What is The Witches (1990 movie)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = The Witches | image = | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Nicolas Roeg]] | producers = {{Plainlist| * [[Jim Henson]] * [[Mark Shivas]] * Dusty Symonds }} | screenplay = [[Allan Scott (Scottish screenwriter)|Allan Scott]] | based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Witches (novel)|The Witches]]''|[[Roald Dahl]]}} | starring = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing--> * [[Anjelica Huston]] * [[Mai Zetterling]] }} | music = [[Stanley Myers]] | cinematography = Harvey Harrison | editing = Tony Lawson | production_companies = {{Plainlist| * [[The Jim Henson Company|Jim Henson Productions]] * [[Lorimar Television|Lorimar Film Entertainment]] }} | distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1990|05|25|United Kingdom|1990|08|24|United States}} | runtime = 91 minutes<!--Submitted theatrical runtime: 91:31--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/witches-film | title=''The Witches'' (PG) (CUT) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=4 May 1990 | access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> | country = United Kingdom<br>United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $15.3 million<ref>{{cite web |title = The Witches (1990) |url = http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Witches-The#tab=summary |work = [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date = 10 April 2017 |archive-date = 11 April 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170411054851/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Witches-The#tab=summary |url-status = dead }}</ref> }} '''''The Witches''''' is a 1990 [[dark fantasy]] [[comedy]] movie directed by [[Nicolas Roeg]]. It was produced by [[Jim Henson]] and starring [[Anjelica Huston]], [[Mai Zetterling]], [[Rowan Atkinson]], and [[Jasen Fisher]]. It is based on the 1983 [[The Witches (novel)|book of the same name]] by [[Roald Dahl]]. == Plot == After nine-year old Luke E