Matilda is a 1996 American fantasy film directed by Danny DeVito, based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film was released by TriStar Pictures on August 2, 1996 and stars Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, and Pam Ferris. Matilda Wormwood is an extremely intelligent girl with a bright personality. However, her father Harry and mother Zinnia are irresponsible parents who would rather focus on their work and their leisure time than Matilda. Harry is a crooked used-car salesman. At the age of four, after her father refuses to buy her a book, Matilda starts... visiting the library. She absorbs knowledge like a sponge, but her bookishness damages her relationship with her father. After being tormented by her father, she sets two revenges on him: she bleaches his hair from black to blonde by replacing his hair oil with peroxide, and she glues her father’s hat on, on the day when her father demonstrates his motoring abilities to Matilda’s brother, Michael, who is just bad as Matilda’s parents. The pranks make Matilda’s father so angry that he tears up Matilda’s library book.
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| Release date: | July 28, 1996 |
| Directed by: | Danny DeVito |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 102 Minutes |
| Producer: | Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Liccy Dahl |
| Editor: | Brent White, Lynzee Klingman |
| Music by: | David Newman |
| Cinematography: | Stefan Czapsky |
| Screenplay by: | Robin Swicord, Nicholas Kazan |
| Estimated budget: | $36,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Matilda |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Comedy |