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Ponyo

Release Date: Friday, August 14, 2009 Theaters

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Starring: Cate Blanchett • Liam Neeson • Betty White • Matt Damon

G Adventure 1 hr, 40 m

3.3 / 5

77% WILL SEE

23% WON'T SEE

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot: "Ponyo" is the latest tour de force from animation master Hayao Miyazaki and his Academy Award® winning Studio Ghibli. Perfect for audiences of all ages, "Ponyo" is a return to the innocent pleasures of My Neighbor Totoro, with dazzling and entirely hand-drawn visuals that start simply and erupt into fluid, cascading symphonies of color. The story centers on the loving relationship between Sosuke, a five-year-old boy, and a magical goldfish named Ponyo, the rambunctious young daughter of a sorcerer father and a sea-goddess mother. After a chance encounter, Ponyo yearns to become a human so she can be with Sosuke. As to be expected with Miyazaki, the film is awash in pure unbridled imagination and visual wonder-but it is the tender warmth, humor, and devotion of Ponyo and Sosuke that form the emotional heart of this film. In English - featuring the voices of Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Noah Cyrus and Frankie Jonas.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Ponyo.

Cate Blanchett
Black Bag, Borderlands
Liam Neeson
The Naked Gun, Absolution
Betty White
The Proposal, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Matt Damon
The Odyssey, IF

Crew Behind the Film

The Ponyo behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Hayao Miyazaki last directed The Boy and the Heron and Lupin the 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro. The film's writer Hayao Miyazaki last wrote The Boy and the Heron and Lupin the 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Screenwriter: Hayao Miyazaki
Producers: Steve Alpert
Kathleen Kennedy
Frank Marshall

Studio: Walt Disney Studios
Production Companies: —

Production Details

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: G General Audiences
Runtime: 1 hr, 40 m
Tagline: Welcome To A World Where Anything Is Possible.
Also known as: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, Gake no ue no Ponyo
Language: English

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Release Dates

When was the film released?

Ponyo was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, August 14, 2009. in around 927 theaters There were 7 other movies released on the same date, including District 9, Bandslam and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard.

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2009-08-14 Theaters

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