The Witches of Eastwick (film)

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The Witches of Eastwick
Directed by George Miller
Produced by Neil Canton
Jon Peters
Peter Guber
Written by Michael Cristofer (screenplay)
John Updike (novel)
Starring Jack Nicholson
Cher
Michelle Pfeiffer
Susan Sarandon
Veronica Cartwright
Music by John Williams
Cinematography Vilmos Zsigmond
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s) June 12, 1987
Running time 118 min.
IMDb profile

The Witches of Eastwick is a 1987 feature film based on the novel of the same title by John Updike. It stars Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer.

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The story, set in the fictional Massachusetts town of Eastwick, is based around the magical abilities and personal growth of the three female protagonists (the witches Alexandra Medford, Jane Spofford, and Sukie Ridgemont). Initially their power is minor, but expands to involve the summoning of a devil-like character Darryl Van Horne. The mysterious Darryl seduces each of the women in turn so he can have children before he dies, teaching them how to further their powers and creating a scandal in the town. The women come to realise that Darryl is corrupting them and the town, and resolve to exile him from their lives.

While the movie portrays a very romantic view of the witches -- the way they act and the things they make happen in Eastwick during the plot, and charges most of the guilt on Darryl -- the book shows a more cruel and evil set of witches, mostly oriented to having affairs with the men in town and hurting their women with their spells. The book is also charged with sexual content, compared to the movie. And yet, although the weight of guilt is also dispersed among the witches, Darryl still keeps enough of it to end the book being even more villainous and evil than his movie counterpart.

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