Classic Friday : Laputa Castle In The Sky (1986) 7/10

Starring : Anna Paquin, James Van Der Beek, Mark Hamill
Director : Hayao Miyazaki
Running Time : 125 mins

Young Orphan Pazu (Van Der Beek) has his whole world turned around when young girl Sheeta (Paquin) falls from the sky into his life. She possesses a crystal which was once part of a Levitation Stone, a device used to enable ancient cities to float in the air, and Pazu and Sheeta find thesmelves fighting governments and pirates as the search for Laputa, the last of the castles of the ancient floating cities.

In spite of being something of a disappointing follow up to Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind, Miyazaki's unmistakeable style is still present and oozes through every scene of this movie. Although not as impressive, this definitely helped pave the way for the later movies of the now established Studio Ghibli and is certainly well worth checking out.

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