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The Witches of Eastwick

Plot
All three previously married but now single, best friends sculptress Alex Medford, cellist Jane Spofford and writer Sukie Ridgemont are feeling emotionally and sexually repressed, in large part due to the traditional mores overriding their small New England coastal town of Eastwick. After their latest conversation lamenting about the lack of suitable men in Eastwick and describing the qualities they are looking for in a man, mysterious Daryl Van Horne and his equally mysterious butler Fidel arrive in town. Despite being vulgar, crude, brazen and not particularly handsome, Daryl manages to be able to tap into the innermost emotions of the three friends, and as such manages to seduce each. In turn, the three women blossom emotionally and sexually. After an incident involving one of the town's leading citizens, the ultra conservative Felicia Alden, the three women begin to understand how and why Daryl is able to mesmerise them so fully. The three decide to experiment with some powers...

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Cast 
Jack Nicholson - Daryl Van Horne
Cher - Alexandra Medford
Susan Sarandon - Jane Spofford
Michelle Pfeiffer - Sukie Ridgemont
Veronica Cartwright - Felicia Alden
Richard Jenkins - Clyde Alden


Crew
George Miller - Director
Neil Canton - Producer
Jon Peters - Producer
Peter Guber - Producer
Don Devlin - Exec Producer
John Williams - Score/Music

Studio
Guber-Peters Company

Distribution
Warner Bros

Box Office
$63,766,510

Running Time
118 mins

Release Date
12 June 1987

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