Matilda

Release Date:

Aug 2, 1996

MPAA Rating:

PG

Running Time:

1:33

Genre:

Comedy

Director:

Danny DeVito

Cast:

Mara Wilson	Matilda Wormwood
Danny DeVito	Harry Wormwood/Narrator
Rhea Perlman	Zinnia Wormwood
Embeth Davidtz	Jennifer ``Jenny'' Honey
Pam Ferris	Agatha Trunchbull
Paul Reubens	FBI Agent Bob
Tracey Walter	FBI Agent Bill
Brian Levinson	Michael ``Mikey'' Wormwood
Kira Spencer Hesser	Hortensia
Kiami Davael	Lavender

Producers:

Martin Bregman , Michael Peyser , Michael Shamberg , Stacey Sher

Writers:

Roald Dahl, Nicholas Kazan, Robin Swicord

Language:

English

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Madeline

Saint Clara

The Little Vampire

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Little Fugitive

Hayflower and Quiltshoe

Phoebe in Wonderland

Ramona and Beezus

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood, a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father and mother . Worse, Agatha Trunchbull, the evil principal at Matilda's school, is a terrifyingly strict bully. However, when Matilda realizes she has the power of telekinesis, she begins to defend her friends from Trunchbull's wrath and fight back against her unkind parents.

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