Matilda [DVD] [1996]

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After a restaurant trip goes wrong, Harry catches Matilda reading Moby-Dick (borrowed from the library), rips it up, and forces her to watch a game show on television. She nurtures Matilda’s talent, but turns out to have an awful secret – revealed as Matilda liberates the school from the Trunchbull tyranny. Despite her parents' constant disdain, Matilda becomes a sweet child who loves reading and visits the mobile librarian Mrs.

He continued: "Sony isn’t a streamer, and therefore retained the rights to release the movie in the UK in the traditional manner.In November 2019, DeVito said that he "always wanted to" develop a sequel to Matilda, [8] adding that a potential sequel could star Matilda's own child, due to Wilson having aged in the time since. An adaptation of the West End hit Matilda the Musical, which is in turn based on the classic children’s novel by Roald Dahl, the film follows Matilda (Alicia Weir) as she leads a revolution at her new school against the villainous headmistress Ms Trunchbull (Emma Thompson), and features songs by Tim Minchin.

Filming primarily took place at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, [15] with locations including Bramshill House, a Grade I-listed Jacobean manor in Hampshire for Crunchem Hall; and Denham in Buckinghamshire, for scenes set in Matilda's home village. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.

Rhea Perlman as Zinnia Wormwood; Harry's wife, Matilda and Michael's neglectful and selfish mother, and a vain and cheery bingo-obsessed parent.

Fortunately, she’ll have the help of the lovely Miss Honey (Lashana Lynch), a kind teacher who sees herself in Matilda.A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to deal with her crude, distant family and free her kind teacher from their sadistic headmistress. Feeling sympathy for Matilda, Miss Honey invites her to her house for tea after school and reveals her past: her mother died when she was two, and her father Magnus invited his wife's stepsister, Trunchbull, to live with them and look after her, but Trunchbull abused her.

Christopher Nightingale composed original incidental music to underscore the film, just as he did onstage. UK cinemas rally round in support of MediCinema with fundraising previews of 'Matilda the Musical' ". She licks the snot from her nose in front of the students when Miss Trunchbull tells Bruce the cook's "sweat and blood went into this cake. The official synopsis for Matilda the Musical reads: “Matilda Wormwood is a little girl with big curiosity, a sharp mind and a vivid imagination — and the worst parents in the world. Magnus died, apparently by suicide, three years later, supposedly leaving everything in his will to Trunchbull.The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States and internationally on 9 December 2022, before streaming on Netflix on Christmas Day 2022. Now, Netflix UK has revealed the highly anticipated movie will air on the streaming platform this summer for those who missed it on the big screen. We’ve always cast men as Miss Trunchbull on stage because she has to be six feet tall and pick up a child and swing it around. Robbie Collin of The Telegraph wrote Thompson's portrayal of Trunchbull is "a deranged villain to remember". It became available to watch from 25th November, following its premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.