Book to Screen Club: The Witches by Roald Dahl

This week take a deep dive into the children's classic, The Witches by Roald Dahl (1983, Jonathan Cape), definitely a beloved classic for all of us. We look at the two film adaptations! The classic version from 1990 directed by Nicolas Roeg and adapted by Allan Scott, starring an on-screen queen Anjelica Huston. And the new 2020 version that came out this year from Warner Brothers directed by Robert Zemeckis and adapted by himself with Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro. It stars Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer. Does the new version give us anything NEW or is it just overshadow by the original? 

As per usual spoilers aplenty! We break down the book and the film and try and figure out whether or not the original is the best or did they improve on the text.

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