a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number DVD 003497

a Personal name DeVito, Danny,

d Dates associated with a name 1944-

a Title Matilda

h Medium DVD

a Place of publication, distribution, etc USA

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1996

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Jersey Films

a Extent 1 DVD

a Playing time 98 min

a General note Story of a wonderful little girl, who happens to be a genius, and her wonderful teacher vs. the worst parents ever and the worst school principal imaginable.

a Creation/production credits note Roald Dahl

a Summary, etc A grouchy couple give birth to a very sweet girl they name Matilda. Unlike her bratty brother & mean parents, Matilda becomes a very sweet & extremely intelligent girl who is very anxious to go to school & read books. After a while, her parents send her to a school with the worst principal in the world, a very sweet teacher, & good friends. While trying to put up with her parent's & principal's cruelty, she starts to unwittingly unleash telekinetic powers that destroy a television & make a reptile fly on her teacher. With enough practice, Matilda starts to learn to control her telekinetic powers & soon using them on her principal so she can drive her away from the school.

a Language note Language : English

a Language note Subtitles : English, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Chinese, Italian, Russian, Hebrew

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Drama

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Comedy

a Personal name DeVito, Danny,

d Dates associated with a name 1944-

a Personal name Embeth Davidtz

a Personal name Rhea Perlman

a Personal name Mara Wilson

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0117008/

u Cover Images http://library.neu.edu.tr/uploaded-files/coverimages/Matilda (1996) - 0117008.jpg