, Books to Film: John Updike, Tennis

Screenplay

Michael Cristofer

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica Cartwright, Richard Jenkins, Keith Joakum, Carel Struycken

Cinematography

Vilmos Zsigmond

Director

George Miller

Music

John Williams

Producer

Warner

Awards

L.A. Film Critics 1987: Actor (Nicholson); N.Y. Film Critics 1987: Actor (Nicholson).