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Bewitched (2005)

★ 5.1 · 1,646 ratings on TMDB

Be warned. Be ready.

Bewitched poster★ 5.1

Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".

DirectorNora Ephron
CastDavid Alan Grier, Heather Burns, Jason Schwartzman, Jim Turner, Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Caine
GenresComedy, Fantasy, Romance
The emergence reading

Bewitched keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing entertainment, magic, power, gender, identity.

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Same subject, different rung

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