Matilda
"Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world."
1996-08-02
7.168
en 98mComedyFamilyFantasy
Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, don’t agree. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.
Producer
Danny DeVito
Screenplay
Nicholas Kazan
Producer
Liccy Dahl
Director
Danny DeVito
Novel
Roald Dahl
Director of Photography
Stefan Czapsky
based on novel or book parent child relationship classroom difficult childhood child prodigy childhood trauma dysfunctional family telekinesis school teacher student relationship used car salesman school principal neglected child schoolmarm dysfunctional life female teacher parental abuse crass comedy based on young adult novel abused child tyrannical school principal
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$33,500,000Budget
$36,000,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- Jersey Films
- TriStar Pictures
